Stay aware.
The CDC estimates that so far this season there have been at least 19 million flu illnesses and 180,000 hospitalizations.
Flu was widespread in Puerto Rico and 49 states. In Hawaii, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands, the outbreaks were less active.
Flu shots are recommended for everyone 6 months of age and older.
When mysterious glowing stripes of green lit up Finnish skies in 2018, it didn’t go unnoticed by avid aurora chasers. The pattern of light was unfamiliar and strangely perfect, reaching out toward the horizon like a set of celestial sand dunes.
Sure enough, the light show dubbed by the citizen scientists as “the dunes” turned out to be a new type of aurora. This aurora is formed by the dramatic dance of gravity waves and oxygen atoms, according to new findings published today (Jan. 29) in the journal AGU Advances.
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The processor that makes your laptop or cell phone work was fabricated using quartz from this obscure Appalachian backwater.
How interesting. Very adorable.
A heartwarming rescue of a baby elephant with the help of physics is winning the Internet. A tweet by IFS officer Ramesh Pandey gives a glimpse of the rescue efforts made by people and officials in Gumla, Jharkhand.
According to the tweet, the forest department along with people from the nearby village rescued the elephant using the Archimedes principle. Officials and locals filled the well with water to help the elephant out. The elephant was rescued without any injury.
“Heartwarming pictures of how intelligently the team @dfogumla and villagers used Archimedes’s physical law of buoyancy to save an elephant calf who fell in a well. They pumped water into well to float the elephant to surface. Great work,” says the caption posted by Pandey.
Tesla has released the first official picture of a Model Y production vehicle, as well as pictures of the production line pictures — hinting at their previously discussed body manufacturing breakthrough.
With the release of Tesla’s Q4 2019 financial results, the automaker also announced the start of Model Y production, which happened earlier this month, and the start of deliveries in March.
For almost a year now, we have seen Model Y pre-production prototypes on public roads as part of Tesla’s extensive test program.
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I bet while traveling by plane most of the time, people are fighting over the window seat. The reason is simple; they want to enjoy the magnificent view. Inspired by the idea to give the passengers a panoramic view of the sky, the Center for Process Innovation is creating the future of air travel.
This British technology and research firm is constructing futuristic planes that will be windowless. The length of the aircraft will be covered with OLED touch screens giving the passengers a virtual window seat.
Theories abound about how the virus that’s now rampant in China made its way from bats (almost certainly) to humans.
O…o welp…
The decision is an acknowledgement of the need for a more coordinated international response to the outbreak of the coronavirus.
Circa 2011
In tests, the new drug was effective against rhinoviruses that cause the common cold, the swine flu virus H1N1, a stomach virus, a polio virus and dengue fever.
A crazy Kickstarter project
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/300948436/glamos-bring-…ns-to-life
Glamos is a tiny yet mighty device that uses LiDAR tech to turn any screen at home or the office into a fully interactive touch screen!
