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Readers Respond to the April 2020 Issue

Share this on WhatsApp STARS ON THE MOVE In “New View of the Milky Way,” Mark J. Reid and Xing-Wu Zheng state that they “find that the sun circles the Milky Way every 212 million years. To put this in perspective, the last time our solar system was in this part of the Milky Way, […]

The Power of Local Celebrities in the Fight against Vaccine Hesitancy

Share this on WhatsApp Calling all doctors, local politicians, clergy, social media influencers, and others with clout in your communities: Please become public advocates for vaccines. Right now. Calling all local journalists, too: Please amplify your neighbors’ advocacy, and add some of your own. This is a time when you should transcend the norms of […]

Dinosaurs Got Cancer Too – Scientific American

Share this on WhatsApp “Given that hundreds of thousands of dinosaur bones have been dug up, is there any evidence that dinosaurs got cancer there?”   David Evans, senior curator of Paleontology at the Royal Museum of Ontario in Toronto, at a recent museum fundraising event. “There had been a few studies that had kind […]