Originally published in March 1901 Credit: Scientific American Advertisement “A correspondent from the city of Boone, Iowa, sends $5 and some sketches of a table he is building, evidently intended for some gambling establishment. There is a plate of soft iron in the middle of the table under the cloth, which by an electric current […]
A fired Amazon warehouse employee says he was urged by supervisors to stay quiet about his concerns over coronavirus in the workplace to avoid panic. source
In recent weeks, astronomers have been monitoring strange, high-energy emissions from the corpse of a long-dead star some 30,000 light-years away. Within the emissions, they found something surprising: a powerful blast of radio waves that lasted mere milliseconds. The blast was, in fact, the brightest outburst ever seen from this star or any of its […]
Even in the best of times, the U.S. health system has not always been delivering for all women. Maternal mortality rates have increased over the last decade and racial disparities in maternal health outcomes have persisted. Today, we are witnessing in real time the ability of our health systems to build and flex capacity in […]
The latest official figures reveal that 26097 people have died after testing positive for coronavirus in the UK. The figures now include deaths in care homes and … source
America’s carbon dioxide emissions have fallen consistently over the last 15 years in large part because power companies have swapped coal for natural gas. Now it appears that those CO2 reductions might be smaller than previously thought. A recent study by the Environmental Defense Fund found that 3.7% of natural gas produced in the Permian Basin leaked […]
After looming above the Arctic for nearly a month, the single largest ozone hole ever detected over the North Pole has finally closed, researchers from the European Union’s Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) reported. “The unprecedented 2020 Northern Hemisphere ozone hole has come to an end,” CAMS researchers tweeted on April 23. The hole in the ozone layer—a portion of […]
A drug that may shorten the recovery time of hospitalized coronavirus patients is being hailed as a potential breakthrough in the fight against the pandemic. source
This is Scientific American’s Science Talk, posted on May 5, 2020. I’m Steve Mirsky. On this episode: LIVIO CLIP That’s Mario Livio. He’s an astrophysicist and the author of popular science books. His last appearance here was in 2017 to discuss his book Why? What Makes Us Curious. He’s back to talk about his new […]
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