WEIRD FACTS
By Rich Haridy – We knew the distinctive smell of rain on dry earth was the result of a chemical released by bacteria, but new research helps explain why the bacteria evolved to do this. mihtiander/Depositphotos. – New research from an international team of …
By Nick Lavars 2020 Apr 07 – New research suggests we may have been underestimating the role the ocean plays in soaking up CO2 from the atmosphere. ongap_/Depositphotos. – The world’s oceans play an important role in regulating the amount of carbon dioxide in …
A field of onions waiting to be buried in Nyssa, Idaho on 2020 Apr 10. (Joseph Haeberle / The New York Time) – By David Yaffe-Bellany and MICHAEL CORKERY The New York Times | 2020 Apr 13| 11:23 AM – In Wisconsin and …
By Rich Haridy – After some debate the CDC now recommends the general public wear some kind of face covering when in public spaces. Kzenon/Depositphotos. – Reversing prior advice, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is now recommending everyone in the United …
Sixty-four-year-old lands in field after grabbing ejection handle to steady himself, French air investigators find. By Guardian staff – 2020 Apr 13 – A 64-year-old man accidentally pulled the ejection handle during a spin in a French fighter jet. Photograph: Dominic Favre/EPA – …
By Rich Haridy – With over 1.5 billion school students around the world currently at home, many are asking when schools will safely be able to reopen. solarseven/Depositphotos. – As governments around the globe deploy a variety of different lockdown strategies to try to …
By Rich Haridy – How long should social distancing and home lockdowns go on for? And what happens when everyone comes outside again? alexlmx/Depositphotos – With billions of people currently confined to their homes, many are asking how long will this lockdown last, and …
The containment practices of outbreaks past could have lessons for modern epidemics The epidemic claimed the lives of some 8 million pigs by spring of 2014. (Carsten Koall/Getty Images) By Katherine J. Wu, SmithsonianMag.Com 2020 Apr 10 – In the spring of 2013, …
By Chris Bryant, The Conversation – Most people in the UK are committed meat eaters – but for how long? My new research into the views of meat eaters found that most respondents viewed veganism as ethical in principle and good for the …
By Carly Cassella 2020 Apr 08 – A global pandemic is as good a time as any to reflect on where we as humans went wrong. Human impact on animal populations worldwide is a direct contributor to zoonotic disease spread, according to a …
