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The A1 Verse: The silver lining now with clinging mist
Published January 03, 2022Every so often, a story published on the front page of the New York Times is so well written, meaningful, and appropriate
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Do we need a new vaccine for omicron? Fauci says not yet, other experts disagree
Published December 21, 2021Anthony Fauci, the White House’s chief medical advisor, set a lot of minds at ease recently when he said he saw no need
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Are you alarmed enough by omicron? Probably not.
Published December 17, 2021In South Africa and the United Kingdom, where the new omicron variant is contributing to record numbers of COVID-19
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Amid a public health crisis, the Supreme Court could be poised to stop Biden’s vaccine mandates
Published December 10, 2021The rapid development of safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines in less than a year stands as a shining achievement of
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The A1 Verse: The stain of love is upon the world
Published December 06, 2021Every so often, a story published on the front page of the New York Times is so well written, meaningful, and appropriate
Without biosecurity, Earth risks invasion of alien organisms
Scientists warn that alien organisms may invade Earth if biosecurity measures aren’t taken. According to a study published in the international
LI response to BEIS review of energy National Policy Statements
The Landscape Institute has responded to BEIS’s consultation ‘Planning for new energy infrastructure: review of energy National Policy
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Pathways to a WMD-free zone in the Middle East
Published December 02, 2021This week, the Conference on the Establishment of a Middle East Zone Free of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass
Vet ethics: The ethics of Ehrlichia canis
By Simon Coghlan with Dr Megan Pickering. Dr Pickering works as a vet in livestock biosecurity and is currently the Northern Territory E.canis
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Creating dangerous viruses in the lab is a bad way to guard against future pandemics
Published November 19, 2021In 2011, three top US government scientists penned an opinion piece in The Washington Post arguing why research modifying
Govt aims to keep “three strike” criminals out of the cooler but has increasingly warmed to making race a factor in research funding
Latest from the Beehive The Government is running hot and cold on crime – in the eyes of its political opponents, at least. One consequence will
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The Navalny poisoning: Moscow evades accountability and mocks the Chemical Weapons Convention
Published October 19, 2021Russia recently rejected a Western proposal to use the Chemical Weapons Convention’s (CWC) consultation and clarification
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The origin of COVID-19: Evidence piles up, but the jury’s still out
Published October 11, 2021It’s been more than 600 days since the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission reported a “cluster of pneumonia of unknown
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Do-it-yourself vaccines in a pandemic: democratized science or home-brewed pipe dream?
Published October 07, 2021Experts predict that more pandemics are coming. Climate change will drive migrations and other ecological disruptions that
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Paradise altered: EPA approves first release of genetically modified mosquitoes in Florida Keys
Published April 19, 2021Editor’s note: This story was originally published by UNDARK. It appears here as part of the Climate