While learning about cryptocurrencies, I desperately needed data that I could manipulate myself to do my own plots and analyses. Here I show you how to easily get real-time and historical crypto data right in your web browser with minimal programming skills. …

Thanks to modern educational content using commodity web-based augmented reality in our moleculARweb site and in Google, students, teachers, and science communicators can now more easily see, grasp, communicate, and interact with the most complex concepts of chemistry and biology. For free, using their smartphones, tablets, and computers, in several languages. — === The new tools presented here involve contributions mainly from Fabio Cortes and other members of the Dal Peraro lab at @EPFL. ===

A selection of photos while walking in natural scenarios. — A cousin of mine is a fan of photos of trails, routes, and ways through natural landscapes. Hence each time I have a nice view of one, I send him photos. …

A supernova that was first detected in 2016 and then disappeared in 2019, will probably be visible again in the future, according to a study published in Nature Astronomy. — The researchers found that a supernova called AT 2016jka emitted light that was bent around a cluster of galaxies known as MACS J0138. This bending of light occurs due to gravitational lensing by the massive MACS J0138 cluster. In fact, light travels always in a straight line; however, massively heavy…

Colorful physics! — I was at my friend’s home last weekend. After a friendly, familiar lunch, we started wandering around the house, playing with the kids. Suddenly, one of them spotted this, a “rainbow ghost” in his words:

Including things such as water activated with reactive species, repurposing medicaments that are already used for other treatments, and attacking biofilms with metals — The need for new medicines urges more and more every day, especially as pathogens become resistance to current antibiotics. Creating new antibiotics that target systems already known is difficult due to the continuous evolution, and coming up with new targets requires gigantic efforts that evolve slowly.

During a half-day of biking close to -2 degrees Celsius — Remember the cascade of the witches in the nearby forest? Witches in the woods Last fall and winter this piece of forest was bewitched. A little girl ensured it remained so.medium.com I went to visit this place today, as I knew this forest was covered in snow. To my surprise, part of the cascade and its surroundings were all frozen.

Squeezing citrus fruits for their delicious juice is so easy even without equipment, that you can drink them anytime anywhere, even during bike trips or at work! — Citrus fruits are a group of fruits that are known for their characteristic tart and juicy taste. They are produced by trees and shrubs that belong to the genus Citrus, originally native to subtropical regions in Asia and Oceania but today produced mainly in countries like Argentina, Brazil, China, and…