A bumper crop of gravitational waves

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11/01/2020 How two immune system chemicals may trigger COVID-19’s deadly cytokine storms A study in mice hints at drugs that could be helpful in treating severe coronavirus infections. Read More These human nerve cell tendrils turned to glass nearly 2,000 years ago Part of a young man’s brain was preserved in A.D. 79 by hot ash from Mount Vesuvius’ eruption. Read More How octopuses ‘taste’ things by touching Octopus arms are dotted with cells that can "taste" by touch, which might enable arms to explore the seafloor without input from the brain. Read More The first Denisovan DNA outside Siberia unveils a long stint on the roof of the world Genetic evidence puts Denisovans, humankind’s now-extinct cousins, on the Tibetan Plateau from 100,000 to at least 60,000 years ago. Read More Water exists on sunny parts of the moon, scientists confirm New observations of the moon, made by a telescope flying onboard a Boeing 747-SP jet, have confirmed the presence of water on sunlit areas of the moon. Read More LIGO and Virgo’s gravitational wave tally more than quadrupled in six months Scientists report 39 sets of spacetime ripples from just half a year of data. Read More Mummified llamas yield new insights into Inca ritual sacrifices Bound and decorated llamas, found at an Inca site in southern Peru, may have been buried alive as part of events in annexed territories. Read More A photon’s journey through a hydrogen molecule is the shortest event ever timed The shortest duration ever measured is 247 zeptoseconds, or trillionths of a billionth of a second. Read More Doubts over a ‘possible sign of life’ on Venus show how science works Detecting phosphine in Venus’ atmosphere made headlines, but reanalyses and new searches call into question the original discovery of the molecule. Read More Ogre-faced spiders catch insects out of the air using sound instead of sight A new study finds that the spiders can hear a surprisingly wide range of sounds. Read More Privacy policy  |  Update Profile  | Manage Subscriptions  |   Unsubscribe This email was sent by: Society for Science & the Public 1719 N Street NW Washington, DC, 20036, US