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We have learned how very difficult it is to contain Covid-19. Factors including ease of travel, ease of transmission and carriers sometimes being asymptomatic and unaware that they are infected... these will all lead to more cases before this is over...

For my part, I do not believe my country is ready for this outbreak at the federal level. The government has not, in my opinion, taken this seriously enough until (possibly) this week. I do think we are better prepared at the state level - I am in California and we have pretty good...

We have learned how very difficult it is to contain Covid-19. Factors including ease of travel, ease of transmission and carriers sometimes being asymptomatic and unaware that they are infected... these will all lead to more cases before this is over. If we agree that the virus cannot be easily...

I don't think it's truly possible to prepare enough for this type of contagion. I personally believe that it is going to have to run its course, because it seems to be carried by people who are asymptomatic or have very mild symptoms. We have to hope that medical teams are able to assist those...

I'd do almost anything for a cup of coffee right now so when I win this mug, send it to me full of dark roast! Expedition Leader: Me, because why else would I be posting this? I also assume that money is no object and that this expedition is well funded, right? The Brains - Depends a lot on...

My usual interests lie in human archeaology and paleontology, so those are the sections I check first - they are always interesting, though I wish some of the articles were longer. Bring me more dinosaur news! My current favorite piece is...

There isn't a separate section for genetics, so I guess I'll just post this here... If we do manage to merge tardigrade DNA with human DNA, what does this do to our perception of the "tree of life?" https://www.livescience.com/tardigrade-dna-humans-to-survive-mars.html Even if they start with...

I found it astonishing that plants did not die off after the Chernobyl disaster. We all know that animals (including humans) returned in a relatively short period of time after the radioactive meltdown, but it was always interesting to me that the life that could not move at all, plants, managed...

Pretty much what the question asks... I am curious if there are still any tribes out there that do not interact with modern culture? I'd love to have some links to real science and anthropological evidence of this. There are so many clickbait sites out there.

Anyone else frustrated by how fast we go from accepted "facts" to "questionable" to "debunked?" This is why I end up spending too much time at cocktail parties arguing with people. https://www.livescience.com/62072-psychology-preregistration.html and...

https://www.livescience.com/objective-reality-not-exist-quantum-physicists.html "...in the micro-world of atoms and particles that is governed by the strange rules of quantum mechanics, two different observers are entitled to their own facts. In other words, according to our best theory of the...

Waiting for the day we have useful mobile robots. I sometimes have to remind myself that we already live among robots, in our houses, cars and workplaces. I guess I just kind of want my own R2 or Threepio. How far off are we, I wonder, from useful robotic companions? Let me tack on the term...

Jurrassic Park velociraptors = my backyard chickens in every way except teeth and size. Nuff said!