In the fall of 1972, Vance Faber was a new professor at the University of Colorado. When two influential mathematicians, Paul Erdős and László Lovász,
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We’re Starting to See How Covid PPE Litter Affects Wildlife
This story originally appeared on Atlas Obscura and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.The latex glove was a streaky, dirty, yellow-gray, the color of
A Pause on J&J, Preparations for Booster Shots, and More Coronavirus News
The pause on the Johnson & Johnson vaccine continues, the CEO of Pfizer talks boosters, and variants fuel Covid-19 surges. Here’s what you should know:
Archaeologists Unearth a ‘Lost Golden City’ in Egypt
A team of Egyptian archaeologists has unearthed what some describe as an industrial royal metropolis just north of modern-day Luxor, which incorporates what was once
What Octopus Dreams Tell Us About the Evolution of Sleep
Fruit flies, octopuses, birds, and humans don’t seem to have much in common. Some live on land, others are aquatic. Some fly, while others are
Pausing the J&J Vaccine Was Easy. Unpausing Will Be Hard
The public health world was ready for something like this. They just didn’t know what the something would be. “When these vaccines kicked off to
The Humble Shrub That’s Predicting a Terrible Fire Season
“I think the forest fire risk this year is going to be about as high as it can be,” Swain adds. “And that’s pretty alarming
Will Future Electric Vehicles Be Powered by Deep-Sea Metals?
Both expeditions will collect baseline environmental data on the kinds of marine organisms that live on the seafloor, the composition and chemistry of bottom sediments,
Did This Scorching-Hot Planet Lose—and Regain—an Atmosphere?
Laura Kreidberg, who directs research on exoplanet atmospheres at the Max Planck Institute, would like to see an independent analysis of the data before jumping
How Many Homes Could You Power With Free Doughnuts?
Should you get a Covid-19 vaccine? Yes, it will protect you and others to help us move past this pandemic and get back to a
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