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An Ancient Magma Flood Offers Clues About Global Warming
Howard Lee//31 views
Roughly 60 million years ago, circulation changes deep within our planet generated a hot current of rock—the Iceland plume—causing it to rise from the heart of ...
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Fallout from Australia’s Huge Wildfires Is Choking Rivers
Adam Welz//37 views
This story originally appeared on Yale Environment 360 and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Walking through the Bogandyera Nature Reserve, Luke Pearc...
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Car on a Trampoline: More Kicks With Kinetic Energy
Rhett Allain//29 views/1 comments
Oh, sure, you’ve seen a watermelon dropped from a balcony onto a trampoline. But what happens when you drop a car from a high tower onto a trampoline? That’s a...
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Space Photos of the Week: Earth Looks Peaceful From Up Here
Mary Jarvis//31 views/1 comments
Last week we went into deep space to get some perspective on the vastness of the cosmos; this week we are going to linger close to home and admire the Earth. W...
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What’s Happening to the Monarch Butterfly Population?
Karen Weintraub//21 views
“Something’s going on in early spring,” a professor said, and researchers are trying to solve the mystery. Western monarch butterflies spend their winters in Pi...
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How to debunk COVID-19 conspiracy theories
Justine Calma//46 views
In the whirlwind of news about the novel coronavirus pandemic, it can be hard to figure out what’s a scam or rumor and what’s vital information. The ways in whi...
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Mark Zuckerberg’s philanthropy arms work to bring at least 1,000 COVID-19 tests per day to Bay Area
Jay Peters//32 views
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s philanthropic groups are working to help increase the number of tests for the novel coronavirus in the Bay Area by at least 1,000...
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An Expert Answers the 50 Most Googled Coronavirus Questions
Matt Simon//39 views/2 comments
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to whip around the world, killing thousands of people and overloading hospitals, you’ve probably turned to Google to answe...
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How Fast Does a Virus Spread? Let’s Do the Math
Rhett Allain//39 views
How far and how fast will the Covid-19 pandemic spread? That question is on everyone’s mind, and it’s something most of us don’t have a good intuition for. The ...
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iFixit is building a repair database for medical equipment, and it needs your help
Jon Porter//25 views
Repair specialist iFixit is building a database filled with repair information for the world’s hospital equipment in anticipation of the increased demand caused...
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NASA is suspending development of its future deep-space rocket during coronavirus pandemic
Loren Grush//27 views
NASA is shutting down production and testing of its future deep-space rocket and crew capsule in response to the worsening coronavirus pandemic. The two vehicle...
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Coronavirus Delays Work on NASA’s Moon Rocket and Capsule
Kenneth Chang//36 views
Work will be suspended at two NASA centers, a setback that could end hopes for sending astronauts back to the moon in 2024. The coronavirus pandemic on Earth is...
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Vampire Bats Know Sharing Blood With Friends Is Good Manners
James Gorman//33 views/1 comments
Trilobites After a good blood meal, one bat will share with another, if the other bat is family, or has proved to be a reliable friend. Vampire bats don’t have ...
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You Can Help Break the Chain of Transmission
Siobhan Roberts//41 views/2 comments
“Every time each of us stops, or even just delays, an infection is a small victory.” A simple tree diagram shows how limiting contacts early might prevent many ...
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Complacency, Not Panic, Is the Real Danger
Benedict Carey//35 views
Only a small minority of people panic under threat, research shows. Far more don’t take the threat seriously enough. The sight of empty grocery shelves — widely...