A Comic About the Coronavirus’ Point of View Toward Us [Comic]
[Source: XKCD]
Category Archives: Science
Astronaut Chris Hadfield Reviews Space Movies, from ‘Gravity’ to ‘Interstellar’
Retired astronaut and engineer Chris Hadfield fact checks notable space movies using his NASA experience and vast knowledge of outer space, including ’Gravity,’ ‘Passengers,’ ‘Armageddon,’ ‘The Martian,’ ‘Interstellar,’ ‘First Man,’ ‘Hidden Figures,’ ‘Ad Astra,’ ‘2001: A Space Odyssey,’ ‘Sunshine’ and ‘WALL-E.’ [Vanity Fair]
How Soon Will COVID-19 Peak? (And How To Tell)
From Minute Physics: This video is a collaboration with Aatish Bhatia about how to see the COVID-19 tipping point – we present a better way to graph COVID-19 coronavirus cases using a logarithmic scale in “phase space” – plotting the growth rate against the cumulative cases, rather than either of these against time. [MinutePhysics]
The Surprisingly Retro Future of Batteries [Science Video]
Renewable energy may be the way of the future, but in order to store that energy to make our grids more sustainable, we might need to take a look back at some battery technologies of the past. [SciShow]
How Can we Solve the Antibiotic Resistance Crisis?
Antibiotics: behind the scenes, they enable much of modern medicine. We use them to cure infectious diseases, and to safely facilitate everything from surgery to chemotherapy to organ transplants. But we’ve stopped discovering new ones and we’re at risk of losing them forever. How did we get into this situation? Gerry Wright shares what we […]
Pandemic Fashion: Coronavirus Earrings!
Artist and earrings maker extraordinaire Julie Lauzon from Lilipop creations uses reclaimed plastic to make wondefully geeky earrings. My girlfriend has several pairs at home and she’s absolutely in love with them! Considering the situation we’re currently in, Julie has released some amusing earrings shaped like the infamous COVID-19 virus. You can either order them […]
Visualization of Air Spread When Using Various Coughing Techniques 😷
https://youtu.be/MX8InIv0sXs This video demonstrate how differently the air spreads when coughing. This visualizes the high importance of the World Health Organization’s behavioral recommendations for protection against the coronavirus, which we should absolutely follow. [Amayu Wakoya Gena]
The Coronavirus Vaccine Explained | COVID-19
The truth about the race to a coronavirus vaccine… [AsapSCIENCE]
Stanford Doctor Answers 50 of the Most Googled Coronavirus Questions
Dr. Seema Yasmin is back to help answer 50 of the most popular coronavirus questions being searched right now. Do coronavirus symptoms come and go? Why is it called coronavirus? Has this virus been around before? Can it mutate? [Wired]
Homeschooling Future Geeks
To all the parents out there, homeschooling your kids as best you can, the Geeks Are Sexy team will try to help you out a bit. Working from home is already a challenge (although staying in your pjs all day is quite amazing! As you all know, I am a teacher in real life, so […]