Share this on WhatsApp Brazil’s researchers have a battle on their hands. The country has the world’s third-highest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases, with more than 300,000 infections and 20,000 deaths. Scientists there have to fight not only the coronavirus, but also the government’s anti-science stance. President Jair Bolsonaro, who has been photographed shaking hands […]
Share this on WhatsApp Ballgames are a big source of modern amusement, even amid the pandemic. But they’re nothing new. Consider for instance a 4,500-year-old linen ball found in a child’s tomb in Egypt. Or 3,600-year-old rubber balls, from Central America—where the contest called for players to slam the ball with their hips. Now, researchers […]
Share this on WhatsApp Credit: Scientific American MIND September October 2020 Advertisement It’s one of my favorite events in the science world: the annual Art of Neuroscience contest held by the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience. Now in its 10th year, the competition looks a lot different than it did even five years ago. Yes, many […]
