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#BlackInCancer Week Highlights The Contributions Of Black People In Cancer Medicine And Research
People with Poor Numerical Literacy 'more Susceptible' to Covid-19 'fake News'
People with Poor Numerical Literacy 'more Susceptible' to Covid-19 'fake News'
Cambridge University study also suggests older people less likely to believe coronavirus misinformation.
Open Conversation About OA Books. Live session on October 20th
Open Conversation About OA Books. Live session on October 20th
The Open Access Tracking Project (OATP), initiated in 2009, is a crowd-sourced social-tagging project that runs on open-source software. It captures news and comment on open access (OA) to research in every academic field and region of the world.
Google Employees Are Free to Speak Up. Except on Antitrust.
A company operating in the shadow of government regulators has some very particular rules about what workers can say about it.
'Jet Fighter' Godwit Breaks World Record for Non-stop Bird Flight
Bar-tailed godwit flies more than 12,000km from Alaska to New Zealand in 11 days.
Hidden Camera's Hugging Tiger Wins Wildlife Photo Award
A camera-trap image of an Amur tiger takes the grand prize at Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2020.
Researchers Crack Question of Whether Couples Start Looking Alike
Study instead suggests people are initially attracted to those with similar features to themselves.
Tardigrades' Latest Superpower: a Fluorescent Protective Shield
Scientists identify a species that appears to absorb potentially lethal UV radiation and emit blue light.
Coronavirus Reinfections Are Real but Very, Very Rare
A case in Nevada has spurred new concerns that people who have recovered from the infection may still be vulnerable. That's unlikely, experts say.
Another Casualty of the Coronavirus Pandemic: Trust in Government Science
Another Casualty of the Coronavirus Pandemic: Trust in Government Science
Politics has thoroughly contaminated the scientific process in 2020. The result has been an epidemic of distrust, which further undermines the nation’s already chaotic and ineffective response to the coronavirus.
Covax: Covid Vaccine Global Effort Gets China's Support
Beijing joins initiative against 'vaccine nationalism' in contrast to US, which is not part of alliance.
Trump's Antibody Treatment Was Tested Using Cells Originally Derived from an Abortion
Trump's Antibody Treatment Was Tested Using Cells Originally Derived from an Abortion
This week, President Donald Trump extolled the cutting-edge coronavirus treatments he received as "miracles coming down from God." If that's true, then God employs cell lines derived from human fetal tissue.
Commission Appoints Independent Search Committee and Invites Nominations and Applications to Fill the Post of the Next President of the European Research Council
Commission Appoints Independent Search Committee and Invites Nominations and Applications to Fill the Post of the Next President of the European Research Council
Commissioner Mariya Gabriel today welcomes seven experts as members of the Search Committee for the next President of the ERC.
Prestigious Medical Journal Calls for US Leadership to Be Voted out over COVID-19 Failure
Prestigious Medical Journal Calls for US Leadership to Be Voted out over COVID-19 Failure
In an unprecedented move, the New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday published an editorial written by its editors condemning the Trump administration for its response to the Covid-19 pandemic - and calling for the current leadership in the United States to be voted out of office.
'It's Been So, So Surreal.' Critics of Sweden's Lax Pandemic Policies Face Fierce Backlash
Pioneers of Revolutionary CRISPR Gene Editing Win Chemistry Nobel
Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna share award for developing the precise genome-editing technology.
Wear Your Mask, but Think About Deaf Students
Face masks are vital to containing the spread of COVID, but lecturers and universities must find ways to be inclusive, say Olivier Pourret and Elodie Saillet.
Indonesia Publishes the Most Open-access Journals in the World: What It Means for Local Research
Indonesia Publishes the Most Open-access Journals in the World: What It Means for Local Research
Indonesia has seen progress in open research ecosystem development. More needs to be done.
'It Really Was Abandonment.' Virus Crisis Grips British Universities
With no bailout forthcoming from the government, financially strapped British universities beckoned students back to campus, with predictably dire results.
University:Future Festival 6-8 October
For three days this event brings together teachers, students, university management and other stakeholders from universities, politics and society. It will create a virtual space for exchange on higher education.
Face Masks: What the Data Say
The science supports that face coverings save lives, and yet the debate trundles on. How much evidence is enough?