Finding the origin story for SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus responsible for nearly 3.9 million deaths worldwide, has been largely hampered by lack of access to information from China where cases first…
Continue readingCOVID-19 has widened the life expectancy gap across racial groups and between the US and peer countries. U.S. life expectancy decreased by 1.87 years between 2018 and 2020, a drop…
Continue readingThe National Space Society (NSS) will hold its flagship annual event virtually this year, starting on Thursday (June 24) — and you can watch most of it live, for free….
Continue readingHermann Brehm/Minden Pictures By Mennatalla IbrahimJun. 23, 2021 , 6:10 PM Pregnant mongooses in a colony all give birth on the same night, a phenomenon that makes it harder for…
Continue readingBy Adam Vaughan Trumpets may need to sit in the back of orchestras to limit the risk of spreading covid-19 Getty Images/Cultura RF What’s the answer to orchestras returning safely…
Continue readingBioinspired mineralization. Credit: Kazuki Murai et al., Journal of Asian Ceramic Societies, Taylor & Francis A team of researchers have developed a biomimetic mineralization of calcium carbonate using a multifunctional…
Continue readingMany people seek out THC for the numerous benefits that it provides, although it’s also popular on a purely recreational level. However, there might be some confusion about the different types of…
Continue readingBabies born by C-section carry an increased risk of immune and metabolic disorders later in life, which studies have suggested may be associated with the communities of microbes on and…
Continue readingAmazon Prime Day may be over but the Force is still strong with these “Star Wars” bedding deals from Walmart. With up to 24% off “Star Wars” comforters and sheets,…
Continue readingMexico’s plan to purchase the Shell Deer Park Refinery in Texas, in part with money from trust funds used to support research, has angered some scientists. Aerial Archives/Alamy Stock Photo…
Continue readingEveryone’s familiar with the painful sting of getting a sunburn, but not everyone knows how to treat a sunburn. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS),…
Continue readingAbout 70% of Earth‘s surface is covered in water, and researchers are trying to map every last inch of it. On June 21 (that’s World Hydrography Day, in case you…
Continue readingMars’ ‘Delta Scarp’ From More Than a Mile Away: Perseverance scientist Vivian Sun was excited to see certain geologic features in imagery of Jezero Crater’s “Delta Scarp” because they provide…
Continue readingLockheed Martin has been awarded a $4.9 billion contract to build a triad of missile-warning satellites for the U.S. Space Force. The satellites will monitor Earth from the geosynchronous orbit,…
Continue readingPolice officers stop cars at a checkpoint to prevent unauthorized travel into and out of Lisbon, Portugal, on 18 June. Pedro Nunes/Reuteres By Kai Kupferschmidt, Meredith WadmanJun. 23, 2021 ,…
Continue reading“When you’re dealing with an institutional structure like global science, one of its core features is that it has been a racial structure,” says sociologist Anthony Ryan Hatch, an associate…
Continue readingRevealing the whole first C-C bond formation processes in MTO reaction: based on the in situ NMR spectroscopic evidences and advanced ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD) theoretical calculation method. Credit:…
Continue readingOne of the last gifts you can conceivably give is yourself — in other words, donating your body to science. Becoming a learning opportunity for researchers or students might be…
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