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Coronavirus News Roundup, July 4-July 9

The items below are highlights from the free newsletter, “Smart, useful, science stuff about COVID-19.” To receive newsletter issues daily…

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Aliens Could Have 100 Eyes

Originally published in November 1854 Credit: Scientific AmericanAdvertisement “Sir David Brewster, who supposes the stars to be inhabited, as being…

5 years ago

Worrisome Signs Emerge for 1.5-Degree-C Climate Target

Global temperatures are inching closer to a worrisome climate milestone, scientists reported this week. That doesn't mean ambitious climate goals…

5 years ago

One Millionth Patent Awarded without Ceremony

Originally published in August 1911 Credit: Scientific AmericanAdvertisement “Unmarked by any pomp or ceremony and with a lack of ostentation…

5 years ago

Americans Increase LSD Use–and a Bleak Outlook for the World May Be to Blame

In the years leading up to the roaring 2020s, young people were once again dropping acid. Onetime Harvard psychologist Timothy…

5 years ago

Smooth Handfish Extinction Marks a Sad Milestone

For centuries humans believed the ocean was so vast that it was impossible to do it measurable harm. But we…

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Counterfactual Experiments Are Crucial, but Easy to Misunderstand

Between us, we have more than a century of experience in climate research, literature assessment, and scholarly support for domestic…

5 years ago

Polynesians and Native South Americans Made 12th Century Contact

In 1947, the Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl set sail from Peru, on a balsa wood raft called Kon-Tiki. As he…

5 years ago

Mounting Evidence Suggests Coronavirus Is Airborne–but Health Advice Has Not Caught Up

In Lidia Morawska’s home city of Brisbane on Australia’s east coast, roadside signs broadcast a simple message: ‘Wash hands, save…

5 years ago

Slash CO2, Then Wait–and Wait–for Temperatures to Drop

Climate action taken by the world today wouldn't be noticed for decades to come, according to researchers who say warming…

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