And so exactly what you said, is what I believe too. And the reason that you’ve come to that conclusion, I’ve come to that conclusion, is that it just seems like it makes sense that whatever we can take care of through great technology, and remotely, we should. And those […]
How to Measure Pressure With a Phone and a Baggie
This says pressure is just force (F) per unit of area (A). If the force is measured in newtons and the area is in square meters, then the pressure would be in units of N/m2, which is called a pascal. But you can use other units too, like pounds per […]
Space Photos of the Week: 50 Years After Apollo 13
Fifty years ago, on April 11, 1970, the Apollo 13 mission launched from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral. Like Apollo 11 and Apollo 12, the goal of the mission was to land on the Moon. However astronauts Jim Lovell, John Swigert, and Fred Haise would face a nearly fatal […]
Freshwater Mussels Are Dying–Which Is the Likeliest Culprit?
In some cases, humans have harnessed the shellfish’s ability to filter water. In 2019, for example, Pennsylvania invested $7.9 million in a mussel hatchery in Philadelphia aimed at improving water quality in the Delaware and Susquehanna watersheds, which together provide drinking water to more than 25 million people. In fact, […]
Instacart Workers Are Still Waiting for Those Safety Supplies
Even during a pandemic, people still need food. On Instacart, orders have surged to an all-time high in recent weeks as its workforce of 350,000 “shoppers” ferry groceries between stores and American households. Each trip puts those workers at an increased risk of coming in contact with the new coronavirus; […]