- The viruses behind colds and flu by Andy Brunning at Compound Interest.
- Scientists predict Wuhan's outbreak will get much worse by Megan Molteni for WIRED Science.
- Novel coronavirus outbreak: an update by Jon Otter for Reflections on Infection Prevention and Control.
- Novel Coronavirus outbreak, update part 2 by Jon Otter for Reflections on Infection Prevention and Control.
- What are the symptoms of the new coronavirus and how deadly is it? by Jessica Hamzelou for New Scientist.
- Technology has made it easier to fake scientific results. Is a cultural shift required to fix the problem? by Bhavya Singh for Massive Science.
- The full-service paper mill and its Chinese customers by Leonid Scheider at For Better Science.
- What my PhD taught me by Amy Csizmar Dalal at This is what a computer scientist looks like.
- Planting trees can have its downside by Nick Carne for Cosmos magazine.
- Mass tree planting along India’s Cauvery River has scientists worried by Nanditha Chandraprakash for Mongabay.
- Living near major roads linked to risk of dementia, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and MS by Science Beta.
- Astronomers find huge amount of oxygen in ancient dwarf star by Sci-News.com.
- Could there be life on the first Earth-sized, habitable zone planet found by NASA’s TESS? by Ethan Siegel at Starts with a Bang.
- Killer whales show us the meaning of menopause by Vikki Smith for My Science Game.
- The dead speak! Scientists re-create voice of 3000-year-old mummy by Erin Malsbury for Science.
- What is Chernobyl like today? by Sabrina Stierwalt for Scientific American.
- Is Celery Really A ‘Negative-Calorie’ Food? by Mikael Angelo Francisco for FlipScience.
While coronavirus is not responsible for the yearly misery of colds and flu, it's transmitted in a similar way. Credit: Andy Brunning via Compound Interest (CC-BY-ND) |
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