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Coronavirus News Roundup, June 27-July 3

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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Wireless Technology Could Help Climate-Proof the Internet

Internet interruptions caused by extreme weather events sap billions of dollars annually from the global economy and can interfere with…

5 years ago

Color-Changing Ink Turns Clothes into Giant Chemical Sensors

A new color-changing ink could aid in health and environment monitoring—for example, allowing clothing that switches hues when exposed to…

5 years ago

Why People Are Toppling Monuments to Racism

With the wave of statue-felling currently sweeping across the United States and United Kingdom, it is clearer than ever that…

5 years ago

Young Great White Sharks Eat Off the Floor

The image of a dorsal fin cutting through the sea surface is iconic. But scientists studying the stomach contests of…

5 years ago

France Declares Open Season on Snails

Originally published in June 1909 Credit: Scientific AmericanAdvertisement “The French Minister of Agriculture, after a careful examination of the subject,…

5 years ago

Disaster Loans Entrench Disparities in Black Communities

One of the costliest storms in the past decade struck indiscriminately along the southeast coast of the United States in…

5 years ago

The Dentist Will See You Now: But Will You See the Dentist?

Mary Lyn Koval did not want to go to the dentist. A marketing communications consultant in upstate New York, Koval…

5 years ago

‘Hybrid’ Quantum Networking Demonstrated for First Time

In a world’s first, researchers in France and the U.S. have performed a pioneering experiment demonstrating “hybrid” quantum networking. The…

5 years ago

Why Does the Phrase “Woman Scientist” Even Exist?

Recently, NASA has been working to erase all hints of gender bias lingering from previous generations. The agency even converted…

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