http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/04/heres-visual-proof-why-vaccines-do-more-good-harm
Month: April 2017
Scientists have found that a caterpillar commercially bred for fishing bait has the ability to biodegrade polyethylene: one of the toughest and most used plastics, frequently found clogging up landfill sites in the form of plastic shopping bags.
via Caterpillar found to eat shopping bags, suggesting a biodegradable solution to plastic pollution.
Signs of Science
We Just Breached the 410 PPM Threshold for CO2
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/we-just-breached-the-410-ppm-threshold-for-co2/
Earth Day Protests 🌏 — at Times Square, New York City.
The first SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to ever be reused is now on display at Cape Canaveral. The $60 million dollar rocket cost 50% less than the price of a new rocket. It can be reused 100 times. SpaceX spent $1 billion in R&D on the rocket.
SpaceX’s refurbished Falcon 9 costs 50% less than a new rocket
Shrinking Terahertz Chips
Spectroscopy is nothing new, but shrinking the chips that make it work is ground breaking.