Popular myth holds that visitors to tombs can be afflicted with a mummy's curse, resulting in death. There may be a scientific explanation. To protect yourself, you need an antifungal rather than an amulet, writes Steven Ross Pomeroy for @BigThink. buff.ly/3nInUFj

'Ultimately everyone who drives is going to drive an EV; the simple logic of cost, and the reverse network effect from gas stations becoming unprofitable and disappearing, will push the transition to completion.' Noah Smith 🐇 open.substack.com/pub/noahpinion…

Apparently, squid turns translucent at the moment of death. Here’s the science of why it happens, explains Steven Ross Pomeroy Big Think bigthink.com/life/squid-tra…

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How COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates May Have Backfired. Excellent story by Steven Ross Pomeroy via RealClearScience. realclearscience.com/articles/2024/…

Oof. Violence in schools is apparently such a facet of modern society (at least in the U.S.) that there's a dedicated scientific journal for the phenomenon: The Journal of School Violence. news.osu.edu/school-focus-o…

The circles in this image aren't "bumpy." It's an illusion. by Steven Ross Pomeroy realclearscience.com/articles/2024/…

Albert Einstein's theories of special and general relativity are today widely accepted, but when he first outlined them, there was fierce opposition. bigthink.com/the-past/einst… Big Think Steven Ross Pomeroy

This is always a pertinent adage, but it seems extra pertinent today: Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

Exploring the wild & disturbing world of "scienceploitation" bigthink.com/thinking/scien… by Steven Ross Pomeroy via Big Think🙏cc Penguin Books Canada "Timothy Caulfield, a leading science communicator, discusses the challenges of combatting misinformation in an age of information overload."