The 2020 annual count of monarch butterflies in the western United States found shockingly few, confirming fears that the insect is on the brink of extinction. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/monarch-butterflies-of-western-us-nearing-extinction-what-you-can-do…
Tag: Thanksgiving
A Thanksgiving sun treat: Big sunspot rotates into view
A group of sunspots has emerged on the Earth-facing side of the sun, just in time for Thanksgiving. Source: https://www.livescience.com/thanksgiving-sun-sunspot-treat-2020.html
Scientists predicted a large sunspot. Now it’s here
Last week, scientists from the National Solar Observatory predicted a large sunspot would emerge before Thanksgiving. Now the sunspot – AR2786 – is in view. Here’s how they did it. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/nso-predicts-large-sunspot-thanksgiving-nov2020…
National Solar Observatory predicts a large sunspot for Thanksgiving
On November 18 scientists from the US National Science Foundation’s National Solar Observatory predicted the arrival of a large sunspot just in time for Thanksgiving. Using a special technique called helioseismology, the team has been ‘listening’ to changing sound waves from the Sun’s interior which beckon the arrival of a large sunspot. Recent changes in these sound waves pointed to the…
Americans celebrated Thanksgiving during a pandemic before. Here’s what happened.
How did Americans celebrate the holidays during the influenza pandemic of 1918? With a lot of partying, turns out. Source: https://www.livescience.com/thanksgiving-1918-spanish-flu-pandemic.html
Epidemiologist explains CDC guidance on 15 minutes of exposure
New guidance from the CDC says that 15 minutes of exposure – regardless of whether that occurs at one time – can result in transmission of the coronavirus. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/epidemiologist-explains-cdc-guidance-15-minutes-covid19-exposure…
CDC urges Americans not to travel for Thanksgiving
The safest way to celebrate Thanksgiving is at home with people in your household, the agency said. Source: https://www.livescience.com/cdc-avoid-travel-thanksgiving-covid-19.html
Charlie Brown Holiday Specials To Air On TV, After All, In PBS Deal
Last month, “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” wasn’t aired on TV, marking the first time since 1965 that the Peanuts special wasn’t broadcasted. Instead, it was streamed on Apple+. Now, according to The Associated Press, the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving and Christmas specials will return to the air. From the report: On Wednesday, Apple bowed to the backlash, announcing it had…
Bitcoin Is Gunning for a Record and No One Is Talking About It
Three years ago, Bitcoin’s historic surge dominated Thanksgiving dinner conversations. This year, the cryptocurrency is in the midst of another notable rally and yet almost no one’s talking about it. From a report: How fevered has Bitcoin’s latest leg higher been? With the coin trading around $16,300, it’s been more expensive in only eight other instances in the past decade, Bloomberg…
Thanksgiving with family and friends is a bad idea, health experts warn
Both COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are rising rapidly and exponentially, shattering records set in the spring. Source: https://www.livescience.com/thanksgiving-gathering-safely-coronavirus.html