This Week’s NOVA Next Feature
Zika, Ebola, and other viruses may cause lingering health issues that scientists are only just now grappling with. NOVA Next contributor Carrie Arnold reports the story.
In other news:
- Computers may be able to translate language, but will they convey its meaning ?
- This new cruise ship route has opened in the Arctic, thanks to climate change .
- Scientists couldn’t find this tadpole for 125 years.
- View from space hints at new Viking site in North America. Watch the online premiere of “Vikings Unearthed” beginning at 3:30 pm EDT on Monday, April 4. And check out our Facebook Live video with Dr. Doug Bolender, Viking expert.
What We’re Reading
- Ronan the sea lion can dance to “Boogie Wonderland.” But how? Scientists are narrowing in on rhythm’s biological origins . [Quanta Magazine]
- Improve your memory with the “ method of loci ,” also known as the “memory palace.” [The New York Times]
- Science education is woefully uncreative. That has to change . [Wired]
- A $5.7 million project funded by the NIH will be the largest-ever study of transgender youth . [Nature News]
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