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Researchers at the University of Missouri College of Engineering also examined the relationship between vehicle crashes and two other sleep disorders, sleep apnea and insomnia.
In early spring 2020, I reported an article for The New York Times on which I put the tentative headline: “New Coronavirus Is ‘Clearly Not…
SARS-CoV-2 is critically dependent on a special mechanism for the production of its proteins. A collaborative team led by a research group at ETH Zurich obtained molecular insights into this process and demonstrated that it can be inhibited by chemical compounds, thereby significantly reducing viral replication in…
aka: how I “accidentally” discovered what I already suspected: optimization methods are at the heart of landing rockets.
Biographical, time travel, quantum physics and philosophy films
More pollution in the air could be linked to higher rates of mental health service utilization, researchers at the Yale School of Public Health found in a new
Spaceflight, from the beginning, has depended on computers – both on the ground and in the spacecraft. SpaceX has carried it to a new level. We recently spoke with Steven Gerding, Dragon’s software development lead, about the special challenges software development has for SpaceX's many missions.
The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) is the national association for amateur radio, connecting hams around the U.S. with news, information and resources.
American scientist John Bardeen is famous for the invention of transistor and the theory of superconductivity. Who will win Nobel Prize in 2022?
Doga Tekin's website.
People with the same big five personality types tend to be more happy, successful, intelligent, creative, and popular. Why aren’t there more tradeoffs?
Nutrients such as taurine, omega 3, calcium and vitamin D help to protect against the diseaseThe study was carried out on a group of participants aged 65 and above. However, investigators claim the results could be extrapolated to other age groupsSardine consumption also improves other health parameters, such as…
Science News, Physics, Science, Philosophy, Philosophy of Science
Science News, Physics, Science, Philosophy, Philosophy of Science
A new analysis by Stanford researchers suggests the health care industry can reap many of the economic benefits of a "Medicare for All" program through incremental changes to the private health care market.
Sometimes I pride myself on my taking an intellectual strategy of tackling neglected important questions.
Nuclear is expensive, but it should be cheap
Would you like to win one hundred million bucks from Elon Musk? Carbon capture (CC) is all the rage these days, with dozens of companies springing up to remove CO2 from the atmosphere and help stab…
“” is published by Nicholas Wade.
Interactive article explaining how an internal combustion engine works.
In most of the organs of our body, the lymphatic system is responsible for conducting lymph between different parts of the body. The lymphatic system processes an average of 3 liters of lymph per day. Lymph lies between the blood vessels and the cells. The lymphatic system provides a return route to the blood vessels…
Why the air you breathe matters, and what to do about it.
Thanks to some clever people I was able to get a CAD model of the current 2021 Williams F1 car — that’s not something that happens every day, so of course I had to run CFD on it. CAD Ge…
