Send this to anyone who still thinks Covid-19 is basically the same as the flu. Covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, has similar symptoms to the flu. They also spread in similar ways. So it’s natural to want to compare the two. But Covid-19 is very different, in ways that make it much more […]
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Retired astronaut and engineer Chris Hadfield fact checks notable space movies using his NASA experience and vast knowledge of outer space, including ’Gravity,’ ‘Passengers,’ ‘Armageddon,’ ‘The Martian,’ ‘Interstellar,’ ‘First Man,’ ‘Hidden Figures,’ ‘Ad Astra,’ ‘2001: A Space Odyssey,’ ‘Sunshine’ and ‘WALL-E.’ [Vanity Fair]
From Minute Physics: This video is a collaboration with Aatish Bhatia about how to see the COVID-19 tipping point – we present a better way to graph COVID-19 coronavirus cases using a logarithmic scale in “phase space” – plotting the growth rate against the cumulative cases, rather than either of these against time. [MinutePhysics]
Renewable energy may be the way of the future, but in order to store that energy to make our grids more sustainable, we might need to take a look back at some battery technologies of the past. [SciShow]
Antibiotics: behind the scenes, they enable much of modern medicine. We use them to cure infectious diseases, and to safely facilitate everything from surgery to chemotherapy to organ transplants. But we’ve stopped discovering new ones and we’re at risk of losing them forever. How did we get into this situation? Gerry Wright shares what we […]
Artist and earrings maker extraordinaire Julie Lauzon from Lilipop creations uses reclaimed plastic to make wondefully geeky earrings. My girlfriend has several pairs at home and she’s absolutely in love with them! Considering the situation we’re currently in, Julie has released some amusing earrings shaped like the infamous COVID-19 virus. You can either order them […]
This video demonstrate how differently the air spreads when coughing. This visualizes the high importance of the World Health Organization’s behavioral recommendations for protection against the coronavirus, which we should absolutely follow. [Amayu Wakoya Gena]