If researchers predict which coronavirus variant will sweep the world, the Delta variant will not be their first guess.However, since its first appearance in India in December 2020, this highly infectious variant…
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“Hydrogen Olympics” lit the torch for the future of clean fuels
Before the postponement to this year, the Tokyo 2020 Olympics was called the “Hydrogen Olympics” by some people because of the plan to use clean burning gas to power most of the…
COVID, fast, episode 12: cover up again and why people refuse to shoot
Tanya Lewis: Hi, welcome to COVID, fast, Scientific american Podcast series! Josh Fischman: This is your quick update on the COVID pandemic. We take you quickly to understand the science behind the…
Electric school buses reduce pollution, but new infrastructure deals cut funding
Bobby Monacella is tired of sending two children on a bus filled with diesel fumes to school. The pollution levels inside these iconic yellow buses may be 10 times higher than outside….
How remote indigenous communities are fighting the pandemic
While making an intermittent phone call to the remote Nicobar Islands, I told Ayesha Majid, the indigenous leader, that my friends in Delhi fell like flies. The terrible second wave of COVID-19…