Share this on WhatsApp Six months into the COVID-19 pandemic, and with summer on the doorstep, scientists are still investigating whether weather and climate affect the novel coronavirus. Experts seem to be converging on a mix of good and bad news. Hotter, more humid weather probably does dampen the transmission of the virus, at least […]
Share this on WhatsApp The items below are highlights from the free newsletter, “Smart, useful, science stuff about COVID-19.” To receive newsletter issues daily in your inbox, sign-up here. Please consider a monthly contribution to support this newsletter. The role that symptom-free (“asymptomatic”) people infected with the new coronavirus play in spreading it grew more […]
Share this on WhatsApp You might think that letting gravity pull you closer to a massive object is easier than trying to pull yourself away from that massive object. Certainly if all you want to do is fall that might be true. But if you start out in a stable orbit, and you want to reach another stable […]
