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Here’s what you need to know about coronavirus airport screens across the US
As cases abound in China and abroad, the U.S. continues to increase measures to prevent additional coronavirus infections, including screening at airports as well as sea and land-based entry points....
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Scienceline’s Guide to the Exoplanets: The Abyssal Watcher
PSR B1620 b: The Abyssal Watcher Discovered by: Donald Backer et al. Discovered: 1993 Distance from Earth: ~7200 light-years Mass: ~2.5 Jupiter masses Surface climate: Somewhere back in time...
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Coronavirus: a name game
Does what we call a virus really matter? Corryn Wetzel speaks with a professor of ethnic studies, a civil rights organization and an infectious disease expert to understand how rhetoric around...
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Scienceline’s Guide to the Exoplanets: The Boiler Room
The Boiler Room Gliese 876 d Discovered by: Eugenio Rivera, et al. Discovered: 2005 Distance from Earth: ~15 light-years Mass: ~6.9 Earth masses (~0.02 Jupiter masses) Surface climate: A mystery...
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Scienceline’s Guide to the Exoplanets: The Question Mark
The Question Mark Wolf 1061c Discovered by: University of New South Wales Discovered: 2015 Distance from Earth: ~14 light-years Size: ~1.6 Earth radii Surface climate: Very hopefully a little chilly...
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Coronavirus is reshaping personal space. But what does that really mean?
Before the coronavirus outbreak spread across 212 countries, for some Americans, kissing the cheek of someone they just met might have felt off-putting. But in continental Europe, it used to be common...
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Go meatless for the pandemic, and after it
My mom tells me that it’s hard to find meat these days. Going to Costco amid maskless crowds is frightening enough, she says, without having to also fight other shoppers for the last set of chicken...
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The daunting task of holding an Islamic funeral in a pandemic
Grieving is difficult. Grieving during a pandemic even more so. In the Islamic tradition, a person's passing is marked with an elaborate and symbolic funeral. But what happens to those traditions when...
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Rhino conservation in a time of crisis
The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted economies across the globe. With international travel on hiatus, the toll on tourism has been immense. So where does that leave the communities — and animals —...
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Black veterans more likely to test positive for coronavirus than white veterans
Black veterans are twice as likely to test positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, compared to white veterans, according to a new study. Medical records from over a thousand Veteran...
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What does the coronavirus sound like?
In the 1980s, Mark Temple was the drummer for the indie pop band The Hummingbirds. He toured the world and saw his music played on MTV, but eventually left the band and returned to school. When the...
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COVID-19 made me reconsider my cats’ housebound lives
Each afternoon my family’s cat Birdy gets up from a nap and slinks over to the back door. As soon as a human makes eye contact, she appeals to go outside, first with a mew and then with increasingly...
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Sepsis is an overlooked killer in COVID-19 patients. A new tool may help
In 2006, the doctors wanted to send him home with antibiotics for a urinary tract infection, but Carl Flatley insisted on staying in the hospital. He knew how quickly things could turn. Four years...
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