The scientists pointed to data from a study published in the Lancet last month that found the British-Swedish vaccine had only 62 percent efficacy, compared with over 90 percent for the Pfizer-BioNTech alternative. A large-scale trial in the UK and Brazil reported a 62 percent effectiveness for those who were …
Read More »‘More threatening than Trumpism or Covid-19’: Scientists warn of ‘ghastly future of mass extinction’
“The scale of the threats to the biosphere and all its lifeforms – including humanity – is in fact so great that it is difficult to grasp for even well-informed experts,” a group of 17 scientists from the US, Australia, and Mexico, warned in an article published in the environmentalist …
Read More »Scientists warn of ‘imminent’ warming event at North Pole which threatens to strike UK with another ‘Beast from the East’
A new study led by researchers at the Universities of Bristol, Exeter, and Bath examined 40 observed sudden stratospheric warming (SSW) events which occurred over the last 60 years. These events take place in the atmospheric band of air located between 10 and 50km (6.2 and 31 miles) above the …
Read More »BoJo defies scientists to insist ‘schools are safe,’ sends ‘resign’ hashtag to top of Twitter trending charts
Johnson advised parents to send their children to school when they reopen following the Christmas holidays, declaring that education is a priority. “Schools are safe. It is very, very important to stress that. The risk to kids, to young people is really very, very small indeed. The risk to staff …
Read More »Instant immunity? UK scientists test drug to prevent people exposed to Covid-19 from catching disease via rapid antibodies boost
“The advantage of this medicine is that it gives you immediate antibodies,” while vaccines against the coronavirus take around a month to fully kick in, Dr Catherine Houlihan, a virologist at University College London Hospitals NHS trust (UCLH), told the Guardian. The antibody therapy, which UCLH has developed together with …
Read More »Scientists capture octopus PUNCHING fish, apparently out of SPITE, in bizarre VIDEO
Marine biologist Eduardo Sampaio from the University of Lisbon in Portugal shared stunning video purporting to show the ornery octopuses taking their frustrations out on their fishing partners. Not wanting to pick sides in the deep sea dust-ups, in their recently published paper, Sampaio and his fellow researchers refer to …
Read More »Back to a sci-fi classic: Russian space scientists float idea of using RAILGUNS to launch satellites into orbit
The idea was floated by scientists at the leading research institute of Russia’s Roscosmos space agency in a new article published this week. The article explores the use of other space launchers besides chemical rocketry, which has long been the primary method of lifting off our planet. “In our opinion, …
Read More »Remember Star Trek’s ‘tricorder’? Scientists develop world’s 1st mobile DNA sequence analyzer app
The mobile lab, which science fiction fans might argue sounds suspiciously like Star Trek’s “tricorder” device, works in tandem with sequencers like Illumina, Ion Torrent, PacBio, or Oxford Nanopore to sample DNA which is then analyzed on the iPhone app called iGenomics. Researchers claim the system precludes the need for …
Read More »Scientists may have discovered Alaska’s own Yellowstone ‘supervolcano’
Diana Roman of the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington, DC and her colleagues are due to present their research at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2020 Fall Meeting. Their analyses of the seismicity, localized geology, structure, and thermal and gas emissions of Mount Cleveland and five similar-sized volcanoes in …
Read More »What does a ‘superspreader’ look like? Scientists identify physical features that could boost Covid-19 transmission
A team of scientists from the University of Central Florida’s Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering combined 3D modelling with numerical simulations to digitally recreate sneezes from a variety of people with different physiological features. They studied how factors like a blocked nose or a full set of teeth might …
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