Antibody testing for coronavirus: what does the science say?
Are there better ways to detect the coronavirus in our body? A small study from China suggests antibody testing as a potentially more…
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A new understanding of weather on Saturn
The Cassini spacecraft revealed the atmosphere of Saturn has large regions that don’t cycle to the poles and that the atmosphere is filled…
What can microbes teach us about life in extreme environments?
Microbes on Earth have adapted to survive in some pretty extreme locations. The extreme dryness of deserts, high salinity in salt deposits,…
Fungi influence the recovery of pollutants in the environment
Researchers found a hidden selenium cycle tied to manganese oxide minerals made by common soil fungi.
How genes taught us about the origin of novel coronavirus
A group of scientists collected samples from some of the initially infected COVID-19 patients to show its similarities to other coronavirus…
NASA’s TESS mission discovers a planet orbiting two suns
When two stars orbit each other, it is called a binary star. In 2018, NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Surveying Satellite (TESS) mission found…
How did we discover the first virus?
As world news about the coronavirus pandemic continues to unfold, society’s collective knowledge and interest in viruses has increased.…
What is COVID-19 and what we can do to prevent its spread?
Since December, 2019 a virus which causes the COVID-19 disease has been spreading, resulting in a global pandemic. While some questions…
How effective are travel restrictions and social distancing?
Reality now matches what was predicted. According to models, travel restrictions alone would only delay the epidemic status of COVID-19. But…
How would we know if COVID-19 came from a lab?
A group of researchers gathered evidence from previous studies and, using what is known about the virus structure, made the case that the…