January 24, 2021

Slow motion shot of a sneeze. CC 2.0

The physics behind the spread of coughing and sneezing - it's time to abandon outdated models

In a study recently published in the prestigious journal for physicists, researchers from Europe reveal how the cough cloud spreads in a closed space under realistic conditions and the findings are surprising
The continental ice sheets at the poles can affect each other, because of the water that flows between them. Photo: Alex Rose – Unsplash

A conversation between glaciers

A study revealed a connection between the melting of the glaciers in the Arctic Circle and those in Antarctica * A similar feedback but in the opposite direction (of increasing ice) took place at the beginning of ice ages
Syrian refugees in Turkey, 2015. Photo: shutterstock

The desertification of the Middle East as a result of the climate crisis will lead to wars

A new study by Prof. Dan Rabinowitz from the Department of Sociology and Anthropology of Tel Aviv University states that the Middle East region is expected to undergo extremely extreme climate changes, which may cause civil wars (and between countries)