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Published on 14:32 GMT
Why science denialism persists
To hear some experts tell it, science denial is mostly a contemporary phenomenon, with climate change deniers and vaccine skeptics at the vanguard. Yet the story of Galileo Galilei reveals just how far back denial’s lineage stretches. Years of …
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Published on 16:31 GMT
Testing times: The science of fighting Covid-19
It has been a baptism of fire for the Chief Medical Scientist of Microbiology at St Vincent’s University Hospital (SVUH) in Dublin. Abigail Salmon was appointed in December 2018, taking over the role from a predecessor who had an eight-year stint. Just …
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Published on 19:54 GMT
The science behind Level 3 – Ramaphosa lauds ‘diverse and sometimes challenging views’
As President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the downgrade to Level 3 of the national Covid-19 lockdown, he thanked scientists for challenging and pushing the government’s response to the global pandemic. “We appreciate the diverse and sometimes …
Source: News -
Published on 16:54 GMT
Trump lashes out at scientists whose findings contradict him – Haaretz
“A Trump enemy statement,” he said of one study. “A political hit job,” he said of another. As President Donald Trump pushes to reopen the country despite warnings from doctors about the consequences of moving too quickly during the coronavirus crisis, he …
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Published on 14:13 GMT
Scientist who couldn’t be at his dying father’s side condemns Dominic Cummings
A neuroscientist stopped from seeing his dying father by the coronavirus lockdown says he is ‘mind-sappingly enraged,’ at Dominic Cummings’ repeated breaches of government rules. Mr Cummings is accused of breaking lockdown rules on several …
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Published on 13:04 GMT
Oxford scientists working on a coronavirus vaccine say there is now only a 50% chance of success because the number of …
The first human trial of the hAdOx1 nCoV-19. vaccine from the Oxford Vaccine Group.YouTube/University of Oxford Oxford scientists working on a coronavirus vaccine say the chances of success are now 50%. They say that’s because the number of people …
Source: Yahoo News -
Published on 13:17 GMT
Montana scientist has ‘invisible enemy’ in sights with microscopic portraits of coronavirus
Over the past three decades, Fischer, 58, and her team at the Rocky Mountain Laboratories, part of the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, have captured and created some of the more dramatic images of the …
Source: Brainerd Dispatch -
Published on 16:49 GMT
Irish scientist warns coronavirus vaccine trials could be jeopardised by falling transmission rate
THE IRISH scientist heading up Oxford University’s coronavirus vaccine trials has warned there is only a 50% chance of success if transmission rates continue to fade in the UK. Professor Adrian Hill, the director of the Jenner Institute, has been working …
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Published on 11:20 GMT
Chinese Scientists Reveal Promising Results In New COVID-19 Vaccine Trials
A Chinese research firm attached to the military has revealed promising results in an early clinical trial for a COVID-19 vaccine. According to a study published in The Lancet on Friday, the vaccine successfully triggers immune response in healthy …
Source: Herald -
Published on 13:02 GMT
Liberia’s Decision on “COVID-Herbal Drink” Embarrassed WHO and US-CDC Representatives — says Infectious Disease …
By Jana-Astrid Schäfer and Fatoumata Njei | Dr. Dougbeh Chris Nyan, M.D., Liberian Inventor and Infectious Disease Specialist GENEVA, May 24, 2020 – The Liberian government’s decision to import the Madagascan COV Herbal Drink has apparently caused an …
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Published on 11:48 GMT
Coronavirus pandemic in UK could be over by end of September, say scientists
Scientists have predicted the UK coronavirus pandemic will conclude by the end of September. Academics from the Singapore University of Technology used data-driven estimates to determine that by September 30 the Covid-19 virus will no longer be present in …
Source: Evening Standard -
Published on 10:42 GMT
Scientists publish data on virus drug
Nearly a month after federal scientists claimed that an experimental drug had helped patients severely ill with the coronavirus, the research has been published. The drug, remdesivir, was quickly authorized by the Food and Drug Administration for treatment …
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Published on 10:39 GMT
Top scientist demands Wuhan probe as coronavirus ‘adapted to infect humans’
A vaccine scientist is demanding an investigation into the origins of Covid-19 after a team of researchers found the coronavirus “uniquely adapted to infect humans”. Professor Nikolai Petrovsky, a researcher who headed the Australian team, said …
Source: Mirror -
Published on 10:31 GMT
Scientist who missed dad’s death ‘appalled’ at Dominic Cummings trip to Durham
Dean Burnett said he could not comfort his dying dad due to lockdown rules (Picture: AP, Dean Burnett)A neuroscientist who couldn’t be at his dad’s side as he died has condemned Dominic Cummings’ breach of lockdown rules as ‘vile selfishness’. Dean Burnett …
Source: Metro Cafe -
Published on 10:09 GMT
Another top scientist says experts are being sidelined
Another top scientist and member of health minister Zweli Mkhize’s Ministerial Advisory Committee (MAC) on Covid-19 has come out in support of Professor Glenda Gray, accusing the government of not consulting the country’s top scientists on lockdown …
Source: Citizen -
Published on 10:07 GMT
Group of leading scientists come out in support of Glenda Gray who dared to criticise lockdown regulations
A group of 48 leading scientists have come out in support of Professor Glenda Gray after a senior health official called for her to be investigated for daring to criticise the government’s lockdown strategy. Dr Anban Pillay, the acting director-general …
Source: Herald -
Published on 10:04 GMT
These immigrant women are experts in their fields of science. Why aren’t they working in them?
Eda Erdem Kemaoğlu at an open pit mine in Eskisehir, Turkey. (Submitted by Prajwala Dixit) They are engineers, doctors and scientists. They speak multiple languages. They have global work experience. On paper, these women of science should be at the …
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Published on 10:00 GMT
BRIEF-Shenzhen Selen Science & Technology Fined And Warned For Information Disclosure Violations
May 24 (Reuters) – Shenzhen Selen Science & Technology Co Ltd: * SAYS IT IS FINED AND WARNED BY SECURITIES REGULATOR FOR INFORMATION DISCLOSURE VIOLATIONS Source text in Chinese: bit.ly/2A8RWsk Further company coverage: (Reporting by Hong Kong …
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Published on 11:15 GMT
Why do scientists give some species such unusual names?
The strange ways we name new species and the politics involved is explained in Stephen Heard’s book Charles Darwin’s Barnacle and David Bowie’s Spider Earth 20 May 2020 Charles Darwin’s Barnacle and David Bowie’s Spider Stephen B. Heard Yale …
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