Category: Science

Bizarre life-forms found thriving in ancient rocks beneath the seafloor
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Click Here to Read:  Bizarre life-forms found thriving in ancient rocks beneath the seafloor: Scientists broke open bits of oceanic crust and found them full of microbes—suggesting similar life could survive on other planets by Robin George Andrews on the National Geographic Website on April 2, 2020.
At East Diamante volcano (190 m, 623 ft depth), the chemosynthetic and photosynthetic communities overlap. Patches of encrusting red and green algae lie beneath filamentous bacterial mats on rock surfaces. The small white corals on the rocks are about 5 cm (2 in) long.  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

These Coronavirus Exposures Might Be the Most Dangerous
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Click Here to Read: These Coronavirus Exposures Might Be the Most Dangerous: As with any other poison, viruses are usually deadlier in larger amounts By Joshua D. Rabinowitz and Caroline R. Bartman in The New York Times on April 1, 2020. Images combined from a 3D medical animation, depicting the shape of coronavirus as well as the cross-sectional view. Image shows the major elements including the Spike S protein, HE protein, viral envelope, and helical RNA Image: https://www.scientificanimations.com.  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Complete History of Pandemics
By Categories: History, Science

Click Here to Read: A Complete History of Pandemics: Renowned scientist and best-selling author Vaclav Smil offers a sweeping look at pandemics that ravaged the world on the MIT Press website on March 30, 2020.
Demonstration at the Red Cross Emergency Ambulance Station in Washington, D.C., during the influenza pandemic of 1918. Image: National Photo Company.  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.