Coronavirus face masks show Earth’s grim warming trend
The planet's heating trend has ramped up over the last 40 years — as CO2 emissions have skyrocketed. Nineteen of the last 20 years are now the warmest on record....
GreenLight Biosciences raises $17m to ramp mRNA production for COVID-19 vaccine candidate trials – TechCrunch
One of the approaches therapeutics companies are taking to developing vaccines for COVID-19 relies on what’s called an mRNA (messenger RNA, which essentially provides cells with protein production instructions) vaccine,...
Why ‘murder hornet’ is a terrible name
Just call them giant hornets. The term "murder hornet" skyrocketed into popularity last week after the New York Times published a viral story about the arrival of an invasive insect...
Our adaptability is what will save us from extinction — at least for a while
Will our species go extinct? The short answer is yes. The fossil record shows everything goes extinct, eventually. Almost all species that ever lived, over 99.9%, are extinct. Some left...
How COVID-19 is making scientific research more transparent
The evolving COVID-19 pandemic has created an urgent need for scientific evidence, and quickly. We need politicians to be able to make informed decisions, and we need to support the...
Small errors in coronavirus testing might lead to surprisingly big problems
New antibody tests might be game-changers in keeping the public safe from infection while restarting the economy. Giving “immunity passports” to those who have tested positive for having had the...
‘Asshole’ yeast scientist has some bad news about your sourdough starter
By Brittany Levine Beckman and Mark Stetson2020-05-10 14:00:00 UTC Internet of Yum digs into all the things that make us drool while we're checking our feeds. The coronavirus came and...
Hubble Space Telescope snaps amazing images of Comet Atlas shattering
Breaking up is (apparently) easy to do Although this comet fell apart, the event still served to teach astronomers about a process they do not often see in such detail....
COVID-19 is preventing offline environmental activism — but it’s thriving online
The environmental movement’s past recently collided with its future. April 22 marked the 50th anniversary of the first Earth Day, a milestone for environmentalism. A few days later, a global...
Coronavirus cases would dwindle if 80% of Americans wore masks, says study
Americans have been receiving contradictory information about the coronavirus pandemic, so much so that it's become a joke. One example is face masks: In March, the World Health Organization advised...