Transportation Riders United
How the Coronavirus spreads in the everyday places we visit
Now that shelter-in-place restrictions are easing, it will be up to each of us to protect ourselves. First priority: avoid "super-spreader situations." … more »
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RYAN SEGEDI
Film Photography Can Never Be Replaced
"The standard explanation for retro trends, which has been used to account for the return of vinyl records and analog film, is that the future is coming on too fast. And as much as rapid-fire advances seem unavoidable, the arts can provide a refuge. Nostalgia is a balm." … more »
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BBC
Bad news: Six feet of social distance probably isn’t enough to avoid COVID-19 outside
"As the world opens back up, even with COVID-19 in an unrelenting swing, one guideline is repeated again and again: Keep six feet of social distance. And this number makes us feel safe because it comes from the authorities. But this number is, according to a new study, inaccurate and flawed." … more »
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CDC
Chronic Lyme Disease
"Doctors still often don’t know how to accurately diagnose patients with Lyme disease, and patients don’t always get better, even when they are diagnosed and treated. Physicians lack the diagnostic tools for early diagnosis or for documenting cure of the disease." … more »
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Harvard University Press
We spend 90% of our time inside—why don’t we care that indoor air is so polluted?
"Buildings are the same. Like humans, they need to breathe. But, as with cars, we’ve done one hell of a job over the past 40 years of cutting off their air supply." … more »
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bu.edu
The end of plastic bottles? New plant-based bottles will degrade in a year
"Beer and soft drinks could soon be sipped from “all-plant” bottles under new plans to turn sustainably grown crops into plastic in partnership with major beverage makers. A biochemicals company in the Netherlands hopes to kickstart investment in a pioneering project that hopes to make plastics from plant sugars rather than fossil fuels." … more »
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cidrap.umn.edu
Austria Has 90% Drop in Coronavirus Cases After Requiring People to Wear Face Masks
If this respiratory virus is mainly transmitted through breath, and if masks inhibit the spread of breath-carried virus, then face masks will help. That isn’t enough though. We also need to stay away from people -- social distancing -- and wash hands frequently. … more »
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Science Daily
Surplus antioxidants are pathogenic for hearts and skeletal muscle
"Oxidative stress can be pathological. Now researchers report that the other end of the redox spectrum, reductive stress, is also pathological. Reductive stress causes pathological heart enlargement and diastolic dysfunction in a mouse model." … more »
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CSPP
Public Pensions Plans Decline Over 13% in First Quarter
"Public pension plans lost a median 13.18% during the first quarter of the year, according to the Wilshire Trust Universe Comparison Service (TUCS), which said it was the worst quarterly performance in the 40 years it has been tracking public pension plan data." … more »
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Coca Cola
Just one sugary drink a day linked to cardiovascular disease
"Yet another study has linked drinking sugary drinks daily to an elevated risk of cardiovascular disease. It’s one more reason to resist the sugar-laced sodas and sports drinks that companies such as Coca-Cola and PepsiCo sell." … more »