Developing a Vaccine for Covid-19. What To Expect?
A quick look at the state of play for a Covid-19 vaccine.
Read more...A quick look at the state of play for a Covid-19 vaccine.
Read more...Looking at COVID-19 R0s.
Read more...A short public service message intended for those who still think the coronavirus is not a big deal.
Read more...Quelle surprise! Trump is out to terminate an independent agency that has stepped into the EPA’s void.
Read more...The UK told a very big fib about its Porton Down lab….and it looks like it matters.
Read more...The rapid spread of coronavirus in Italy has finally focused Mr. Market’s mind, as well as that of officials in Europe.
Read more...Is the 2 degree global warming target unrealistic? What now follows?
Read more...Not surprisingly, recent climate reasearch is downbeat.
Read more...First ant-vaxxers, now hurricane skeptics……
Read more...How human psychology and institutional incentives undermine making good decisions in the political arena, and what can be done about that.
Read more...Americans in particular like to reframe hardship as an opportunity to grow….but how valid is that notion?
Read more...Why the problem of human energy consumption is intractable.
Read more...A long-form discussion of the randomised approach celebrated in this year’s “Nobel” for economics.
Read more...Tech squillionaires are the moving force behind a succesful campaign to have secondary schools in the US give math credits for computer science courses.
Read more...Gene editing does not always work as advertised. And that’s before getting to the fact that genetically modified crops have been found to be less robust than native strains.
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