WEIRD SCIENCE
Shutterstock – Authors Susan Hazel, Senior Lecturer, School of Animal and Veterinary Science, University of Adelaide Anne-Lise Chaber, One Health Lecturer, School of Animal and Veterinary Science, University of Adelaide – 2020 Aug 04 – What does a pandemic smell like? If dogs …
Fitness information from wearable devices can reveal when the body is fighting an infection. Nico De Pasquale Photography/Stone via Getty Images – Author Albert H. Titus, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York 2020 Aug 07 – …
Poorer, hotter parts of the world will struggle to adapt to unbearable conditions, research finds. – A woman drinks as children cool off in a public fountain in Milano, Italia, on 31 July. 2020 is set to be hottest or second hottest year …
Are there places in the body where SARS-CoV-2 can hide from the immune system? fotograzia / Getty Images – By William Petri, Professor of Medicine, University of Virginia – 2020 Jul 31 – As millions of people are recovering from COVID-19, an unanswered …
Harvard researchers have developed HAPPI, a material that can stop injured patients bleeding out. beawolf/Depositphotos – By Michael Irving 2020 Aug 02 – Blood loss from traumatic injuries is a major killer, but it’s relatively easy to treat in a hospital environment. The problem …
The sediment cores taken from the seafloor, which were found to contain living bacteria from 100 million years ago. IODP JRSO – By Michael Irving 2020 Jul 28 – In what sounds like the opening scenes of a sci-fi disaster movie, scientists have managed …
Science Photo Library/Science Photo Library/Getty Images – By Kate Harkness 2020 Jun 23 – During the current COVID-19 pandemic, have you been wondering why you’re getting headaches more often? Or stomach aches? Or feeling itchy or getting pimples? Or why your periods are …
Pentagon admits to secret $22m UFO program. The program ran from 2007 to 2012 with $22m (£15m) in funding. (USAF via Getty) – By Tom Embury-Dennis @tomemburyd – The Pentagon has reportedly recovered metal alloys from unidentified flying objects that scientists “do not …
By Rich Haridy 2020 Jul 28 – A pair of newly published studies in the journal JAMA Cardiology highlight the potential for long-term heart complications in recovered COVID-19 patients. The research suggests the virus can directly damage cardiovascular muscles with ongoing inflammation detectable months …
Did Betelgeuse eat a star? That could help explain some of its more puzzling attributes. Chatzopoulos et al. 2020 – By Jennifer Leman 2020 Jul 21 – A team of researchers have proposed that the star Betelgeuse may have been part of a …
