Are we doing good science? by Ananya X Gupta https://padlet.com/axg4798/o70g8tilinct AP Chemistry en-us 2020-03-27 14:46:52 UTC 2025-10-21 12:49:13 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f914.png Dr. Robin Carhat-Harris is doing research on psilocybin, the psychedelic drug found in some mushrooms: axg4798 https://padlet.com/axg4798/o70g8tilinct/wish/478563874 https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/psychedelic-healing-could-magic-mushrooms-help-reboot-the-brain/]]> 2020-03-27 14:57:56 UTC https://padlet.com/axg4798/o70g8tilinct/wish/478563874 A study finds that the elderly and sick are most vulnerable to COVID-19: axg4798 https://padlet.com/axg4798/o70g8tilinct/wish/478604714 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-51540981]]> 2020-03-27 15:15:51 UTC https://padlet.com/axg4798/o70g8tilinct/wish/478604714 Stanford research Jennifer Eberhardt has developed virtual reality programs to help police officers avoid unconcious racial bias: axg4798 https://padlet.com/axg4798/o70g8tilinct/wish/478732728 https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/03/meet-psychologist-exploring-unconscious-bias-and-its-tragic-consequences-society]]> 2020-03-27 16:12:23 UTC https://padlet.com/axg4798/o70g8tilinct/wish/478732728 Production of chloroquine phosphate, a malaria treatment, has resumed after 15 years due to ambiguous claims that it can cure coronavirus: axg4798 https://padlet.com/axg4798/o70g8tilinct/wish/478741880 https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/03/insane-many-scientists-lament-trump-s-embrace-risky-malaria-drugs-coronavirus]]> 2020-03-27 16:16:51 UTC https://padlet.com/axg4798/o70g8tilinct/wish/478741880 Newer, faster diagnostic tests for the novel coronavirus are being developed, but we may be running out of time: axg4798 https://padlet.com/axg4798/o70g8tilinct/wish/478758832 https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/03/standard-coronavirus-test-if-available-works-well-can-new-diagnostics-help-pandemic]]> 2020-03-27 16:24:38 UTC https://padlet.com/axg4798/o70g8tilinct/wish/478758832 New technology, like the hohlraum pictured here, will revolutionize the study of astrophysics and plasma physics and allow us to create new states of matter: axg4798 https://padlet.com/axg4798/o70g8tilinct/wish/478814899 https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/superfast-superpowerful-lasers-are-about-to-revolutionize-physics/]]> 2020-03-27 16:51:22 UTC https://padlet.com/axg4798/o70g8tilinct/wish/478814899 As SARS-CoV-2 spreads, demand for cleaning is rising, but there is debate about which sanitizers to use: axg4798 https://padlet.com/axg4798/o70g8tilinct/wish/478826194 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-nation-paralyzed-by-a-pathogen-deep-cleaners-have-their-day/]]> 2020-03-27 16:57:19 UTC https://padlet.com/axg4798/o70g8tilinct/wish/478826194 He Jiankui, the researcher who created the world’s first CRISPR-edited babies, has been sentenced to 3 years in prison: axg4798 https://padlet.com/axg4798/o70g8tilinct/wish/478843391 https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614997/he-jiankui-sentenced-to-three-years-in-prison-for-crispr-babies/]]> 2020-03-27 17:06:05 UTC https://padlet.com/axg4798/o70g8tilinct/wish/478843391 Researchers at Intel have developed an algorithm that mimics the neurocircuitry of our noses: axg4798 https://padlet.com/axg4798/o70g8tilinct/wish/478849290 https://www.technologyreview.com/s/615366/ai-intel-neuromorphic-chip-mimics-brain-to-smell/]]> 2020-03-27 17:09:16 UTC https://padlet.com/axg4798/o70g8tilinct/wish/478849290 Here are the