We now know some new things, and we still know some old things.
Theme Week
⁉️ We’re having theme weeks as part of our fundraising month, and the theme for this week is WEIRD SCIENCE! Also currently in Metatalk, Show Us Your View!
Fears as more children falling ill in latest US Covid surge and school approaches
National Institutes of Health director says 1,450 kids in hospital Teachers union shifts, calls for vaccine mandates for teachers Amid increased fears that children are now both victims and vectors of the latest Covid-19 variant surge, National Institu…
DNA from thin air: a new way to detect rare wildlife in hostile environments
Discovery that traces of genetic material are all around us opens a non-invasive way to boost biodiversityDNA is in the air – literally. It is wafted around by all the Earth’s creatures, and now scientists have found a way to detect these invisible tra…
Britain’s Covid experts Neil Ferguson Sage are under attack, but they are just doing their jobs
Those who attack Neil Ferguson and Sage’s pandemic predictions only expose their ignorance about science• Coronavirus – latest updates• See all our coronavirus coverageIt feels like open season on Professor Neil Ferguson right now. Sections of the medi…
Tagged “Truthiness”
IMG_6734 by dvdmnk (cc by)In AskMetafilter, soylent00FF00 says, “I’ve learned that I was wrong (dead wrong!) about a couple of scientific “facts” that I had assumed were kind of “general knowledge” (for a certain nerdy sciencey kind of person), and ask…
Dark matter: one last push to crack the biggest secret in the universe
Scientists are pinning hopes on elaborate detectors to track the elusive material that holds galaxies togetherDeep underground, scientists are closing in on one of the most elusive targets of modern science: dark matter. In subterranean laboratories in…
世界を悩ませる「ブレイクスルー感染」と長期後遺症「ロング・コヴィド」：新型コロナウイルスと世界のいま（7月）
ワクチン接種完了者が新型コロナウイルスに感染する「ブレイクスルー感染」の報告が増え始めた7月。感染後に長期にわたって患者を苦しめる後遺症、いわゆる「ロング・コヴィド」の実態も見え始めてきた。この1カ月の新型コロナウイルスに関する動きを、これらの最新情報と共に振り返る。
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We’re on the brink of catastrophe, warns Tory climate chief
Cop26 meeting is last chance, says Alok Sharma as he backs UK’s plan for new oil and gas fieldsGovernment censured for gaffe after gaffe in run-up to Cop26The world will soon face “catastrophe” from climate breakdown if urgent action is not taken, the …
How my farmer friend Wilf gave me a new perspective
An unexpected friendship was a breath of fresh air after my turbulent city lifeMuch is said about walking the road less travelled. There’s joy in the unexpected and the unravelling of, well, who knows what. Just over a year ago, I left my London life f…