Undersea Telescopes Scan the Sky from Below

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March 31, 2020

Dear Reader, Researchers are in the process of deploying optical modules for a new pair of underwater telescopes. The modules, hosted within pressure-resistant glass spheres, use the ocean itself as an instrument to search for signals from dark matter, supernovae and neutron star collisions. Today's roundup also features a story on how social media posts and online searches can provide clues about where disease is spreading. And lastly, we have a piece on the ways climate change is complicating efforts by meteorologists to understand the complexities of the Madden-Julian Oscillation. Important information for our print subscribers

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Physics Undersea Telescopes Scan the Sky from Below Submarine neutrino detectors will hunt for dark matter, distant star explosions, and more  By Dhananjay Khadilkar

Public Health Social Media Posts and Online Searches Hold Vital Clues about Pandemic Spread Such data offer valuable information and could help track the novel coronavirus—but they risk errors and raise privacy concerns By Katherine Ellison,Knowable Magazine

Environment Coyotes Eat Everything from Fruits to Cats The diets of coyotes vary widely, depending on whether they live in rural, suburban or urban environments—but pretty much anything is fair game. By Jason G Goldman | 03:16

Public Health U.S. Clears More Than 5,000 Outpatient Centers as Makeshift Hospitals in COVID Crisis Ambulatory surgery centers, normally restricted to day use, can now take non-infected patients from hospitals By Liz Szabo,Cara Anthony,Kaiser Health News

Climate A Climate Fluctuation That Could Improve Forecasts Remains a Mystery The unknown influence of climate change has thrown a wrench into efforts to understand the Madden-Julian Oscillation By John Fialka,E&E News

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FROM THE ARCHIVE Color Photography Relies on Potato Starch Originally published in July 1907 | March 2020

QUOTE OF THE DAY "Unlike cosmic rays, neutrinos are not deflected by magnetic fields in intergalactic space, making them unique messengers." Walter Winter, Neutrino Astrophysicist at the German Electron Synchrotron

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