Online competition: pro- and anti-vaccination
Smaller anti-vaccination movement is more effective at reaching undecided than the larger pro-vaccine. Ending COVID-19 will be challenging.
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Distilled MIT Climate Science
MIT has launched a new Climate Science portal. It is an excellent basic primer in the science of climate. You should check it out.
Climate Change Could Reawaken Indian Ocean El Niño
Climate Change could cause an ancient pattern similar to El Niño in the Indian Ocean to reawaken. It would throw weather into disarray
The Emergence of Heat beyond human tolerance
There is a limit to the amount of heat humans can tolerate. Beyond that limit we die. Climate change means we are reaching that limit in some regions.
Study: What is the best way to make coffee
What’s the healthiest way to make coffee? New study examining links between brewing methods and risks of heart attacks/death has an answer.
Study: ‘Near-unliveable’ heat for one-third of humans within 50 years
The heat within areas on earth that are home to one-third of humans will become as hot as the hottest parts of the Sahara within 50 years