Posts Tagged ‘x78retwee’

Improving ventilation will help curb SARS-CoV-2 | The Economist

July 2, 2021

relevant for indoor air & ventilation

https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2021/05/26/improving-ventilation-will-help-curb-sars-cov-2

+ leader
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2021/05/29/it-is-time-to-clean-up-the-air-in-buildings

U.S. Has No Explanation for U.F.O.s, Does Not Rule Out Aliens – The New York Times

July 1, 2021

Found this an amusing & unusual article for @NYTimes. Not sure whether it’s science or fiction – or both. Also, found a related @NewYorker piece useful for background & context
https://www.NewYorker.com/magazine/2021/05/10/how-the-pentagon-started-taking-ufos-seriously

How the Pentagon Started Taking U.F.O.s Seriously
For decades, flying saucers were a punch line. Then the U.S. government got over the taboo.
By Gideon Lewis-Kraus
https://www.NewYorker.com/magazine/2021/05/10/how-the-pentagon-started-taking-ufos-seriously April 30, 2021

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/25/us/politics/pentagon-ufo-report.html

The E-Scooters Loved by Silicon Valley Roll Into New York | The New Yorker

July 1, 2021

Wish there was some way of achieving safety with these new scooters.

Thanks for your discussion on this. I don’t understand why, despite all the high-tech mobility we have (e.g. self-driving cars, airbags, drones, &c), that we can’t engineer bikes & scooters to be as safe as cars.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/04/26/the-e-scooters-loved-by-silicon-valley-roll-into-new-york

Digital secrets of successful lab management

June 28, 2021

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01752-y

A Pill to Treat Covid-19? The U.S. Is Betting on It. – The New York Times

June 19, 2021

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/17/health/covid-pill-antiviral.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes

The Pandemic Changed Our Microbiome, But That’s Okay – The Atlantic

June 6, 2021

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/04/the-pandemic-changed-our-microbiome-but-thats-okay/618760

Microplastics are everywhere — but are they harmful?

June 3, 2021

worrisome for those committed to plastics
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01143-3

The 60-Year-Old Scientific Screwup That Helped Covid Kill | WIRED

May 29, 2021

https://www.wired.com/story/the-teeny-tiny-scientific-screwup-that-helped-covid-kill/

A newfound quasicrystal formed in the first atomic bomb test | Science News

May 26, 2021

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/new-quasi-crystal-formed-first-atomic-bomb-test

Why some researchers oppose unrestricted sharing of coronavirus genome data

May 18, 2021

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01194-6