New York’s coronavirus outbreak came from Europe, not China.
The New York Times looks at two different batches of genetic data which both indicate that shutting down travel from China didn’t actually affect the […]
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Stanford’s butt-reading toilet knows how healthy you are.
CNET (among others) has brought us news at the confluence of two contemporary concerns: Are we carrying germs we don’t know about? and … Just […]
Science Art: Aerial image and satellite derived image of Florida lakes, by Richard P. Stumpf, U.S. Geological Survey.
Click to embiggen From the USGS: This image is a cropped rendition of two aerial images that demonstrate satellite-derived cyanobacteria concentrations in surface waters from […]
There were a bunch of different humans hanging out in southern Africa
That’s before Homo sapiens came on the scene. Science News looks at new evidence that three different species of human ancestors were present in the […]
Bored with hanging out at home? Count some penguins (or spot some galaxies) for science.
Scientific American has some suggestions for your self-isolation. There are a few ways you can help researchers out without ever leaving home: “I think where […]
Telescopes deep under the sea are revealing secrets of deep space.
Scientific American has more on how some astronomers are using the ocean itself to scan the skies: Suspended near the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea […]
Science Art: Elasmotherium by Alice B. Woodward, 1912.
Click to embiggen The so-called “Siberian unicorn,” the Elasmotherium, a noble critter here pictured in the pages of Evolution of the Past, by Henry R. […]
It’s not how fast you walk, but how many steps you take that helps you live longer.
Science News shares 10 years of step-counting longevity research that indicates that slow, steady, and not stopping is the way to win the race – […]
The southern jet stream is finally going back to normal as the ozone hole closes.
New Scientist has some uplifting news about the ozone hole. It’s fixing itself at last, and as it does so, the planet’s wind patterns are […]
Nature: “How a fly came to love the vomit fruit”
You know, I went looking for some non-coronavirus science news, and Nature provided this gem of a headline about a plucky Drosophilia fruit-fly species and […]
March song delayed
I’ve got music, but, you know, there’s some other stuff happening, right? Should have plenty of time to record some penitential covers, though.
Our galaxy is bigger than we’d thought.
Science News reports that astronomers have found the dark edge of the Milky Way – the unlit mass of dark matter spinning beyond the bright […]
Science Art: Hemisphere Austral, XVIII from Atlas Coelestis, by John Flamsteed, 1729.
Click to embiggen From 1675 until his death in 1719, John Flamsteed worked at the newly built Greenwich Observatory, charting the stars in the sky. […]
Betelgeuse was maybe just dusty, not dying.
Science News checks back on the big star that suddenly went dim (as regular readers here will remember) a couple of months ago, prompting some […]
Low-carb diet can keep your brain fit.
The Guardian looks back at memory researchers who’ve found that lower the carbohydrates you eat keeps your memory in better shape: “Neurobiological changes associated with […]