Articles by Chris Packham
Phys.org / Researchers estimate anthropogenic mercury emissions from 1500 to 1900
Mercury, toxic to humans, is the only known metallic element that is liquid at standard Earth temperature and pressure and therefore comprises a hazard to children because it is so cool. But many historic human activities ...
Aug 18, 2023
Tech Xplore / Researchers develop bioinspired geolocation method based on daytime sky polarization
The first guy on Earth who ever got lost probably said to himself, "I could really use a set of geographic coordinates expressed as latitude and longitude right about now." Time passed, neocortexes evolved, and eventually, ...
Aug 17, 2023
Phys.org / Researchers characterize influenza adaptation to human epithelial cells, with surprising results
The 1968 influenza pandemic was caused by the H3N2 flu strain and killed between 1 and 4 million people globally. For the sake of comparison, the WHO estimates that around 3 million people died of COVID-related illness in ...
Aug 16, 2023
