Yes, there are now three movies with a talking raccoon and a talking tree, and yes, they might just have something interesting to say.
evolutionary biology
Science Corner: Dawn – A Proton’s Tale of All that Came to Be
A review of the theological sci-fi novel Dawn: A Proton’s Tale of All that Came to Be
Science Corner: Unlocking Immunity
As you read this, millions of people around the world are making antibodies against SARS-CoV-2. None of those people were born with a gene for those specific antibodies. Yet in just a couple of weeks following exposure to the virus–or now, one of its proteins via a vaccine–their immune systems can make antibodies that bind tightly and very specifically to the outside of the coronavirus, inhibiting its ability to infect their cells.
Science Corner: Origin Story
Today is a day for fresh starts in the United States.
Science Corner: New Year, New Coronavirus Variant
When all is said and done, I expect that 2021 will end with more good news and less news overall about coronaviruses than 2020 had. In the short term, we are going to have more epidemiology and virology to talk about. The topic most interesting to me is the new B.1.1.7 variant of SARS-CoV-2 (also […]