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Preview: Frog Friday Live 4 — FROG BLOG MANCHESTER
Tune in this Friday – 15th of May, for our latest instalment of Frog Friday Live from Manchester Museum, live at 1pm on our Twitter and Periscope channels. Watch the video below for a highlight of what we will be … Continue reading
The Race to Develop a Coronavirus Treatment in 60 Days
As the novel coronavirus outbreak switched from epidemic to global pandemic, and COVID-19 continued to sweep across the globe, a team launched back in 2017 by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has been working tirelessly toward safely developing … Continue reading
The Messy Story Of The Evolution Of Life On Earth
In an evolutionary tree, neat branches link the paths of different species back through time. As you follow the forking paths, you can trace common ancestors, winding down the trunk to see the root organism in common.[…] More: https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/dna-evolution-earth/
Why Are Conspiracy Theories So Appealing? | Dr David Grimes and Liv Boeree
It seems like many conspiracy theories — even the most extreme ones — are growing in popularity. To understand why, I chat with Dr David Grimes, physicist, cancer researcher and author of The Irrational Ape about the science behind belief-building … Continue reading
Why Nature Loves Hexagons
From spirals to spots to fractals, nature is full of interesting patterns. Many of these patterns even resemble geometric shapes. One of the most common? Hexagons. Why do we see this six-sided shape occur so many times in nature? This … Continue reading
The wonders of the molecular world, animated | Janet Iwasa
Some biological structures are so small that scientists can’t see them with even the most powerful microscopes. That’s where molecular animator and TED Fellow Janet Iwasa gets creative. Explore vast, unseen molecular worlds as she shares mesmerizing animations that imagine … Continue reading
The Golden Ratio Is BS (Kinda) | Answers With Joe
The Golden Ratio is a mathematical construct that has been observed all throughout nature, architecture, and art. And some think it’s a universal constant, and divine. But… is it? Or are we only seeing what we want to see?
The accidental beekeeper | Aeon
Honeybees collect nectar from an Eryngium plant at Great Dixter in Northiam, East Sussex, on 4 August 2013. Photo by Chris Helgren/Reuters Helen Jukes is a British writer and writing tutor. She is the author of A Honeybee Heart … Continue reading
Flocking Behavior of Birds (Boids Algorithm) – Smarter Every Day 234
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GET SMARTER SECTION Read the website of the man that originally came up with the algorithm, Craig Reynolds http://www.red3d.com/cwr/boids/ Boids on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boids Experiment with the Boids Algorithm on Ben Eater’s website https://eater.net/boids ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Pick of the coronavirus papers: Immune system shows abnormal response to COVID-19 | Nature
People queue for a train in Yichang, China, after the lockdowns ease.Credit: STR/AFP/Getty A selection of the latest research on COVID-19. 1 May — Immune system shows abnormal response to COVID-19 The immune response to SARS-CoV-2 differs from … Continue reading
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