GAVNet Collaborative Curation

Some have taken a stab at putting the pandemic in historical context. At the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Washington Post visualized the devastating plagues of history, with Covid-19 by comparison a tiny dot. (By today, tragically, it'd be a much bigger dot.) This vivid graphic ranks Covid-19 the ninth deadliest in history

If you want to understand the real Deep State, the biggest thing you need to know is it's institutional, impersonal, and operates on a national scale.

Thousands of different genetic mutations have been implicated in cancer, but a new analysis of almost 10,000 patients found that regardless of the cancer's origin, tumors could be stratified in only 112 subtypes and that, within each subtype, the Master Regulator proteins that control the cancer's transcriptional state were virtually identical, independent of the specific genetic mutations of each patient.

Two billion years after the Big Bang, the Universe was still very young. However, thousands of huge galaxies, rich in stars and dust, were already formed. An international study, led by SISSA-Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati, now explains how this was possible. Scientists combined observational and theoretical methods to identify the physical processes behind their evolution and, for the first time, found evidence for a rapid growth of dust due to a high concentration of metals in the distant Universe. The study, published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, offers a new approach to investigate the evolutionary phase of massive objects.

Cosmologists are perplexed. They believe they have a good understanding of the origins of the universe and how it has evolved since the beginning. However, two measurements of the speed at which the universe is currently expanding disagree and that could be the first signs that they will have to make significant changes to their understanding of the cosmos. 

Researchers in China claim to have achieved quantum supremacy, the point where a quantum computer completes a task that would be virtually impossible for a classical computer to perform. The device, named Jiuzhang, reportedly conducted a calculation in 200 seconds that would take a regular supercomputer a staggering 2.5 billion years to complete.

Modern monetary theory was once the preserve of left-wing utopians. But as governments around the world continue to pile on debt, it's gaining currency

Drones, robots and autonomous systems can transform the natural world in and around cities for people and wildlife.