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New Research Finds Herd Immunity to COVID-19 Is an Impractical Strategy

Pejman Rohani sought to determine if and how countries could achieve herd immunity without overburdening the health care system, and to define the control efforts that would be required to do so. Credit: Andrew Davis Tucker/UGA Results provide insight for … Continue reading

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Island-building in Southeast Asia created Earth’s northern ice sheets – ScienceBlog.com

The Greenland ice sheet owes its existence to the growth of an arc of islands in Southeast Asia — stretching from Sumatra to New Guinea — over the last 15 million years, a new study claims. According to an analysis by … Continue reading

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A remarkable echo effect discovered

If the spins of phosphorus atoms in silicon are cleverly excited with microwave pulses, a so-called spin echo signal can be detected after a certain time. Surprisingly, this spin echo does not occur only once, but a whole series of … Continue reading

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Great Transitions: The Origin of Humans — HHMI BioInteractive Video

Which traits distinguish humans from other primates? When and where did these traits evolve? Discover the latest findings on hominid evolution in this classroom-ready biology video. Paleontologists have studied the fossil record of human evolution just like they have done … Continue reading

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The Quantum Theory That Might Make You Immortal | Answers With Joe

Quantum physics is dominated by the idea that quantum objects remain in superposition until thy are measured, which causes its wave function to collapse. But there is another interpretation of quantum mechanics, one with mind-blowing implications about the universe and … Continue reading

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What if YOU were made of Light?

We’re made of matter, which means we experience time. But what if we were made of something timeless like light instead? What would the universe be like for us? Brilliant for 20% off: http://brilliant.org/ScienceAsylum Creator/Host: Nick Lucid Writer: Nick Lucid … Continue reading

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‘So far, so good’: The view from inside a coronavirus vaccine trial | Horizon

by Annette Ekin Dr Lidia Oostvogels is feeling the pressure. After nearly two decades of working in vaccine development, seeing the subject of her work – coronavirus – in the news every single day is a first for her. ‘It’s very … Continue reading

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Time: Do the past, present, and future exist all at once? | Big Think

Time: Do the past, present, and future exist all at once? Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Learn skills from the world’s top minds at Big Think Edge: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- Everything we do as living organisms is dependent, … Continue reading

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“Pyjama Plot” Shows the Quantum World Is Even Stranger Than We Thought

New experimental evidence of a collective behavior of electrons to form “quasiparticles” called “anyons” has been reported by a team of scientists at Purdue University. Anyons have characteristics not seen in other subatomic particles, including exhibiting fractional charge and fractional statistics … Continue reading

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Why is there no equation for the perimeter of an ellipse‽

A Podcast of Unnecessary Detail is out now: https://festivalofthespokennerd.com/p… Come for the Unnecessary Detail, stay for the A Podcast Of. These are my approximation equations: perimeter ≈ π[53a/3 + 717b/35 – √(269a^2 + 667ab + 371b^2)] perimeter ≈ π(6a/5 + … Continue reading

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