How bad is Omicron? How can you prepare for a solar flare? ScienceSeeker's picks of the best posts for the week of December 6-12 2021 #SciSeekPicks #SciComm.
In this week's best and brightest from the world of science news, find out whether masks really half your chance of getting Covid-19, and why people are increasingly stealing catalytic converters. ScienceSeeker editors' favourite posts within their respective areas of interest and expertise also cover many other important and exciting topics. Why not have a read, inform yourself, and indulge your scientific curiosity?
- How bad is Omicron? Some clues are emerging, and they’re not encouraging by Kai Kupferschmidt and Gretchen Vogel at Science
- Does wearing a mask halve your chances of getting Covid-19? by Tim Harford for BBC Radio 4 - More or Less: Behind the Stats
- Sleep Quality of Older Adults Could Reflect to Neural Connection Status and Cognitive Functions by Ron Jefferson for The Science Times
- Solar Flare Preparation: What You Should Do in Case It Hits Earth, Ignites a Geomagnetic Storm? by Ron Jefferson for The Science Times
- Planetary Nebula: Misnamed But Not Misunderstood at Chandra X-ray Observatory
Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/RIT/SAO/J.Kastner; Optical: NASA/ESA/AURA/STScI/Univ. Washington, B.Balick
- Astronomers Spot Double-Helix Structure in Messier 87 at Sci-News
- Laser Breaks Liquid into Uniform Droplets by Rachel Berkowitz for APS Physics
- To See Proteins Change in Quadrillionths of a Second, Use AI by Karmela Padavic-Callaghan for Wired
- Why do thieves keep stealing catalytic converters? It’s elemental by Greg Miller and Maki Naro at Knowable Magazine
- Once Shunned in Antarctica, Female Scientists Are Now Doing Crucial Polar Research by Naomi Oreskes at Scientific American