Tue. 03/15 - Solar Storms & Subvariants, But It's All Fine

Subvariants, spikes, and sewers. A few indicators remind us that we’re not quite out of the woods yet when it comes to COVID. Plus, a new method that shows how any person can be trained to harness the creativity inside of themselves. And what it means that the sun is getting more and more active.

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Links:

• U.S. Sewer Data Warns of a New Bump in Covid Cases After Lull (Bloomberg)
• Is omicron subvariant BA.2 to blame for rising Covid cases? (CNBC)
• People, Not Science, Decide When a Pandemic Is Over (Scientific American)
• Anyone can be trained to be creative: New program shows early success with US Army, others (ScienceDaily)
• Officials Confirm Several Geomagnetic Storms Are Hitting Earth This Week (Science Alert)
• Why are we seeing more northern lights this year? (The Conversation)
• Sofiane Pamart live under the Northern Lights, in Lapland, Finland for Cercle (Cercle, YouTube)
• Netflix drops trailer for Barack Obama's national parks documentary series (Mashable)
• Kottke.Org
• Jackson Bird on Twitter

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