signs, symptoms, and treatments for COVID-19: axg4798 https://padlet.com/axg4798/o70g8tilinct/wish/479005691 https://www.technologyreview.com/s/615176/an-inside-report-of-what-happens-when-you-get-the-coronavirus/?set=615328&set=615328]]> 2020-03-27 18:42:10 UTC https://padlet.com/axg4798/o70g8tilinct/wish/479005691 This woman played her violin during her brain surgery in order to preserve her motor function: axg4798 https://padlet.com/axg4798/o70g8tilinct/wish/479264140 https://www.npr.org/2020/02/19/807414527/musician-plays-her-violin-during-brain-surgery]]> 2020-03-27 23:19:48 UTC https://padlet.com/axg4798/o70g8tilinct/wish/479264140 A potentially dangerous asteroid will fly past Earth in April: axg4798 https://padlet.com/axg4798/o70g8tilinct/wish/479265974 https://www.livescience.com/asteroid-1998-or2-earth-flyby-april-2020.html]]> 2020-03-27 23:23:47 UTC https://padlet.com/axg4798/o70g8tilinct/wish/479265974 COVID-19 is spreading like wildfire through our population, but at least our emissions have reduced: axg4798 https://padlet.com/axg4798/o70g8tilinct/wish/479267017 https://www.livescience.com/coronavirus-pollution-emissions-drop-china-italy-satellite-views.html]]> 2020-03-27 23:25:56 UTC https://padlet.com/axg4798/o70g8tilinct/wish/479267017 Particle physicists are looking for subatomic disturbances in underground rock in order to find evidence of dark matter: axg4798 https://padlet.com/axg4798/o70g8tilinct/wish/479269423 https://www.livescience.com/hunting-dark-matter-inside-earth.html]]> 2020-03-27 23:31:08 UTC https://padlet.com/axg4798/o70g8tilinct/wish/479269423 Astronomers have found an explosion in the Ophiuchus galaxy cluster - the strongest intergalactic explosion ever discovered: axg4798 https://padlet.com/axg4798/o70g8tilinct/wish/479271180 https://www.livescience.com/hunting-dark-matter-inside-earth.html]]> 2020-03-27 23:34:55 UTC https://padlet.com/axg4798/o70g8tilinct/wish/479271180 This may be the tiniest dinosaur ever known to live on Earth: axg4798 https://padlet.com/axg4798/o70g8tilinct/wish/479273837 https://www.livescience.com/smallest-dinosaur-of-mesozoic.html]]> 2020-03-27 23:40:57 UTC https://padlet.com/axg4798/o70g8tilinct/wish/479273837 A guide to the companies and vaccines that are fighting the novel coronavirus: axg4798 https://padlet.com/axg4798/o70g8tilinct/wish/479287989 https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2020/3/4/21154590/coronavirus-vaccine-treatment-covid-19-drug-cure]]> 2020-03-28 00:13:27 UTC https://padlet.com/axg4798/o70g8tilinct/wish/479287989 For a brief time, Earth had a second “mini” moon - but now we’ve lost it: axg4798 https://padlet.com/axg4798/o70g8tilinct/wish/479317634 https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2020/03/mini-moon-earth-lost/608455/]]> 2020-03-28 01:32:18 UTC https://padlet.com/axg4798/o70g8tilinct/wish/479317634 LIGO unexpectedly detected the merging of two large binary stars, and it could change what we think we know about the universe: axg4798 https://padlet.com/axg4798/o70g8tilinct/wish/479320172 https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2020/02/unprecedented-neutron-star-collision/606970/]]> 2020-03-28 01:39:48 UTC https://padlet.com/axg4798/o70g8tilinct/wish/479320172 The plight of koalas from Australia’s recent bushfire crisis isn’t over yet - these creatures are on the verge of death from dehydration, starvation, and other complications: axg4798 https://padlet.com/axg4798/o70g8tilinct/wish/479325519 https://www.popsci.com/story/animals/koalas-dying-after-bushfires/]]> 2020-03-28 01:56:39 UTC https://padlet.com/axg4798/o70g8tilinct/wish/479325519