One of the biggest questions this afternoon about the COVID-19 pandemic has been why the virus kills some people and leaves others without detecting symptoms. Now, six months into the pandemic, we are finally getting some answers. According to Anthony Fauci, MD, director of the National Institute for Allergy and …
Read More »Marvel MCU movies are comedies with Thor & Deadpool as stars
Making a good comedy movie is not easy, especially if the MCU is your competition with big budget. From 2008’s Iron Man going forward, generous goofballs like Hulk and Thor have struggled with Doctor Strange’s ways and Tony Stark’s snark to create hilarious screen tension that gives fans more than …
Read More »Oxford University looks at air force with ammonia
On Sunday it was revealed that, after a breakthrough at Oxford University, we could be close to seeing commercial aircraft powered by ammonia instead of kerosene. British technology would result in zero-emission aircraft, and airlines would be able to adapt their existing fleet instead of buying redesigned aircraft. Air emissions …
Read More »New dinosaur species related to Tyrannosaurus rex discovered by scientists in England
Paleontologists at the University of Southampton have spent months on four bones found last year in the village of Shanklin, on the Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England. They eventually determined that the bones were from the neck, back and tail of a new dinosaur “previously unknown …
Read More »How a fruit in your garden gets its bright blue color
Large, leafy viburnum bushes have lain thousands upon thousands in the United States and Europe – their domes of flowering have an understated appeal. But once the flowers of the Viburnum tinus plant disappear, the shrub makes something unusual: shiny, brilliant blue fruit. Scientists had noticed that pigments related to …
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