Multiple reports suggest China wasn’t providing accurate coronavirus-related data and concealed the extent of the outbreak early on during the pandemic. source
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In Search of Naked Singularities
Black holes are hidden behind event horizons, and just as in Las Vegas, “whatever happens inside the horizon, stays inside the horizon.” No information leaks out. A black hole horizon brings the added benefit of hiding an embarrassment of the theory that predicts it. Matter falling into a black hole ends up in a singularity […]
WATCH LIVE: New York governor gives coronavirus update — April 29, 2020
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Conspiracy Theorists Threaten Woman They Claim is COVID-19 Patient Zero | NowThis
Conspiracy theorists claim this woman brought COVID-19 to Wuhan from the U.S. as a biological weapon — now she’s being bombarded with online … source
Recommended Books, May 2020 – Scientific American
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake Random House, 2020 ($28) Fungi make up an understudied kingdom of life-forms, often ignored unless they manifest as mushrooms, ferment a drink or rot a wood structure. But behind the scenes—and often belowground—fungi are the heavy lifters in complex […]
Prime Factorization as Verse – Scientific American Blog Network
Roots of Unity | Opinion Creating poetry with the fundamental theorem of arithmetic Credit: Renaud Camus Flickr (CC BY 2.0) Advertisement When I put together my page-a-day calendar, published by the American Mathematical Society (why, yes, it is still available; thanks for asking), I knew I wanted to include a healthy dose of poetry. I love […]
Coronavirus Lesson: More Testing Turns Up More Cases | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC
Rachel Maddow looks at examples where thorough coronavirus testing at vulnerable facilities revealed huge numbers of positive cases that would otherwise … source
What will phase 2 of the UK's COVID-19 lockdown look like?
The next phase of the UK’s coronavirus lockdown may be approaching, as Boris Johnson returns to work after suffering from COVID-19. The Prime Minister is set … source
WATCH: California Governor provides update on coronavirus
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) holds a news briefing to provide updates on the state’s response to the coronavirus. SPECIAL OFFER: To thank you for your … source
Trump’s New Obama Envy? Coronavirus Debacle Contrasted To Obama’s Science-Driven Pandemic Prep
As Pres. Trump faces fallout for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, and blames past administrations in the WHO, the historical archive shows President … source