Donald Trump: how COVID-19 killed his hope of re-election – new research
Tuesday, 01 December 2020 06:29
Paul Whiteley, University of Essex; Harold D Clarke, University of Texas at Dallas; Karl Ho, University of Texas at Dallas, and Marianne Stewart, University of Texas at Dallas
When Donald...
Coronavirus dreams: how anger, sadness and fear crept in during lockdown – new research
Tuesday, 01 December 2020 06:27
Lockdown isn’t easy.
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Mark Blagrove, Swansea University
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed nearly...
We've mapped a million previously undiscovered galaxies beyond the Milky Way. Take the virtual tour here.
Tuesday, 01 December 2020 06:23
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Aidan Hotan, CSIRO
Astronomers have mapped about a million previously undiscovered galaxies beyond the Milky Way, in...
What's the difference between viral shedding and reinfection with COVID-19?
Tuesday, 01 December 2020 06:19
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Lara Herrero, Griffith University and Eugene Madzokere, Griffith University
Over recent weeks and months, we’ve heard of...
I Published a Fake Paper in a ‘Peer-Reviewed’ Journal
Monday, 30 November 2020 08:33
November 26, 2020 by Bradley Allf
Back in April, I received a strange email from a pair of academic journals inviting me to submit my research to one of their latest issues. The email was written...
Why it's important to keep diagnosing and treating HIV during the COVID-19 pandemic
Monday, 30 November 2020 08:28
People relying on HIV prevention, care and treatment services have become even more vulnerable because of COVID-19.
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Battles won – and lost – against AIDS hold valuable lessons for managing COVID-19
Monday, 30 November 2020 08:23
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Linda-Gail Bekker, University of Cape Town
World AIDS Day this year finds us still deep amid...
Drums of war were beating for almost two years. Why Ethiopia's conflict was avoidable
Monday, 30 November 2020 08:17
Members of the Amhara militia ride in the back of a pick up truck, in Mai Kadra, Ethiopia, on November 21, 2020. Amharas and Tigrayans were uneasy neighbours before the...
'Narwhal tusk hero' still backs rehabilitation, a year on from London Bridge attacks
Monday, 30 November 2020 08:12
Katharina Karcher, University of Birmingham
November 29 2019 was meant to be a day of celebration for those involved in the Learning Together programme – an initiative which brings people...
Boeing 737 Max: why was it grounded, what has been fixed and is it enough?
Monday, 30 November 2020 08:08
John McDermid, University of York
The Boeing 737 Max began flying commercially in May 2017 but has been grounded for over a year and a half following two crashes within five months. On...
Christmas coming early: there's never been a right time to put up the decorations
Sunday, 29 November 2020 07:46
The Adoration of the Shepherds by Guido Reni (1642).
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Helen Parish, University of Reading
In the words of Perry Como’s classic,...
Book Review: Sniffing Out the Vast World of Smell
Sunday, 29 November 2020 07:41
November 27, 2020 by Sara Harrison
There’s a wealth of information floating in the air, though we rarely take the time to notice. Olfaction, or the ability to smell, may be the least...
It's not just ABCs – preschool parents worry their kids are missing out on critical social skills during the pandemic
Sunday, 29 November 2020 07:37
Preschool is an opportunity to develop important social skills like taking turns, working in groups and making friends.
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Cambodia: treason trials the latest in the country's slide to autocracy
Saturday, 28 November 2020 07:25
Rhona Smith, Newcastle University
If you are simply going on the number of political trials in Cambodia at the moment, the country would seem to be politically unstable – a hotbed of...
COVID vaccines will be here soon – in the meantime, here's how to stay resilient
Saturday, 28 November 2020 07:21
Socialise, even if only online.
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Christian van Nieuwerburgh, University of East London and Ana Paula Nacif, University...
Devastated by disease in the past, Samoa is on high alert after recent coronavirus scares
Saturday, 28 November 2020 07:18
Apia harbour on the island of Upolu, Samoa, where the deadly influenza virus came ashore in 1918.
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Tootoooleaava Dr. Fanaafi...
