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‘Soon may the vaccine come’: YouTuber’s ‘sea shanty’ song on Covid-19 has netizens grooving when YouTuber Blais tweaked the lyrics of the popular sea shanty, 'The Wellerman' to highlight the ongoing pandemic, it sure caught the attention of many.

Very sad to announce the death of one of the technicians and producers of Let X = X on CKCU-fm from the 1990's - Eric Van Dusen passed away on January 2nd - not COVID related - he died of an enlarged heart. Without his help the show on CKCU-FM 93.1 would have ended in the early 1990's. RIP Eric. :(

https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/11/world/distant-galaxy-death-scn/?hpt=ob_blogfooterold

A distant galaxy dies as astronomers watch Galaxies die when the stars that live in them stop forming. Now, for the first time, astronomers have witnessed this phenomenon in a distant galaxy.

https://www.nature.com/articles/mp2012101

Neuropeptide Y and posttraumatic stress disorder Resiliency to the adverse effects of extraordinary emotional trauma on the brain varies within the human population. Accordingly, some people cope better than others with traumatic stress. Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is a 36-amino-acid peptide transmitter abundantly expressed in forebrain limbic and brain....

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/07/global-warming-shrinks-bird-breeding-windows-potentially-threatening-species

Scientists detect unexpected widespread structures near Earth's core A new study has produced the first analysis of seismic echoes from hundreds of earthquakes at once, revealing widespread structures at the core-mantle boundary. Previous studies were limited to analysis of single earthquakes, providing only a narrow window into the structure deep inside the Earth. T...

Coronavirus forces United States, United Kingdom to cancel Antarctic field research Ambitious Thwaites Glacier campaign postponed

Unexpected uncertainty can breed paranoia In times of unexpected uncertainty, such as the sudden appearance of a global pandemic, people may be more prone to paranoia, say researchers.

New fossil discovery shows 50 million-year-old Canada-Australia connection The discovery of a tiny insect fossil in Western Canada is unearthing big questions about the global movement of animals across deep time. The fossil, estimated to be 50 million years old, is the latest in a pattern of discoveries that are leading experts to contemplate a Canada-Australia connection...

Study: COVID-19 may spread in several different ways Researchers detected COVID-19 viral RNA and live virus in specimens other than from the throat and sputum.

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Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding on Twitter “UPDATE: Transmission of estimated at 2.6 by another research group (lower than the 3.8 initial reports). But 2.6 is still extremely bad —each infected person will infect 2.6 others. Even the authors admit containment will be very difficult. Thread:”

New coronavirus can cause infections with no symptoms, studies show Two papers published Friday offer some of the first rigorous analyses of patients who contracted a novel coronavirus that first broke out in China.

Electricity turns garbage into graphene Brief jolt converts almost any source of solid carbon into material behind high-strength plastic and flexible electronics

A novel coronavirus outbreak of global health concern In December, 2019, Wuhan, Hubei province, China, became the centre of an outbreak of pneumonia of unknown cause, which raised intense attention not only within China but internationally. Chinese health authorities did an immediate investigation to characterise and control the disease, including isol...

Here's What Scientists Do And Don't Know About Wuhan Coronavirus So Far How deadly and how contagious is the coronavirus? When do symptoms appear, and can a patient spread the virus before they do? Experts are zeroing in on these and other questions, but clear answers are not yet at hand.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/10/191009142852.htm

Humans have salamander-like ability to regrow cartilage in joints: The process could be harnessed as a treatment for osteoarthritis Contrary to popular belief, cartilage in human joints can repair itself through a process similar to that used by creatures such as salamanders and zebrafish to regenerate limbs, researchers have found.

Decentralized Microgridding Can Provide 90% of a Neighborhood's Energy Needs, Study Finds "The new approach could even pave the way for 100 percent self-sufficiency in power, heat, and water."

This bright purple ribbon—named STEVE—is an entirely new celestial phenomenon Once thought to be an aurora, Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement is caused by a “fundamentally different” mechanism

Hyped-up science is a problem. One clever Twitter account is pushing back. How a simple nudge can improve health and nutrition reporting.

How Microwaving Grapes Makes Plasma A bisected grape in the microwave makes plasma. But how does it work? A grape is the right size and refractive index to trap microwaves inside it. When you p...

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/06/190610160248.htm

In romantic relationships, people do indeed have a 'type': Study finds consistency among people's current and past partners Researchers show that people do indeed have a 'type' when it comes to dating, and that despite best intentions to date outside that type -- for example, after a bad relationship -- some will gravitate to similar partners.

Scientists Take a Deep Dive into the Imperfect World of 2D Materials NEWS FEATURE Scientists Take a Deep Dive Into the Imperfect World of 2D Materials Berkeley Lab-led team combines several nanoscale techniques to gain new insights on the effects of defects in a well-studied monolayer material Glenn Roberts Jr. (mailto:[email protected]?subject=)Glenn Roberts Jr's em...

Big Data at the Atomic Scale: New Detector Reaches New Frontier in Speed Electron microscope R&D effort benefits from Berkeley Lab expertise NEWS FEATURE Big Data at the Atomic Scale: New Detector Reaches New Frontier in Speed Electron microscope R&D effort benefits from Berkeley Lab’s historic expertise Glenn Roberts Jr. (mailto:[email protected]?subject=)Glenn Robert...

The world’s largest bee vanished decades ago. Now, scientists have spotted it again Thumb-size bee found in Indonesian forest for the first time since 1981

Brink of Extinction Anna Louisa looks after the rarest breed of horses in the world - the Faroese Pony. In the 1960's there were only 5 horses left. But thanks to the dedication...

Argonne researchers are using nanoparticles to make photodetectors better able to handle the ultraviolet radiation produced in high-energy physics experiments.

A trick of the light | Argonne National Laboratory Particle physicists are on the hunt for light. Not just any light, but a characteristic signal produced by the interaction of certain particles — like ghostly neutrinos, which are neutral fundamental particles with very low mass — with a detector that contains an atomic sea of liquefied noble ga...

Asteroid Day 2016: Dr Brian May Queen guitarist Dr Brian May's video message for the Asteroid Day 2016 Press Conference. Please Credit: "Asteroid Day" and link to asteroidday.org You can do...

Online Tool Fills Gap for Energy Retrofit Projects | Berkeley Lab A national online energy data management system is transforming how energy retrofit projects implemented by a wide variety of users – including local, state, and federal governments – develop projects and track performance.

Sign Petition: DON'T SHOOT AFRICA'S LAST ELEPHANTS! #DontShootElephants #Botswana Tell Botswana to keep elephant trophies illegal! (105427 signatures on petition)

Nature Canada – Nature Canada kicks off work to save Ontario’s swallows Grassland birds and aerial insectivores (birds that feed on insects while airborne, including swallows and martins) are two of the most rapidly declining groups of birds in Canada. Recently, I joined Ted Cheskey (Naturalist Director, Nature Canada) and Aric McBay (Membership Development & Special Pr...