Revisting UW IHME’s Covid-19 projections
This part of the post was written on September 4th, but not published until December 30. On September 4th, the UW IHME disease modeling team projected 410,000 deaths in the…
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This part of the post was written on September 4th, but not published until December 30. On September 4th, the UW IHME disease modeling team projected 410,000 deaths in the…
He was awesome: Chuck Yeager, the historic test pilot portrayed in the movie “The Right Stuff,” is dead at the age of 97, according to a tweet posted on his…
After two support cables broke at Arecibo Observatory, the facility is in danger of a catastrophic collapse, prompting the National Science Foundation to decommission the telescope. Source: Iconic radio telescope…
Some of the factors that shape the frequency and severity of wildfire in California, like drought, record high temperatures and strong winds are beyond our control and in many cases,…
This bad: A Twitter hack shut down key National Weather Service accounts during severe weather Wednesday night. Source: Twitter Hack Shuts Down National Weather Service Accounts During Severe Weather |…
Cool stuff: Plate tectonics vs. erosion—what sets the height of a mountain range? | Ars Technica And the answer is: mostly plate tectonics, speed of movement, nature of the materials…