Maradona: why the English can't let go of the Hand of God and Latin Americans love it
Friday, 27 November 2020 12:50
Diego Maradona with the World Cup, 1986.
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Matthew Brown, University of Bristol
The death of the greatest player in the history of...
Periodic table: scientists propose new way of ordering the elements
Friday, 27 November 2020 12:47
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Nick Norman, University of Bristol
The periodic table of the elements, principally created by the Russian...
Poland's anti-abortion push highlights pandemic risks to democracy
Friday, 27 November 2020 12:44
The push to tighten Poland’s restrictive abortion laws has proved a lightning bolt moment for protesters.
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Trump Races to Weaken Environmental and Worker Protections, and Implement Other Last-Minute Policies, Before Jan. 20
Thursday, 26 November 2020 04:24
ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox.Six days after President Donald Trump lost his bid...
Trump's legacy in Africa and what to expect from Biden
Thursday, 26 November 2020 04:19
Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari and US president Donald Trump during a press conference at the White House in 2018.
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From 'America first' to 'America together': who is Antony Blinken, Biden's pick for secretary of state?
Thursday, 26 November 2020 04:16
Tony Walker, La Trobe University
US Secretary of State-designate Antony Blinken promises both awkwardness and opportunity for Australia’s Morrison government.
Blinken could hardly...
Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is cheaper than Pfizer's and Moderna's and doesn't require supercold temperature
Wednesday, 25 November 2020 07:32
Now there is a third possible vaccine for fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Sanjay Mishra, Vanderbilt...
Chang'e 5: China launches sample return mission to the Moon – is it winning the new space race?
Wednesday, 25 November 2020 07:30
Assembly of the Chang’e 5 orbiter-return capsule.
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John Bridges, University of Leicester
China has been the only country...
Africa's oldest surviving party – the ANC – has an Achilles heel: its broken branch structure
Wednesday, 25 November 2020 07:25
Enthusiastic ANC supportets celebrate a recent election victory.
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Keith Gottschalk, University of the Western...
Thailand at a critical juncture with pro-democracy protesters again set to clash with police
Wednesday, 25 November 2020 07:19
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Gavan Butler, University of Sydney
Throughout 2020, there have been vocal and highly visible protests in Thailand against...
Oxford vaccine results are in: here's how to ensure it is used
Tuesday, 24 November 2020 08:15
Tom Solomon, University of Liverpool
The Oxford vaccine – developed in partnership with AstraZeneca – stops 70% of people developing COVID symptoms. And, depending on how the doses are...
Heavy hand of China is prompting fears for Hong Kong's future as a major business hub
Tuesday, 24 November 2020 08:12
Leïla Choukroune, University of Portsmouth
The decision of Hong Kong’s opposition legislators to resign en masse after the government disqualified four of their colleagues on allegations of...
Is belief in God a delusion?
Tuesday, 24 November 2020 08:09
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Ryan McKay, Royal Holloway and Robert Ross, Macquarie University
As the pandemic raged in April, churchgoers in...
Biden reportedly will nominate Janet Yellen to become nation’s first female Treasury Secretary
Tuesday, 24 November 2020 08:05
If confirmed, Janet Yellen would be the first woman to ever hold the three most influential economic positions in U.S. government history.
Chabeli Carrazana
Originally published by The...
Why the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine is now a global game changer
Tuesday, 24 November 2020 08:02
Michael Head, University of Southampton
In the long dark tunnel that has been 2020, November stands out as the month that light appeared. Some might see it as a bright light, others as a...
What Biden Can Do to Combat COVID Right Now
Tuesday, 24 November 2020 08:00
Julie Rovner, Kaiser Health News
November 23, 2020
Use Our Content It can be republished for free. When Barack Obama was elected president in 2008, the country was in the...
COVID-19 vaccines were developed in record time – but are these game-changers safe?
Monday, 23 November 2020 16:23
The pandemic rages as the world waits for COVID-19 vaccines.
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William Petri, University of Virginia
There are...
What's cellular about a cellphone?
