MicroEducation - Biodegradation
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The goal of this MicroEducation series is to demonstrate the remarkable importance of microorganisms in our day-to-day lives. I believe...
- Mar 5, 2021
- 5 min
MicroEducation - Sourdough
Sourdough. Bread. Few things rival a fresh slice of homemade sourdough - and since the start of the pandemic last year (ugh) there’s been...
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- Jan 28, 2021
- 4 min
Can you have coffee without microbes?
Here we focus on the role that microbes play in the process of producing coffee.
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- Dec 21, 2020
- 2 min
MicroEducation - What are Microbes Good for?
Pretty Light Science is launching a series of articles dedicated to microorganisms. The creative force behind this scientific platform...
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- Dec 5, 2020
- 3 min
Why does SARS-CoV-2 cause some people to lose their sense of smell?
Early into the pandemic a variety of symptoms were linked to a SARS-CoV-2 infection, one of which had many researchers scratching their...
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- Nov 22, 2020
- 5 min
Pandemics - A Historical Perspective
We at Pretty Light Science don’t just drink coffee and talk about the future. We are also interested in the past because history is a...
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- Nov 13, 2020
- 4 min
Spilling the Beans...the Coffee Beans
It’s no secret that coffee is an extremely popular beverage all around the world. Some people drink coffee because they like the taste,...
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- Oct 29, 2020
- 5 min
Reinfections.
Earlier this year we wrote a post focused on COVID-19-related immunity; and based on the data available at the time it wasn’t really...
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- Oct 15, 2020
- 5 min
Genetic mutations and traitor antibodies contribute to the severity of COVID-19 infections
In this post we discuss two fresh articles that provide some good news (or do they? more on that in the end) regarding COVID-19 related...
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- Oct 5, 2020
- 6 min
Flushing COVID-19 Down the Toilet
by Maria Letourneau This week’s post at Pretty Light Science features an article by a guest author, who happens to be a great scientist...
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- Sep 27, 2020
- 6 min
Old, loud, and pale (male) - risks explained.
In this post we summarize the results from three studies related to the COVID-19 pandemic, which we think would be of interest to our...
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- Sep 8, 2020
- 3 min
Which kind of cloth face mask is the best?
In this post we summarize what the science says about which type of cloth face masks can keep you and your loved ones the safest.
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- Aug 9, 2020
- 4 min
Why are we still talking about the virus?
We have started this science chronicle with a purpose to make some general biological concepts more accessible to those who’d like to...
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- Jul 25, 2020
- 5 min
COVID-19 and Immunity Passports
Have you already been infected with the novel coronavirus? If you have, does this give you an ‘immunity passport’, meaning that you can star
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- Jun 21, 2020
- 4 min
The mask debate - there’s nothing light about it.
The COVID-19 pandemic that started in December 2019 has affected many things around the world. There are virtually no places on the...
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- Jun 7, 2020
- 7 min
Pretty light deconfinement
We’re going to start this post with some positive news and happily share that the COVID-19 curve that we discussed in detail here has...
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- May 9, 2020
- 5 min
Pretty Light Cooking
"The adoption of cooking by ancient humans probably played a role in the development of the intestinal microbes we have today."
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- Apr 23, 2020
- 6 min
Pretty Light Knowledge
After more than a 100 days into the new reality of life with the coronavirus, we still don’t understand many aspects of the problem....
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- Apr 14, 2020
- 4 min
Ocean restoration by 2050
"...when scientifically driven legislation is implemented over a long period of time, we see recovery of marine ecosystems."
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- Apr 1, 2020
- 5 min
Pretty Light Curves
Today we are going to tackle some curves and mathematical principles that are important to understand when following the COVID-19 story.
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