Bei Bei the giant panda
Bei Bei the giant panda – Bei Bei and me: At nine years old, Rebecca Hale fell in love with pandas on a trip to the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. Three decades later, as a mom and a photographer for Nat Geo …
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Tiny ThermBot returns contactless temperature readings in under a second
ThermBot displays readings in Fahrenheit and Celsius – 2020 Aug 12 – It’s never been more important to be able to quickly and accurately take your temperature, and the ThermBot provides that capability in a device that is smaller and smarter than other …
Clever chemistry turns ordinary bricks into electricity storage devices
Bricks could do double duty as building materials and supercapacitors. Big_Ryan/DigitalVision Vectors via Getty Images – By Julio M. D’Arcy, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Washington University in St Louis 2020 Aug 11 – The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic …
Quantum particles timed as they tunnel through a solid
A clever new study definitively measures how long it takes for quantum particles to pass through a barrier. Image source: Carlos Castilla/Shutterstock – By Robby Berman 2020 Aug 11 – Quantum particles can tunnel through seemingly impassable barriers, popping up on the other …
To fight racism, we need to confront religion’s racist past
Native American protesters demonstrate in Keystone, South Dakota, ahead of President Donald Trump’s visit to the Mount Rushmore memorial, Friday, July 3, 2020. Protesters advocated for the Black Hills to be returned to the Lakota people. (AP Photo/Stephen Groves) – By Simran Jeet …
Are Humans ‘Designed’ To Eat Meat?
We have short, soft fingernails, not claws and our canine teeth are small and blunt and have no chance of penetrating a hide. Looking at our lack of canine teeth and claws is a clue… (Photo: Adobe) – Dr. Justine Butler of Viva! 2020 …
Tiny worlds: The winners of the 2020 Macro Art Photography Awards Commended. Posing. Rainforest, Costa Rica. A tiny glass frog on a flower in the rainforest. Barbora Polivkova – By Rich Haridy 2020 Aug 09 – The mind-bending winners of the 2020 Macro Art …
Highly efficient process makes seawater drinkable in 30 minutes
A scanning electron microscope image of metal-organic frameworks. CSIRO – By Michael Irving 2020 Aug 10 – Access to clean, safe drinking water is a necessity that’s worryingly not being met in many parts of the world. A new study has used a material …
How to use ventilation and air filtration to prevent the spread of coronavirus indoors
Open windows are the simplest way to increase air flow in a room. Justin Paget / Digital Vision via Getty Images – Author Shelly Miller, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder 2020 Aug 10 – The vast majority of SARS-CoV-2 transmission …
From King to Gandhi, racial justice brings faiths together
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King, both wearing garlands, are received by admirers after landing at the airport in New Delhi on Feb. 10, 1959. King, who was known as the American Gandhi, went on what he …