Share this on WhatsApp With stunning rapidity, the novel coronavirus upended everyday life in every corner of the world. As the number of cases skyrocketed, hospitals were overwhelmed. Now, vast swaths of the economy remain hobbled, and the night air is eerily quiet. Few predicted either the magnitude or the extent of the disruption, and […]
Share this on WhatsApp Keeping global warming within 1.5 degrees Celsius is “currently not plausible,” warns a new report from the University of Hamburg. The types of swift, transformative social change needed to reach that target just aren’t happening fast enough. A less ambitious target of 2 C still could be in the cards, the report […]
Share this on WhatsApp The coronavirus that has killed hundreds of thousands of people and staggered the world’s economy is just about 88 nanometers in diameter—138 nm if you count its spikes. In this issue of Scientific American, we show what scientists have learned so far about the structure and function of the evil genius […]
