Follow New York Times - Science, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/new-york-times-d-science Thu, 27 Jan 2022 10:16:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xZlQlhedQpAxrjTn_xpRnV1cWWor9YPv With spotty immunity in the population and a churn of new variants, the coronavirus is likely to become a persistent but hopefully manageable threat.Early in the pandemic, some estimated that vaccinating about 70 percent of the population might lead to herd immunity. But the more contagious a variant, the higher the percentage of vaccinated people required to reach the threshold.]]> Thu, 27 Jan 2022 10:00:14 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xZlQlhedQpAxrjTn_xpRnV1cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xZlQlhedQpAxrjTn_xpRnXn9ye8UNv30 New research that finds gas stoves emit methane, a potent greenhouse gas, even when turned off and adds to the debate over electrifying homes.There were more than 40 million gas stoves in U.S. households in 2015, and homes and buildings account for an estimated 13 percent of America’s greenhouse gas emissions.]]> Thu, 27 Jan 2022 10:00:10 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xZlQlhedQpAxrjTn_xpRnXn9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xZlQlhedQpDjTPUhrhtqVCejEQ2Mq9rY She transformed the presentation of science on TV and was considered one of the most influential women in her industry.Over her more than three-decade career at the BBC, Jana Bennett assumed responsibility for its domestic and most of its international television networks as well as its entire production machine.]]> Wed, 26 Jan 2022 22:49:30 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xZlQlhedQpDjTPUhrhtqVCejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xZlQlhedQpA3HuD_MRouwilmFkX7M1Jw The leases, reinstated during the Trump years, would have allowed a Chilean mining conglomerate to dig for copper and nickel near the Boundary Waters wilderness in Minnesota.The area around the Boundary Waters wilderness is believed to hold one of the world’s largest undeveloped mineral deposits.]]> Wed, 26 Jan 2022 22:28:19 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xZlQlhedQpA3HuD_MRouwilmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xZlQlhedQpB-u7yoWp8b33n9ye8UNv30 Scientists describe a process by which African clawed frogs can regrow an imperfect but functional lost limb.An African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis, whose powers of regeneration dim with maturity.]]> Wed, 26 Jan 2022 21:10:01 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xZlQlhedQpB-u7yoWp8b33n9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xZlQlhedQpDhq3rR_F9CzSlmFkX7M1Jw How does Anders Danielsen Lie of “The Worst Person in the World” juggle careers in acting and medicine? “This has been my ongoing identity crisis,” he said.Anders Danielsen Lie works full time as a doctor in Oslo. Add in acting and “it’s just a lot of hustle making the calendar work out.”]]> Wed, 26 Jan 2022 20:04:27 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xZlQlhedQpDhq3rR_F9CzSlmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xZlQlhedQpDhq3rR_F9CzeT5HJgy6HUf The four-ton piece of the rocket hasn’t been heard from since it launched an American satellite called DSCOVR. It could make a 65-foot crater on the far side of the moon.]]> Wed, 26 Jan 2022 19:13:26 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xZlQlhedQpDhq3rR_F9CzeT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xZlQlhedQpC8sNixpLQbXClmFkX7M1Jw The four-ton piece of the rocket hasn’t been heard from since it launched an American satellite called DSCOVR. It could make a 65-foot crater on the far side of the moon.]]> Wed, 26 Jan 2022 18:56:14 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xZlQlhedQpC8sNixpLQbXClmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xZlQlhedQpAL4b59EN-QcZs0ohxaO6Yr Scientists traced how a mouse’s brain gets the signal that it had enough to drink. Something similar may happen in humans.Scientists reported that they’ve followed the signals from the brain that shut down thirst down the neck into the gut to a surprising spot.]]> Wed, 26 Jan 2022 18:00:12 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xZlQlhedQpAL4b59EN-QcZs0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xZlQlhedQpDs5vTY_HF5zJs0ohxaO6Yr A chunk of Antarctic ice that was one of the biggest icebergs ever seen has met its end near South Georgia. Scientists will be studying its effects on the ecosystem around the island for some time.The iceberg A68a in the South Atlantic near South Georgia in December 2020.]]