These Coronavirus Exposures Might Be the Most Dangerous

By Tamar SchwartzApril 3, 2020April 3, 2020 Science

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.

Consciousness Cannot Have Evolved

By Tamar SchwartzApril 1, 2020April 1, 2020 Psychoanalysis, Science

Click Here to Read: Consciousness Cannot Have Evolved: The sooner we acknowledge it, the sooner we’ll solve the hard problem of consciousness by Bernardo Kastrup on the iai website on February 5, 2020.
Diagram of hard problem of consciousness, English version. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

A Slice of Life in Lockdown

By Tamar SchwartzMarch 31, 2020March 31, 2020 Arts, Science

Click Here to Read: A Slice of Life in Lockdown by Paul Levy on his Plain English blog on March 31, 2020.
Image: Data derived from Johns Hopkins University CSSE, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, New York Times, CNBC. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Einstein’s letters illuminate a mind grappling with quantum mechanics

By Tamar SchwartzMarch 31, 2020March 31, 2020 History, Science

Click Here to Read: Einstein’s letters illuminate a mind grappling with quantum mechanics: His correspondence also reveals that even a genius has his flaws By Tom Siegfried on the Science News website on March 30, 2020.
Albert Einstein. Image: Photograph by Orren Jack Turner, Princeton, N.J. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

A Complete History of Pandemics

By Tamar SchwartzMarch 31, 2020March 31, 2020 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.

National coronavirus response

By Tamar SchwartzMarch 31, 2020March 31, 2020 Science

Click Here to Read: National coronavirus response: A road map to reopening by American Enterprise Institute website on March 29, 2020.
COVID-19 Cases in US as of March 31st, 2020.

Boccaccio’s The Decameron

By Tamar SchwartzMarch 30, 2020March 30, 2020 History, Literature, Science

Click Here to Read: Boccaccio’s The Decameron on the Middle Ages.net website.
Boccaccio’s ‘The plague of Florence in 1348. This file comes from Wellcome Images, a website operated by Wellcome Trust, a global charitable foundation based in the United Kingdom. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.