Kids, their parents, and coaches have all accepted the concept that practice makes perfect when it comes to sports. Around a third of school-aged athletes, today specialize in a single sport. Participating in strenuous, year-round training regimens, often on numerous teams, according to some estimates. They’re also refining their concentration at a quite young age.…
If time travelers could travel back to the early Earth, say three billion years before the present, they should bring life support with them. They’d swiftly suffocate because there was so little oxygen on the globe at the time. Without breathing oxygen, the time explorers would perish before witnessing another feature of early Earth: the…
Change is one thing we can always count on in life, and viruses are no exception. Variants of the original SARS-CoV-2 virus have been found in various parts of the world, and while this may sound alarming, it is really quite typical, or even “humdrum,” as one Nature research puts it. Virologists had predicted that…
Bell’s latest designs, unveiled on Monday, are hybrid flying machines that promise to take off and land like helicopters while still zooming around at high speeds like jets. A small, autonomous fighter-jet-like airplane that could land like a helicopter, pick someone up, and then whisk them away is one of the three new ideas. These…
Vaccinated persons may be just as likely as unvaccinated people to spread the Delta variant, according to the CDC. Vaccines, on the other hand, are still beneficial in averting serious illness, hospitalization, and death. Meanwhile, as the Olympics continue to be held amid emergency lockdowns, Japan is witnessing its greatest virus wave to date. Furthermore,…
As the sky becomes increasingly clogged with noise from billions of cellphones, federal agencies are fighting for radio waves used to help anticipate climate change. NOAA and NASA are on one side. They’ve created space satellites that passively gather and interpret the faint energy signals emitted by changes in water vapor, temperature, rain, and wind,…
Shark Week, which is now in its 33rd year, is the longest-running cable event in history, with 27 million viewers—a huge audience for marine biologists and conservationists. The goal of Shark Week, according to Discovery Channel, is to bring attention to the most recent scientific findings on these underwater predators and to inspire conservation efforts…
The spotted lanternfly was discovered for the first time in Pennsylvania in 2014, and it has since expanded to 26 counties in that state as well as at least six other eastern states. It’s making its way into New England’s southern reaches, as well as Ohio and Indiana. This Asian insect, which is about 1…
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It’s amazing how much a year can change things. If you didn’t work in a hospital or on a construction site before March 2020, it’s doubtful you’d ever worn a face mask. We now have a slew of KN95s and bandanas, as well as surgical masks and floral-printed cloth coverings. This is life during a…