Month: June 2022

The words aren't arbitrary, so why do pilots and sailors call out 'Mayday!' rather than something else? Source link

Say a guy mistakes "the Pill" for a breath mint. Is he going to have any lasting side effects if he takes one? What about if he took it regularly? Source link

Deep mutational scanning reveals epistatic shifts in the effects of mutations on ACE2 binding, shaping SARS-CoV-2 evolution. Source link

The Poles of Inaccessibility are the locations on Earth that are the farthest away from either water or land and are the most remote spots in the world. Source link

A Google engineer made headlines for claiming that an AI called LaMDA had become sentient or conscious. While many AI scientists disagreed, what would it take for an AI to ever become sentient? Source link

Why is the sky blue? What's relativity all about? If you're thinking, "something to do with light and physics and stuff," we have some short explanations for you. Source link

A multidisciplinary study of viral proteins uncovers binding sites and patterns for sialoside glycans. Source link

Less pathogenic but highly transmissible, SARS-CoV-2 Omicron can outcompete Delta under immune selection pressure. Source link

There are many types of energy in the world, from potential and kinetic to electrical and thermal, along with many others. But what exactly is energy? Source link

All bubbles pop — that's a fact of life. But what's the science behind the short life and inevitable pop of a bubble? Source link