Science things
Scientific results & science popularisation great reads. Follow along on Refind to get notified when they have new links.
Collection by Martina Pugliese
Aeon+Psyche
If language began in the hands, why did it ever leave?
Aeon+Psyche
~14 min read · 155 saves · Jul 24th · If language began with gestures around a campfire and secret signals on hunts, why did speech come to dominate communication?
Quanta Magazine
Math of the Penguins
Quanta Magazine
4 min read · 81 saves · Aug 17th · Emperor penguins display rigorously geometric spacing and mathematical efficiency when they huddle together for warmth, which may reveal secrets to their overall health.
Nature
Controversial cave discoveries suggest humans reached Americas much earlier than thought
Nature
3 min read · 139 saves · Jul 22nd · Colin Barras · Archaeologists say stone artefacts point to occupation more than 30,000 years ago — but not everyone is convinced.
Nautilus Magazine
Math as Myth
Nautilus Magazine
8 min read · 10 saves · From 2016 · Out of all of the infinite numbers in the world, there are precious few that are given their own letter from the all-too-finite Greek…
The Atlantic
Virus Experts Aren’t Getting the Message Out
The Atlantic
~11 min read · 178 saves · May 6th · If the authorities can’t satisfy the public’s desire to know more, others will fill the void with misinformation.
Science Magazine
Scientists are drowning in COVID-19 papers. Can new tools keep them afloat?
Science Magazine
7 min read · 64 saves · May 13th · The hunt is on for better ways to collect and search pandemic studies
The New York Times
Overlooked No More: June Almeida, Scientist Who Identified the First Coronavirus
The New York Times
7 min read · 31 saves · May 8th · Denise Gellene · In 1966, she used a powerful electron microscope to capture an image of a mysterious pathogen — the first coronavirus known to cause human disease.
Science Magazine
COVID-19 needs a Manhattan Project
Science Magazine
2 min read · 17 saves · Mar 27th · There is an unprecedented race to develop a vaccine against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). With at least 44 vaccines in early-stage development, what outcome can we…
Nature
The race for coronavirus vaccines: a graphical guide
Nature
2 min read · 291 saves · Apr 28th · Ewen Callaway · Eight ways in which scientists hope to provide immunity to SARS-CoV-2 .
The New York Times
Coronavirus Tests Science’s Need for Speed Limits
The New York Times
8 min read · 38 saves · Apr 14th · Wudan Yan · Preprint servers and peer-reviewed journals are seeing surging audiences, with many new readers not well versed in the limitations of the latest research findings.
corriere.it
Dai pipistrelli all'uomo: così il Coronavirus è arrivato fino a noi
corriere.it
~13 min read · 10 saves · Mar 4th · Come è arrivato, il virus, all’uomo? Dai «serbatoi» all’uomo, le tappe evolutive che hanno generato l’ombra che si allunga sulle nostre vite
physicsworld.com
COVID-19: how physics is helping the fight against the pandemic
physicsworld.com
~11 min read · 11 saves · Mar 19th · With the world in the grips of the COVID-19 pandemic, Jon Cartwright investigates how physics-based techniques are helping scientists study viruses, including this latest novel coronavirus
