Trends and developments – February

B.1.1.7 variant – early result suggests longer infections, management questions

As the Perseverance rover lands on Mars, there’s a lot we already know about the red planet from meteorites found on Earth

Earth’s magnetic field broke down 42,000 years ago and caused massive sudden climate change

NZ tourism can use the disruption of COVID-19 to drive sustainable change — and be more competitive

Test, test, test

No internet, no vaccine: How lack of internet access has limited vaccine availability for racial and ethnic minorities

The Enduring Mystery of Critchfield’s Spruce

Plastic in the ocean kills more threatened albatrosses than we thought

As NZ gets serious about climate change, can electricity replace fossil fuels in time?

Forests and intertemporal equilibrium

Would ‘COVID loans’ be a more affordable and sustainable way to support national economies?

Luciferin, Luciferase, etymology, & innuendo

Why more contagious variants are emerging now, more than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic

“Science Control to Bridge. CTD is ready to deploy.”

The Fukushima quake may be an echo of the 2011 disaster — and a warning for the future