Monday, 23 November 2020 16:20
Daniel Bliss, Arizona State University
Editor’s note: Daniel Bliss is a professor of electrical engineering at Arizona State University and the director of the Center for Wireless Information...
Face masks cut disease spread in the lab, but have less impact in the community. We need to know why
Monday, 23 November 2020 07:39
Paul Glasziou, Bond University and Chris Del Mar, Bond University
In controlled laboratory situations, face masks appear to do a good job of reducing the spread of coronavirus (at least in...
Bobi Wine has already changed the Ugandan opposition. Can he change the government?
Monday, 23 November 2020 07:33
Ugandan singer-turned-politician Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine being arrested on charges of unlawful assembly.
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World Children’s Day: Young people deserve to be heard during COVID-19
Sunday, 22 November 2020 06:48
Adults need to pay attention to children’s voices and imagine a different future — not for children but with them.
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Julie C. Garlen,...
Tigray conflict sets off new wave of refugees in a region still grappling with earlier crises
Sunday, 22 November 2020 06:45
Ethiopian refugees fleeing fighting in Tigray province queue to receive supplies at the Um Rakuba camp in Sudan’s eastern Gedaref province.
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Grattan on Friday: Australia's war crimes in Afghanistan – how could those up the chain not know?
Sunday, 22 November 2020 06:41
Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
When he speaks at functions, Scott Morrison routinely pays tribute to present and past members of the Australian Defence Force.
It seems a very...
Book Review: The Strange History of Binding Books in Human Skin
Saturday, 21 November 2020 13:36
November 20, 2020 by Elizabeth Svoboda
In 2015, Megan Rosenbloom traveled to Harvard University’s Houghton Library in search of a book called "Des destinées de l’âme" ("Destinies of the Soul"), by...
Lessons from around the world on fighting COVID’s second wave
Saturday, 21 November 2020 08:11
Jimmy Whitworth, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
As the northern hemisphere moves into winter, coronavirus rates are rising in parts of Europe and the USA. Experts are warning of...
Nobody is born a migrant – but it's a label people on the move struggle to escape
Saturday, 21 November 2020 08:10
The migrant label sticks.
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Kirsten Forkert, Birmingham City University; Federico Oliveri, University of Pisa; Gargi...
What lies behind the war in Tigray?
Saturday, 21 November 2020 08:05
Ethiopian soldiers in 2005 on a hilltop outpost overlooking the northern town of Badme, in the Tigray region.
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How Joe Biden did so well in Georgia
Saturday, 21 November 2020 08:04
In Atlanta, people gather to dance and celebrate the election of Joe Biden as the next president.
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Bev-Freda Jackson,...
Fear of Flying Is a COVID-Era Conundrum
Saturday, 21 November 2020 08:01
Victoria Knight
November 20, 2020
The holidays are approaching just as COVID-19 case rates nationwide are increasing at a record-breaking pace, leading to dire warnings from public...
What fabric should you make your face mask from?
Friday, 20 November 2020 12:39
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Eugenia O’Kelly, University of Cambridge
You have probably become used to wearing a face mask in public. And you...
What Is the Best Strategy to Deploy a Covid-19 Vaccine?
Thursday, 19 November 2020 07:53
November 18, 2020 by Jill Neimark
If the book of nature is written in the language of mathematics, as Galileo once declared, the Covid-19 pandemic has brought that truth home for the world's...
How mRNA vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna work, why they're a breakthrough and why they need to be kept so cold
Thursday, 19 November 2020 07:49
Moderna’s new mRNA vaccine is almost 94.5% effective in large-scale trials.
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Sanjay Mishra, Vanderbilt...
Why US air strikes against Iran's nuclear programme would make matters worse
Thursday, 19 November 2020 07:47
Christoph Bluth, University of Bradford
Donald Trump asked his senior advisers to examine options for air strikes against Iran’s main nuclear installation, the New York Times reported...
Millions of people are on treatment for HIV: why are so many still dying?
Thursday, 19 November 2020 07:43
Early diagnosis and treatment are key in the fight against HIV.
Peter Casaer
Gilles van Cutsem, University of Cape Town
Twenty years ago...