Some New Climate Models Are Projecting Extreme Warming. Are They Correct?
Why some of the more dire predictions of climate models may be an overshoot.
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Bayer Agrees to $10.9 Billion Glyphosate Settlement
Bayer agrees to $10.9 billion glyphosate settlement, resolving much pending US litigation. The company still faces European woes.
Read more...We Caught Bacteria from the Most Pristine Air on Earth to Help Solve a Climate Modeling Mystery
Due to how remote the Southern Ocean is, there have been very few actual studies of the clouds there.
Read more...The Fleming Myth and the Public Sector Contribution to Discovery and Development of New Cancer Drugs
Abstract, “basic research” is essential to drug discovery. It is also largely funded by the public sector.
Read more...Why Did Covid-19 Spiral Out of Control?
Some Covid-19 sleuthing.
Read more...U.S. Declares a Vaccine War on the World
The U.S. fumbled its coronavirus response. Its intent to hoard vaccine profits only isolates it from other countries working on remedies.
Read more...Nature Pimps for Fundamentally Flawed Gates-Funded “Swab Yourself” Covid-19 Test
An ambitious Bill Gates funded Covid-19 testing program called SCAN suffers from the health care version of “assume a can opener”.
Read more...Testing and the State Petri Dishes of Democracy
Looking at state (non) progress on Covid-19.
Read more...Coronavirus Magical Thinking, US Style: Contact Tracing Versus Masks
With bad coronavirus outcomes, America seems set on continuing to do dumb things.
Read more...The Puzzling Questions of the Coronavirus: A Doctor Addresses 6 Questions That Are Stumping Physicians
A partial list of coronavirus “known unknowns”.
Read more...We Found and Tested 47 Old Drugs That Might Treat the Coronavirus: Results Show Promising Leads and a Whole New Way to Fight COVID-19
Yves here. It is disturbing to watch the push to con the public into seeing remdesivir as the only promising treatment for coronavirus. Please circulate this post widely to inform people you know that established, lower cost drugs also show promise. By Nevan Krogan, Professor and Director of Quantitative Biosciences Institute & Senior Investigator at […]
Read more...Consumer Beware: Coronavirus Antibody Tests Are Still A Work In Progress
How hopes for coronavirus tests are ahead of the state of play.
Read more...Massachusetts Recruits 1,000 ‘Contact Tracers’ To Battle COVID-19
Some spots in America are staring to get serious about contact tracing to limit coronavirus spread. But can they commit the resources?
Read more...Covid-19 Diagnosis: Will We End Applying a Mosaic of Methods Worldwide?
A look at promising Covid-19 test methods, and why diagnosis approaches may wind up differing across countries.
Read more...Coronavirus Research Done Too Fast Is Testing Publishing Safeguards, Bad Science Is Getting Through
Scientific publishing is already suffering a quality control crisis, so it’s important to give a hard look at often-rushed coronavirus studies.
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