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Getting To The Heart Of The Coronavirus Pandemic By W. Glen PyleAn Online, Interactive Conversation With David Orban July 6th, 7PM CETOn July 6th, at 7PM CET (1PM in NY, 10AM in California) I will be chatting online with David Orban on his show Searching For The Question Live (#sftql) about the present and future of particle physics, artificial intelligence and its applications to research, science communication, and the whereabouts ...By Tommaso DorigoSpooky Music Action At A Distance: A Human Musician Communicates Directly With A Quantum ComputerA high-tech jamming session, through which a blend of live human and computer-generated sounds came together to create a unique performance piece, has been created thanks to "spooky action at a distance."Quantum teleportation is the ability to instantaneously transmit quantum information over vast ...By News StaffGoldilocks Planet: Being Just Right Is Why Earth Provided The Ingredients For LifeWhen it comes to evolutionary biology and life on other planets, there is talk of amino acids, the building blocks of our existence.But for any of that to work we first needed magnetic fields and plate tectonics, and a new paper finds that Earth became a "Goldilocks planet" by getting to the right ...By News StaffMass Gap Discovery: A Missing Link Between Neutron Stars And Black Holes FoundWhen the most massive stars die, they collapse under their own gravity and leave behind black holes while when stars that are less massive reach their end, they explode in a supernova and leave behind dense, dead remnants of stars.Those are called neutron stars and heaviest known neutron star is ...By News StaffThe Tree Planting Fad Threatens Ancient GrasslandsWhen well-meaning people in Madagascar, urged on by poorly-informed environmentalists and carbon credit companies, rushed to plant a million trees in one January day, scientists were outraged. They were planting them in the country’s barren Central Highlands - and destroying an ancient ecosystem ...By News StaffELM And The Right Scenario For A Fusion Power PlantA new operating mode for fusion power avoids instabilities in the plasma that place a heavy load on the vessel wall and to remove heat and particles from the plasma more gently.The aim of fusion energy is to tame atomic nuclei the way the sun does. Because the fusion fire only ignites at temperatures ...By News StaffGlobal Warming Reversed 6,500 Years Of CoolingIn geological history, 90,000 of every 100,000 years has been ice ages, and it has been 12,000 years since the last one. In a 'glass half full' optimistic take on emissions, the Industrial Age put a halt to a 6,500 year cooling trend and the ice age for which we are overdue, but just like salt ...By News StaffCoronavirus Has Shown Alternative Energy Is Luxury Spending, Not Part Of A Realistic StrategyIf you know the government is going to subsidize your business, you are a lot more agreeable to starting a company with questionable prospects than if you have to compete in the free market. If government subsidies decline, you are in real trouble if you have not shown your business model works ...By Hank CampbellHow Adaptive Radiation Shaped Reptile EvolutionThough we've learned a lot about evolution in the last 150 years, when it comes to the details, some fundamental questions remain unanswered. Such as when and how extremely diverse groups of animals such as reptiles first evolved. For seventy-five years, adaptive radiation, the relatively fast ...By News StaffAmodal: We Begin Linking Vocal And Facial Emotion At Age 8Emotions are an integral part of our lives. They influence our behavior, perceptions, and day-to-day decisions. The spontaneous amodal coding of emotions - independent of perceptual modalities like the physical characteristics of faces or voices - is easy for adults, but how does the same capacity ...By News StaffMeasles Has Been With Us For At Least 8,000 Years - And Cities May Be WhyEnvironmental groups believe that living in cities is better for the environment but if there is one thing that COVID-19 has made clear, it's that living in cities is better for spreading infectious disease also.Despite having numerous large cities, the U.S. was on the verge of having measles ...By News StaffMosquito Diseases Kill Tens Of Millions Per Year Worldwide But American Parents Worry More About TicksA few species of mosquitoes are nothing but carriers of disease, so pesticides were used to wipe them out in much of North America. Worldwide they remain a public health problem and while some ecologists claim a mythical (and scientifically debunked) 'balance of nature' and therefore insist Aedes ...By Hank CampbellACE-i And ARB Medications May Reduce Colorectal Cancer RiskAngiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor (ACE-i) or angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB) medications are prescribed for conditions such as heart failure, high blood pressure or heart disease. They