3/3/20 Coronavirus update: What the CDC, WHO, and medical researchers are saying about the virus

I’m not a doctor. I will never claim to have any medical expertise. However. I do know where to look for medical expertise. And I know how to track down medical journals. And I trust…

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What medical researchers, and the CDC, are saying about Coronavirus, and what you need to know

I’m not a doctor. I will never claim to have any medical expertise. However. I do know where to look for medical expertise. And I know how to track down medical journals. And I trust…

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Happy Leap Day: A quick explainer why they exist

At 11:59:59PM on December 31st when the clock flips over to January 1 at 12:00:00AM, it wasn’t actually a new year. This is something that created the biggest intellectual Battle Royale between calendars in Earth’s…

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Liquid water may exist near the surface of Europa, a moon of Jupiter

Interactive Europa graphic provided by NASA We may all be focused on finding liquid water on Mars, but some planetary scientists are looking for liquid water in some very – VERY! – remote places. A…

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Biogeographer Andy Reese discusses his research of an underwater forest in the Gulf of Mexico

In South Mississippi, counting pollen is usually done by sneezes. Or square feet. Not individually under a microscope. But, most of the pollen being counted by south Mississippians isn’t 60,000 years old. Trapped under the…

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Ask NASA: Melting arctic ice could lead to increase in atmospheric methane

Your browser does not support the video tag. For centuries, a massive store of carbon has been locked underground in the Arctic’s permanently frozen soil known as permafrost. As Earth’s climate continues to warm, that…

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