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“Snake Pneumonia” – Coronavirus Outbreak in China Traced to Snakes by Genetic Analysis
Emerging viral infections — from bird flu to Ebola to Zika infections — pose major threats to global public health, and understanding their origins can help investigators design defensive strategies against future outbreaks. A new study provides important insights on the … Continue reading
Striped Eel Catfish Traverse the Ocean Floor as a Strategically Rotating Mass
Foryoung striped eel catfish, there really is safety in numbers. A recent Instagram post shares a video by Marie-Laure Vergne of about one hundred juvenile fish moving across the bottom of the ocean. The Abyss Dive Center, a scuba diving … Continue reading
Why is cotton in everything? – Michael R. Stiff
Dig into the science of how cotton transforms from seed to fiber, and how these cotton fibers are used to make everything from fabrics, to currency, and fishing nets. — Centuries ago, the Inca developed ingenuous suits of armor that … Continue reading
Tasting Sunlight – Emergence Magazine
See, Lat, and their three children forage for fish and mushrooms as they try to hold on to their traditional values and way of life in the Areng Valley of Cambodia. The people of Cambodia’s Areng Valley have lived on … Continue reading
Nature. Beauty. Gratitude.
Nature’s beauty can be fleeting — but not through Louie Schwartzberg’s lens. His stunning time-lapse photography, accompanied by powerful words from Benedictine monk Brother David Steindl-Rast, serves as a meditation on being grateful for every day. This talk was presented … Continue reading
Sanderlings and sand dunes — Dear Kitty. Some blog
After 17 January 2020 in the Schoorlse Duinen nature reserve came 18 January. When we walked towards the North Sea, as this photo shows. It is a Lensbaby photo, like all photos of this blog post. The morning had started … Continue reading
Seeing Heat
This film shows everyday heat phenomena captured by a high-resolution thermal imaging camera.
Physics and caffeine
See the website of the movie hebergement.u-psud.fr/supraconductivite/stopmotion2_en.html French version : vimeo.com/144595829 A movie by Charlotte Arene in collaboration with “Physics Reimagined” and “Interface Liquides” teams of LPS (Université Paris Sud et CNRS). vulgarisation.fr Other Charlotte’s movies : vimeo.com/charlottearene
THE HAIRY NOBEL
This is the story of the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics, which was awarded for research that started in 1980 and involved electrons, coffee cups, donuts… and a hairy ball. Or how a small, curious experiment eventually led to a … Continue reading
4 Plants That Are Great for Humans
A quarter of all prescription drugs in the U.S. come from substances that are found only in plants. In this episode of SciShow, we take a look at four of these talented plants who make our lives better.
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