Phytochrome foci have different behaviors at different temperatures and types of light University of California – Riverside A protein called phytochrome B, which can sense light and temperature, triggers plant…
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Untangling Flu and SARS-CoV-2 Prevalence
From JAMA Community Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Among Patients With Influenzalike Illnesses Presenting to a Los Angeles Medical Center in March 2020 Brad Spellberg, MD1; Meredith Haddix, MPH2; Rebecca Lee, MPH2;…
COVID-19 Deaths in Europe: Excess Mortality is – DOWN?
Reposted from Dr. Roy Spencer’s website March 29th, 2020 by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D. Given the global hysteria over the spread COVID-19, you might be excused if you are…
In Earth’s largest extinction, land animal die-offs began long before marine extinction
New dates for fossils indicate land animal turnover extended for hundreds of thousands of years University of California – Berkeley The mass extinction at the end of the Permian Peri…
Increased indoor humidity may decrease #Coronavirus #COVID-19 transmission
Note: The suggestions in this guest essay may or may not be useful in your personal situation. It is provided here for review and discussion. There is some supporting evidence…
The next frontier in coronavirus testing: Identifying the full scope of the pandemic, not just individual infections
From StatNews By Andrew Joseph @DrewQJoseph March 27, 2020 Scientists are starting to roll out new blood tests for the coronavirus, a key development that, unlike the current diagnostic tests,…
Hopeful: Summary of Wuhan #Coronavirus Therapies and Potential Cures
Guest post by Rud Istvan, In the 3/19 Wuhan virus briefing with the FDA, team Trump made much of the possibilities for two therapeutic candidates, chloroquine and remdesivir. Having now…
The danger of making #coronavirus decisions without reliable data
From STAT A fiasco in the making? As the coronavirus pandemic takes hold, we are making decisions without reliable data By John P.A. Ioannidis March 17, 2020 The current coronavirus…
An effective treatment for #Coronavirus #COVID-19 has been found in a common anti-malarial drug
UPDATE: A Covid-19 case correlation between malarial and non-malarial countries has been plotted by Dr. Roy Spencer, and the results are stunning – see below. Encouraging news: three new medical…
Fast-track scientific study suggests Covid-19 outbreak in Wuhan has been controlled
This new science paper suggests “Considerable countermeasures have effectively controlled the Covid-19 outbreak in Wuhan”. That suggests that similar countermeasures being enacted worldwide might have an effective result. This paper…
Comments on Dr. Ollila’s Claims that Greenhouse Effect Calculations Violate Energy Conservation
From Dr. Roy Spencer’s Blog March 12th, 2020 by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D. Once again I am being drawn into defending the common explanation of Earth’s so-called “greenhouse effect”…
Want to catch a photon? Start by silencing the sun
Quantum breakthrough uses light’s quirky properties to boost 3D imaging, paving the way for enhanced performance in self-driving cars, medical imaging and deep-space communications Stevens Institute of Technology Researchers at…
Cut thru myths to see facts about COVID-19
Reposted from the Fabius Maximus website By Larry Kummer, Editor / 22 February 2020 Summary: I talk to people who worry about the coronavirus epidemic and so read much about…
No raw data, no science: another possible source of the reproducibility crisis
From Molecular Brain, Biomedical Central Molecular Brain volume 13, Article number: 24 (2020) Cite this article Abstract A reproducibility crisis is a situation where many scientific studies cannot be reproduced.…
Lessons from the coronavirus about climate change
Reposted from the Fabius Maximus blog By Larry Kummer, Editor / 17 February 2020 Summary: The coronavirus epidemic shows science at its best, not perfect but effective. Compare the public…
Wuhan Coronavirus—WUWT Update
Guest post by Rud Istvan, ctm posted my longish scientific commentary written last Sunday on Monday. The situation is still rapidly evolving. Much more is now known than last Sunday.…
Wuhan Coronavirus–a WUWT Scientific Commentary
Guest post by Rud Istvan Introduction The Wuhan coronavirus potential pandemic has been much in the news recently. ctm discussed my doing an update to a rather long comment a…
The Monarch Abundance Roller-Coaster- part 2
Guest Post By Jim Steele To be published in the Pacifica Tribune February 2020 What’s Natural Indeed, some Monarch populations have declined in recent decades. However, the species as a…
How the tiniest particles in our universe saved us from complete annihilation
Recently discovered ripples of spacetime called gravitational waves could contain evidence to prove the theory that life survived the Big Bang because of a phase transition that allowed neutrino particles…
Secret Science Under Attack — Part 3
Opinion by Kip Hansen — 2 February 2020 The attacks continue in the Journals of Science against the EPA’s proposed “Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science” rule — commonly referred…
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