Originally published in July 1898 Credit: Scientific American Advertisement “Of the 298 classes of objects of fear, to which 1,707 persons confessed, thunder and lightning lead all the rest. But is there any factual justification for this fear? We believe there is not. As proof we may cite statistics of the United States Weather Bureau. […]
Circling hundreds of miles above the surface of our big blue marble for 30 years, I’ve had a remarkable view of the universe. I am the Hubble Space Telescope, and I have a birthday wish for everyone out there listening while I watch the heavens. Tags: Related Video Support Science Journalism Scientific American Space & […]
Infectious diseases expert Dr. Anthony Fauci shares what makes COVID-19 so insidious, busts myths about the virus and breaks down why adhering to public … source
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Thirty years ago a team of NASA astronauts tipped the Hubble Space Telescope out of a space shuttle’s cargo bay and into low-Earth orbit. High above our planet’s starlight-smearing atmosphere, Hubble could study phenomena across the cosmos that ground-based observatories could never hope to see. It was not the first space telescope, but it is […]
Editor’s Note (4/24/20): This article was originally published online on March 11. It has been updated for inclusion in the June 2020 issue of Scientific American and to address rumors that SARS-CoV-2 emerged from Shi Zhengli’s lab in China. The mysterious patient samples arrived at the Wuhan Institute of Virology at 7 P.M. on December […]
Umbria, Basilicata, Molise, Sardegna e Val d’Aosta: per loro, la settimana prossima, potrebbe essere la prima settimana senza nuovi contagiati da Coronavirus. source
Hemorrhage—blood escaping profusely from a ruptured vessel—is a leading cause of potentially preventable death. Bandages often fail to stop the bleeding. But researchers say they have developed a better kind of dressing: one that repels blood and bacteria, promotes quick clotting and detaches without reopening the initial wound. While developing blood-repelling coatings for medical devices, […]
Der Präsident des Robert Koch-Institut, Lothar Wieler, informiert über die neuesten Entwicklungen in Deutschland zur Corona-Krise. Das Robert Koch-Institut … source
In den USA sind über 200.000 Corona-Infektionen nachgewiesen worden – so viele wie nirgendwo sonst auf der Welt. Die Lage in New York ist dramatisch. source
Police in New Delhi broke up the longest-running protest against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s citizenship law on Tuesday, citing a ban on public … source