by admin | Oct 6, 2023 | News
Have you ever wondered why some people get really sick with COVID while others have hardly a sniffle, or are completely asymptomatic when exposed to the disease? The answer lies in their genetics. Researchers have uncovered that the key to avoiding illness is carrying...
by admin | Sep 28, 2023 | News
A couple of days ago, an extraterrestrial capsule landed in the Utah desert. Yes, really! The OSIRIS-REx (“Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer”) capsule returned, bringing back NASA’s first-ever asteroid samples,...
by admin | Sep 21, 2023 | News
Heavy rainfall from Cyclone Daniel, the deadliest and costliest Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone in recorded history, led to catastrophic flooding and destruction in Libya a few weeks ago. Thousands of people died, with 10,000 more still missing. However, it wasn’t...
by admin | Sep 14, 2023 | News
As fall arrives in the Northern Hemisphere, many people will either be participating in sports or attending sporting events (e.g., football games). Did you know that, globally, sports contribute the same level of emissions as a medium-sized country? From...
by admin | Sep 7, 2023 | News
Traffic. We’ve all been in it. But why does it happen? Aside from construction and accidents causing it, doesn’t it seem like sometimes traffic happens for no good reason? Indeed, ‘phantom’ or ‘shockwave’ traffic jams, caused by a chain reaction of slowing down, do...
by admin | Sep 7, 2023 | News
For decades, Antarctic sea ice seemed to be immune to climate change – growing in places and staying steady in others – while Arctic sea ice has seen serious decline. But this came to an end in 2016, with significant decreases to the sea ice. In fact, 2017 has a...
