1.5 vs 2C: What difference can a lousy half a degree of global warming make? The chance to limit warming to 1.5C is slipping away. But will difference will it make if we overshoot by half a degree or so? ABC News · Apr 17, 2022
Overconfidence kills: The CDC and WHO still haven’t learned how to effectively communicate uncertainty Public health organizations took too long to acknowledge that Covid-19 was airborne — and it cost many lives. Inverse · Apr 8, 2022
Michael Hiltzik: Did Sweden beat the pandemic by refusing to lock down? No, its record is disastrous Throughout much of the pandemic, Sweden has stood out for its ostensibly successful effort to beat COVID-19 while avoiding the harsh lockdowns and social distancing rules imposed on residents of other developed nations. Los Angeles Times · Apr 4, 2022
NASA Perseverance rover reveals how fast sound travels on Mars for the first time New Perseverance rover recordings reveal the strange intricacies of sound on Mars. The findings could have major implications for crewed missions to Mars. Inverse · Apr 1, 2022
CureVac - GSK Start Dosing In Next-Gen COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Trial CureVac N.V. (NASDAQ:CVAC) dosed the first participant in a Phase 1 study of COVID-19 second-generation mRNA vaccine candidate, CV2CoV, developed with GlaxoSmithKline plc (NYSE:GSK). The clinical trial is expected to provide valuable data to evaluate further the performance of CureVac’s second-generation mRNA backbone, which has the potential to be applied broadly in future vaccines against… Benzinga · Mar 30, 2022
A ‘doomsday’ book that launched a movement There is a consensus that most of the fundamental factors discussed in ‘The Limits to Growth’ have come true The Hindu · Mar 29, 2022
107 years later, scientists have vindicated one of Einstein’s most remarkable theories This past summer a team of X-ray astronomers announced in Nature a fortuitous discovery that provides a new way to study black holes and their immediate surroundings. Inverse · Mar 17, 2022
Covid exposure 'causes brain to shrink' and scientists don't know why, new study claims New research from Oxford University, published in Nature, claims Covid infection can reduce grey matter, especially in areas of the brain controlling smell and memory Daily Mirror · Mar 8, 2022
33 best Netflix documentaries to watch right now The best Netflix documentaries range from emotionally complicated true stories to wonderful depictions of nature. Tom’s Guide · Feb 24, 2022
Nature and Us campaign launches to engage the nation on the future of Wales' environment A new campaign by Natural Resources Wales and the Welsh Government urges people to have their say on the future of Wales' natural environment Wales Online · Feb 17, 2022
Zoo fights to save species from extinction by cryogenically freezing genetic samples Technique stores material from animals that are disappearing from Earth The Independent UK · Feb 13, 2022
Everest’s Highest Glacier Shrinks at Accelerated Pace Ice on a glacier near the summit of Mount Everest, which took millennia to form, has shrunk dramatically in the last three decades due to climate change, a new study has shown. The South Col formation may already have lost around 55 meters of thickness in the last 25 years,… Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 8, 2022
Homo floresiensis: facts about the 'hobbit' Homo floresiensis, a diminutive hominin dubbed the hobbit, lived about 17,000 years ago on a remote Indonesian island. LiveScience · Mar 30, 2016