> Wed, 26 Jan 2022 17:03:38 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xZlQlhedQpDs5vTY_HF5zJs0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xZlQlhedQpCi9DGtg5OW1cb1naedg1wr The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday will announce stepped-up enforcement and monitoring to help disadvantaged communities struggling with polluted air and water.]]> Wed, 26 Jan 2022 13:02:25 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xZlQlhedQpCi9DGtg5OW1cb1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xZlQlhedQpDtWXJgm2PnXZVjH6qdYdAk The four-year air pollution study, which followed 68.5 million older Americans, was the first of its kind.Hazel Chandler moved to Arizona from California in 1977 and found the air cleaner, but as Phoenix’s population exploded, so did her asthma and breathing problems.]]> Wed, 26 Jan 2022 12:00:24 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xZlQlhedQpDtWXJgm2PnXZVjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xZlQlhedQpA57j-1KL36sSlmFkX7M1Jw Thirteen of Omicron’s mutations should have hurt the variant’s chances of survival. Instead, they worked together to make it thrive.A colorized scanning electron micrograph of a cell infected with a coronavirus. SARS-CoV-2’s evolution took an unexpected turn in late 2020, when new variants began emerging.]]> Wed, 26 Jan 2022 02:30:57 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xZlQlhedQpA57j-1KL36sSlmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xZlQlhedQpDFMI24VBOkPOT5HJgy6HUf Before the end of the year, ispace aims to place a lander with two small rovers on the lunar surface. It may find other visitors have also made the trip this year.]]> Tue, 25 Jan 2022 23:25:30 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xZlQlhedQpDFMI24VBOkPOT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xZlQlhedQpB5G749NDv4kXn9ye8UNv30 The Health Department could not confirm reports of an outbreak of the bacterial disease, which is spread by rats, linked to McCarren Park, but said it was working with the Parks Department to keep rats out.Larry during a visit to McCarren Park, in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn. Elsewhere in the park, an area that is used as a dog run has been closed for maintenance.]]> Tue, 25 Jan 2022 12:00:16 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xZlQlhedQpB5G749NDv4kXn9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xZlQlhedQpDVHPBto8yGSHn9ye8UNv30 The rapid spread of the variant means far more people will have some immunity, at least for now, which might bode well this year for highly vaccinated countries in Europe.A Covid-19 intensive care unit in Cremona, Italy, this month.]]> Tue, 25 Jan 2022 02:14:39 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xZlQlhedQpDVHPBto8yGSHn9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xZlQlhedQpDxACWADsD_Ocb1naedg1wr Gang Chen was arrested a year ago on charges of hiding his links to China. The charges were dismissed, but he said the damage — to him, and to American science — has lingered.]]> Tue, 25 Jan 2022 01:05:12 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xZlQlhedQpDxACWADsD_Ocb1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xZlQlhedQpBO2YjizrI2gF1cWWor9YPv The research could have policy implications as President Biden pushes to revive his proposal to expand the child tax credit.]]> Mon, 24 Jan 2022 22:00:13 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xZlQlhedQpBO2YjizrI2gF1cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xZlQlhedQpBhVRhs8cIX4ilmFkX7M1Jw The telescope is preparing to arrive at L2, a place that is gravitationally balanced between Earth and sun, where it will ultimately carry out its scientific mission.An artist’s impression of the James Webb Space Telescope, which arrived at the second Lagrange point as it orbits the sun alongside Earth, a million miles away.]]> Mon, 24 Jan 2022 20:58:16 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xZlQlhedQpBhVRhs8cIX4ilmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xZlQlhedQpDut7V-gTPejHn9ye8UNv30 By playing a variety of recordings of “wheeze honks” to pods of hippopotamuses, researchers began to decipher how the animals communicate with one another.A hippo’s “wheeze honk” can be heard more than a half-mile away, and their verbal repertoire includes grunts, bellows and squeals.]]> Mon, 24 Jan 2022 18:00:09 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xZlQlhedQpDut7V-gTPejHn9ye8UNv30