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An African man wearing sunglasses and a white shirt sings at the piano into a microphone

A new study on coronavirus songs in Africa looks at the impact of music with a message

Coronavirus Art

When graduate student Dipo Oyeleye heard the song “We Go Win (Corona)” by Cobhams Asuquo, a Nigerian singer-songwriter, he knew what his next research project would be: a study of the myriad coronavirus songs that flourished in Africa at the pandemic’s onset on the continent. 

Satellite image of San Francisco.

Cold War ‘CORONA’ satellite images find second life in ecology research

Science & Technology
A composite image of a partial (left) and total (right) solar eclipse, taken in March 2015.

What you need to know about this month’s total solar eclipse

Science
The shadow of the moon

What solar scientists will be watching for in this summer’s total eclipse

Science

Second Solar Storm Headed for Earth

Earth enters period of turbulent solar weather

Environment

The Earth is entering a period of heightened solar activity — how this affects power grids and wireless signals.