These next few nights – February 26 and 27, 2021 – watch for the full Snow Moon to light up the nighttime form dusk till dawn. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/full-snow-moon-on-feb-26-27-2021…
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Full Wolf Moon falls in late January 2021
Enjoy the full-looking moon in late January 2021, as this nocturnal sun brings some good cheer to the Northern Hemisphere’s long winter night. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/full-wolf-moon-in-late-january-2021…
China Jails Citizen Journalist for Wuhan Reports
A Chinese citizen journalist who covered Wuhan’s coronavirus outbreak has been jailed for four years. From a report: Zhang Zhan was found guilty of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble”, a frequent charge against activists. The 37-year-old former lawyer was detained in May, and has been on hunger strike for several months. Her lawyers say she is in poor health. Ms Zhang…
Slashback: Forced Social Isolation Causes Neural Craving Similar To Hunger
This is the first story in a new occasional article series we’re calling Slashback. We’ll be covering a topic that may not be breaking news, but is interesting to us. Today’s Slashback story features an article from Scientific American highlighting the profound effect of severe social isolation on the brain. From the report: The feeling of “wanting” something has repeatedly been…
‘Lord of the Rings’ Reunion Brings Actors, Director, Writers Together on Zoom
“Just about the entire cast of The Lord of the Rings gathered their Zoom screens together for a reunion nearly two decades after the end of the epic fantasy film trilogy,” reports CNET: io9 notes that it was comic actor-singer Josh Gad who “gathered the hobbits, the wizards, the elves, and the wicked menfolk to go to Isen — YouTube, where…
What a Week’s Disasters Tell Us About Climate and the Pandemic
The hits came this week in rapid succession: A cyclone slammed into the Indian megacity of Kolkata, pounding rains breached two dams in the Midwestern United States, and on Thursday came warning that the Atlantic hurricane season could be severe. It all served as a reminder that the coronavirus pandemic, which has killed 325,000 people so far, is colliding with another…
Our five appetites mean our hunger is far more complex than we thought
It is crucial to understand your five-appetite system and how ultraprocessed foods have crashed this set-up – especially as they are so popular in lockdown Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24632833-300-our-five-appetites-mean-our-hunger-is-far-more-complex-than-we-thought/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Covid-19 pandemic risks worst global food crisis in decades
The covid-19 pandemic’s impact on hunger around the world could be worse than when food prices spiked calamitously in 2007 and 2008, a leading food security expert warns Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2243692-covid-19-pandemic-risks-worst-global-food-crisis-in-decades/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
UN says covid-19 pandemic will double number of people facing hunger
The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scientist and essential information about the covid-19 pandemic Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2237475-un-says-covid-19-pandemic-will-double-number-of-people-facing-hunger/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Image: Hubble investigates hungry galaxy
The subject of this image taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, a spiral galaxy named NGC 1589, was once the scene of a violent bout of cosmic hunger pangs. As astronomers looked on, a poor, hapless star was seemingly torn apart and devoured by the ravenous supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy. Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-03-image-hubble-hungry-galaxy.html…