2016-03-14 Ed Yong
For decades, scientists have puzzled over bizarre circles in the Namibian landscape. Now, they’ve found more in Australia.
Month: June 2019
Researchers have discovered a much faster way to learn new skills
2016-02-12 Christopher Ingraham
If you’re trying to improve your golf swing or master that tricky guitar chord progression, here’s some good news from researchers at Johns Hopkins University: You may be able to double how quickly you learn skills like these by introducing subtle variations into your practice routine.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/02/12/how-to-learn-new-skills-twice-as-fast/
The upside-down world of the Gulf’s dead zone
2015-12-10 Robynne Boyd
Farming runoff turns the sea floor into a wet desert and forces species onward or upward.
https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/stories/upside-down-world-gulfs-dead-zone
Immune Cells Measure Time to Identify Foreign Proteins
2019-05-03 Jordana Cepelewicz
Immunologists confirm an old hunch: T-cells identify what belongs in the body by timing how long they can bind to it.
https://www.quantamagazine.org/immune-cells-measure-time-to-identify-foreign-proteins-20190603/