inhibit or block angiotensin, a chemical that causes arteries to become narrow, so are commonly prescribed ...By News StaffAsthma Doesn't Increase Risk Or Severity Of COVID-19Though old age, respiratory issues, blood clots, and obesity are risk factors for likelihood and severity of COVID-19, one group in the respiratory section needn't worry more; asthmatics.Asthma does not appear to increase the risk for a person contracting COVID-19 or influence its severity."Older ...By News StaffObesity Is A Co-Morbidity In Everything, Including COVID-19Coronavirus and the COVID-19 disease it brings does not discriminate on race, creed, or color, but it does target people with pre-existing conditions. Like age, respiratory issues, and obesity, which are risk factors for nearly everything. And that can translate into cultural disparity.Obese European ...By News StaffAmerican Cancer Society Nutrition Statements Are More Aspirational Wellness Than Evidence-Based GuidelinesCan you prevent cancer? Not really. The number one risk factor for cancer is old age, if you live long enough you are likely to get some form or another. Despite the beliefs of the Longevity crowd, we are biologically self-terminating.Can you lessen your risk of getting some types of cancer? Absolutely ...By Hank CampbellFree-Range Kids: Why Lack Of Adult Supervision MattersThe recently released 2020 ParticipACTION Report Card revealed that Canadian children scored a D+ for “daily physical activity,” an F for “active play” and a D- for “active transportation.” Only 39 per cent of Canadian children and youth achieve recommended physical activity levels ...By The Conversation'Stars With Flames Like Hair' - Comets As Portents Of Doom In The Middle AgesOn August 30 2019, a comet from outside our solar system was observed by amateur astronomer Gennady Borisov at the MARGO observatory in Crimea. This was only the second time an interstellar comet had ever been recorded. Comet 19 or C/2019 Q4 , as it is now known, made its closest approach to the ...By The ConversationThe Science Reason Businesses Should Provide Free TrialsNetflix is the big name in streaming, virtually everyone who has any interest in digital shows has heard of them, but they still give you a free trial.No matter your size, and even if it's an existing customer, it makes good business sense, finds a new paper.Give an existing company something free ...By News StaffAt 13,500 Years Old, This Songbird Is The Oldest Known Figurine(Inside Science) - An ancient bird statuette recovered from a refuse heap is the oldest known figurine discovered yet in China, shedding new light on how our ancestors created 3D art, a new study finds.Scientists unearthed the miniature carving at the site of Lingjing in China, where previous excavations ...By Inside ScienceSorry Science, By High School 4X As Many Women As Men Want To Enter Medical Fields InsteadThere are more women getting degrees in the life science, social science, and pre-med fields, while more men graduate in engineering and physics. Some contend that is gender bias introduced at a young age, but since education is 70 percent women it is difficult to charge them with sexism against ...By Hank CampbellWill The Media Retract Their 'Breathless' Warnings Of Insect Armageddon?Are insects facing survival challenges? Of course, the evidence in support of reasonable concerns is overwhelming. The important questions are: how serious is the decline; is it accelerating; what are its causes; and how can we address them?Those are not the questions the media have been asking ...By Jon EntineWould More Women In Academic Medicine Leadership Roles Have Improved Coronavirus Response?The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) were shown to be a bureaucratic mess when the coronavirus pandemic hit - refusing to send coronavirus tests unless hospitals first proved proved patients had coronavirus, then sending faulty reagents - and academic epidemiologists often ...By Hank CampbellCoronavirus Has Seen A Surge In Phone Scams: Here's How To Spot And Foil ThemMost of us have experienced unwanted calls at home. This is in spite of efforts by regulators, including the Information Commissioner’s Office and Ofcom, whose most recent report shows that around half of the UK population still receive nuisance calls. Many of these unsolicited calls annoy us ...By The Conversation Know Science And Want To Write? Apply for a column: writing@science20.com Donate or Buy SWAG DonateSWAG Please donate so science experts can writefor the public.At Science 2.0, scientists are the journalists,with no political bias or editorial control. Wecan't do it alone so please make a difference.We are a nonprofit science journalismgroup operating under Section 501(c)(3)of the Internal Revenue Code that'seducated over 300 million people.You can help with a tax-deductibledonation today and 100 percent of yourgift will go toward our programs,no salaries or offices.

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