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Public health
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
1 month ago

A Public Health Researcher and Her Engineer Husband Found How Diseases Can Spread through Air Decades before the COVID Pandemic

The contributions of Mildred Weeks Wells and William Firth Wells to aerobiology were significant but overlooked for decades.
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
1 month ago

The Scintillating Science of Twinkling Stars, Explained

Twinkling, or scintillation, is the apparent variation of brightness and color of stars, creating a lovely visual effect, but posing challenges for astronomers.
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fromNature
8 months ago

Daily briefing: Peer-review reports unsealed for papers by Turing, Watson and Crick

Historical peer review highlighted genuine scientific discourse before formalization; a recent archeological discovery unveils significant burial sites beneath Petra.
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