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Patients infected with COVID-19 rest at a temporary hospital in Wuhan, China, Feb. 17, 2020. Getty Images/Xiao Yijiu. Marilyn J. Roossinck Professor of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology, Pennsylvania State University – Editor’s Note: You may sometimes have felt like you “have …
The ultimate soft and chewy American-style cookie with the added bonus of chocolate chips. Meera Sodha @meerasodha – Meera Sodha’s vegan chocolate chip cookies. Photograph: Louise Hagger/The Guardian. Food styling: Emily Kydd. Prop styling: Jennifer Kay. The biscuits of my youth – bourbons, …
A cave in France contains man’s earliest-known structures that had to be built by Neanderthals who were believed to be incapable of such things. By Robby Berman – Image source: yannvdb/Wikimedia Commons – In a French cave deep underground, scientists have discovered what …
A new study suggests that the type of alarm clock you use might affect the severity of sleep inertia you experience. By Stephen Johnson – Columbia Pictures – Sleep inertia is a physiological state that describes the period between waking up and …
By Loz Blain – Australian company HB11 says it’s well on the way to nuclear fusion energy generation without the radioactive fuels or super-high temperatures. kuligssen/Depositphotos. – “We are sidestepping all of the scientific challenges that have held fusion energy back for more than …
A few traditions in the Roman Catholic Church can be traced back to pagan cults, rites, and deities. By Molly Hanson – Photo by Josh Applegate / Unsplash – The Catholic rite of Holy Communion parallels pre-Christian Greco-Roman and Egyptian rituals that involved …
by Eric Foner – Elected 150 years ago, Hiram Revels was the first. – A few days ago, 300 people gathered in the Old State Capitol in Jackson, Miss., to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the election of Hiram Revels as the nation’s …
By Joel Berger, Colorado State University and Jon Beckmann, University of Nevada, Reno – Bighorn sheep on grassland in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Joel Berger, CC BY-ND. – In the grip of winter, the North American prairies can look deceptively barren. But many …
Draft of Brown study says findings suggest ‘substantial impact of mechanized bots in amplifying denialist messages.’ By Oliver Milman in New York, @olliemilman – The researchers examined 6.5m tweets posted in the days leading up to and the month after Trump announced the …
By Nick Lavars – Experts are concerned Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is on the brink of another severe bleaching event. TanyaPuntti/Depositphotos. – A hotter climate poses a threat to our environment in all kinds of ways, but one ecosystem that is really feeling the …
