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By Rich Haridy – This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 colored yellow, emerging from the surface of cells (colored pink). NIAID-RML. – A new study from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is affirming early estimates suggesting 5.1 days is the average …
By Katherine Ripley – Updated October 24, 2019 – If you’re a woman, especially in a male-dominated field, you probably know what it feels like to be overshadowed by male colleagues, even when you’re doing better work than them. All of the women …
By Rich Haridy – “Horse Motion.” A horse breeder plays a horse in one of the stables of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Abbas Alkhamis, Saudi Arabia, Winner, National Awards, 2020 Sony World Photography Awards. – One of the largest and most prestigious …
By Michael Irving – The new bendable concrete is put to the test. Swinburne University. – Concrete is the world’s most widely-used building material thanks to its incredible strength – but it doesn’t stand up well against bending. Now, researchers at Swinburne University …
By Genevieve Carlton – Updated November 21, 2019 – What was it like to live at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project? As thousands worked to build a top-secret atomic device, the US military tried to keep the entire city secret. All …
By Quinn Armstrong – Updated August 20, 2019 – Within a complex of chapels, cathedrals, and palaces in Turino, Italia, there’s an airtight case made of bulletproof glass. The temperature and chemical composition of the air inside this case is carefully …
Alba, who was captured and caged in 2017, underwent nearly two years of rehabilitation. (BOSF 2020/Indrayana) – By Brigit Katz, SmithsonianMag.Com – Last month, conservationists released three rehabilitated orangutans into Indonesia’s Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park. While monitoring one of the primates, …
By Aaron Turpen – It may not look so, but the Morgan Plus Four is completely new from the ground up. Morgan Motors. – The Plus 4 has been a Morgan Motors staple since 1950, but eventually, all things must change. Sometimes it’s for …
By Anthony Wood – A foraging bumblebee. Tara Cox / Imperial College London. – Pesticide contamination may be responsible for triggering abnormal brain development in baby bumblebees, according to the results of a new scientific paper. Researchers scanned the brains of 92 worker bees …
By Rich Haridy – Finalist, Natural World. “Adelie Penguin on an Iceberg” Conor Ryan. All rights reserved – The finalists in the 17th Smithsonian Photo Contest have been revealed, selected from over 36,000 submissions. Here are our picks from the 60 sensational finalist photographs. …
