In this week's roundup of the latest news from science around the world, explore all things corona, with articles covering the vaccine, the science, and the mental health consequences the aftermath of the pandemic is having for many people, as well as what we could do to prevent another such pandemic. ScienceSeeker editors' favourite posts within their respective areas of interest and expertise also cover many other important and exciting topics. Why not have a read, inform yourself, and indulge your scientific curiosity?
- How the game of ‘Plinko’ perfectly illustrates chaos theory by Ethan Siegel at Starts with a Bang.
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| On a sufficiently complicated Plinko board it becomes impossible to predictably follow the same path twice. Credit: temptationize via Flickr (CC-BY-ND 2.0) |
- Potential signs of life on Venus are fading as astronomers downgrade their original claims by Paul Voosen for Science.
- The death of a star as told to the trees by Rebecca Boyle at The Last Word on Nothing.
- Amino acids can form long before stars and planets by Sci-News.com.
- Chronically trapped in your own negative thoughts? by Jessica Beaudoin for Sciworthy.
- Study finds people who played video games for longer had greater wellbeing (but direction of causality isn’t yet clear) by Matthew Warren for BPS Research Digest.
- New Science Identifies Three Pathways To Happiness — Mattering, Autonomy, And Patience by Mark Travers for Forbes.
- Can You Get Covid-19 on an Airplane? Yeah, Probably by Adam Rogers for Wired.
- Virtual reality and the COVID mental health crisis by Brennan Spiegel for Scientific American.
- Vaccine Possibilities by Derek Lowe at Science Translational Medicine.
- Cigarette smoke increases infection severity of SAR-CoV-2 in airway cells in culture by Vincent Racaniello at Virology Blog.
- COVID-19 – how do you understand the science? by Sally Best for The Biochemist.
- How should a COVID-19 vaccine be distributed? by Jill Neimark for Massive Science.
- Bacteria are key players in vaccine research by Sarah Wettstadt for Bacterial World.
- Cesarean section and childhood infections: Causality for concern? by Gordon C. S. Smith for Ominy Science.
- For sustainable business, ‘planetary boundaries’ define the new rules by for Elizabeth Claire Alberts for Mongabay.
- Valuing 'natural capital' vital to avoid next pandemic, global experts warn by Carol Clark for eScience Commons.
- How getting kicked out of my lab kick-started my career by Kristen Vogt Veggeberg for Stories in Science.
- The synchronicity of Wolfgang Pauli and Carl Jung by Paul Halpern for Nautilus magazine.
- How does Flywheel Energy Storage Work? by Rohit Imandi for Energy.jo.
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