Air travel amid COVID-19 pandemic is ‘as safe’ as grocery shopping, Harvard report says

Air travel amid the coronavirus pandemic is ‘as safe or substantially safer’ than activities like grocery shopping or dining out thanks to masks, cleaning and good ventilation, Harvard report finds Harvard University researchers reviewed studies on airplane ventilation, rates of coronavirus cases linked to flights and methods to reduce viral spread  They ruled that airplane … Read more

Harvard timelapse map reveals how ‘untamed’ covid spread in the US 

In a matter of months, coronavirus swept the the US, touching every corner of the nation – but where the virus is most actively spreading has shifted dramatically over time, a new animation from Harvard and Brown Universities shows.  After the East Coast surge of March and April, the areas of concern shifted to the … Read more

Meteor that skimmed Earth may have brought life to Venus, Harvard study suggests

Discovery of pulsars British astronomer Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell was the first person to discover a pulsar in 1967 when she spotted a radio pulsar. Since then other types of pulsars that emit x-rays and gamma rays have also been spotted. Pulsars are essentially rotating, highly magnatised neutron stars but when they were first discovered … Read more