astrobiology
Beacon in space: BRITE Constellation observes complete nova eruption for the first time
earth
'A bad time to be alive': Study links ocean deoxygenation to ancient die-off
Volcanic CO2 emissions helped trigger Triassic climate change
ecology
Flamingos form firm friendships
Flamingo friends
Credit: Paul Rose/WWT Slimbridge
Study points to evidence of stray dogs as possible origin of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
conservation
A new species of black endemic iguanas in Caribbean is proposed for urgent conservation
nanoworld
Study reveals unique physical, chemical properties of cicada wings
humans
Arduous farm labor in the past means longer working hours today
A new study in The Economic Journal finds that societies with a history of farming crops heavily reliant on labor effort prefer harder work and longer hours.
Autism in males linked to defect in brain immune cells, microglia
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From the news media:
How about some self-isolating animal pictures.
As the current science advisor to the UK govt. has obviously been brainwashed by Dominic Cummings, it is nice to hear from a previous holder of that post, David King.
Also, the Financial Times is still keeping up the good work at the data front.
Speaking of data, I am beginning to get suspicious of the UK death (in hospitals) stats apparently levelling off at around 750 per day. My back of the envelope calculation: if testing capacity = 20k a day (per the David King article above), say 15k are positive, 5% off the positives die (high mortality as only ill ppl get tested), that gives us 750 deaths per day. So are the figures of the last few days capped by test availability? In other words, the daily deaths may very well go on rising, and we'll never know as we don't have the tests available? If that is the case, the excess deaths over long-term average will be the only metric left to assess what's going on.
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