Share this on WhatsApp In the U,.S., “…community outbreaks of the coronavirus this summer have centered on restaurants and bars, often the largest settings to infect Americans,” writes Jennifer Steinhauer at The New York Times (8/12/20). Data show that about a quarter of Louisiana’s coronavirus cases since March, other than those in nursing homes, prisons, […]
Share this on WhatsApp The iconic first-ever view of a supermassive black hole sports a dramatic new look, thanks to machine learning. The picture that captivated the world in 2019 showed a bright, blurry doughnut of light. But research published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters on April 13 sharpens that view into a narrow ring […]
Share this on WhatsApp The wildfire season is off to a roaring start. The hot summer is worsening drought and drying out vegetation—an unfortunately ideal environment for wildfires to rage. But that’s just one consequence of global warming; it’s also leading to flooding, torrential rainstorms and heat-related deaths. In fact, the climate crisis has led […]
