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How Diet Can Change The Way Sugar Tastes – ScienceBlog.com
The taste of sweetness is highly subjective. Photo: Pixabay The food animals eat can change how they perceive future food. This response uses the same machinery that the brain uses to learn, new research has found.Researchers at the University of … Continue reading
The Race to Test the World for Coronavirus
There has been a wide range of responses to the novel coronavirus as it spread around the globe. When the outbreak began, the World Health Organization called on countries to act quickly emphasizing the importance of testing. As countries continue … Continue reading
Sorry Hulk: Gamma radiation found ineffective in sterilizing N95 masks – ScienceBlog.com
April 11, 2020 by Leda Zimmerman The research described in this article has been published on a preprint server but has not yet been peer-reviewed by scientific or medical experts. In mid-March, members of the Department of Nuclear Science … Continue reading
COVID-19 is pretty nasty but maybe this is taking social distancing too far? Universe may not be expanding equally in all directions – The Register
Alternative headline: Here’s a bug report for cosmology By Katyanna Quach 9 Apr 2020 at 05:12 The universe may not be expanding at the same rate in all directions according to a study backed by the European Space Agency – a possibility that … Continue reading
You aren’t getting it’: farmer urges public to stay away from fields
A Scottish sheep farmer has pleaded with the public to follow the government’s guidance to stay at home in order to prevent putting farmers ‘trying to provide for the nation’ at risk of coronavirus. Speaking in a video posted on … Continue reading
Time alone (chosen or not) can be a chance to hit the reset button – Aeon
Thuy-vy Nguyen is an assistant professor in psychology at Durham University in the UK. Solitude has become a topic of fascination in modern Western societies because we believe it is a lost art – often craved, yet so seldom … Continue reading
On World Health Day, WWF Calls For A Halt To The Illegal Wildlife Trade And Forest Crime
This World Health Day, the world is grappling with the worst public health emergency in recent memory. The recent outbreak of COVID-19 has brought the link between zoonotic diseases – those transmitted from animals to humans – and wildlife trade … Continue reading
Virus Spillover, Wildlife Extinction and the Environment – It’s All Interlinked
The same processes that threaten wildlife increase our risk of spillover. As COVID-19 spreads across the globe, a common question is, can infectious diseases be connected to environmental change? Yes, indicates a study published today from the University of California, … Continue reading
Peter Godfrey Smith: “Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins…” | Talks at Google
Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness A philosopher dons a wetsuit and journeys into the depths of consciousness. Peter Godfrey-Smith is a leading philosopher of science. He is also an accomplished scuba diver whose … Continue reading
Cephalopods: Aliens From Earth | Random Thursday
Cephalopods like octopus, squid, and cuttlefish seem to be as alien as any alien creature from a sci-fi movie, and it’s fun to speculate that they could be aliens from another planet. But could they be aliens from right here … Continue reading
