Cole lived in Sioux City, Iowa, and died on July 12, according to a statement from his editor, Scholastic, sent to CNN on Thursday. She was best known for “The Magic School Bus”, a scientific series that she launched in 1986 with illustrator Bruce Degen. “What Joanna has meant to …
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A new study has postulated that previous estimates of the moon’s age were millions of years of rest. Scientists at the German Aerospace Center calculated how long it took for the moon’s ocean of magma to cool, it is a widespread belief that the lunar surface ever melted, and they …
Read More »Metal-eating bacteria accidentally discovered by scientists
Now, microbiologists at the California Institute of Technology (or Caltech) accidentally discovered the bacteria after conducting unrelated experiments with a type of chalk-like manganese, a commonly found chemical element. Dr. Jared Leadbetter, a professor of environmental microbiology at Caltech in Pasadena, left a glass jar covered with the substance to …
Read More »Siberia’s heat wave ‘made 600 times more likely by climate change’
Temperatures in Siberia have been above average since the start of the year, with the Russian city of Verkhoyansk registering a temperature of 38 degrees C (100.4 degrees Fahrenheit) in June, a record temperature for the Arctic. Heat in the vast Russian region sparked widespread forest fires in June, associated …
Read More »What you need to know about the coronavirus on Wednesday, July 16
When it comes to information about the coronavirus, most Americans don’t trust President Donald Trump. But they do trust Dr. Anthony Fauci, despite attempts by the White House to discredit the country’s leading infectious disease expert. Fauci himself described the attacks he has faced as “a little strange” and warned …
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