A single covid case has stopped the magic at Shanghai’s Disneyland

In the latest example of China’s strict “covid-zero” policy, Shanghai Disneyland has suspended operations after one…

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A syringe shortage may hamper Africa’s covid-19 vaccination efforts

A looming scarcity of syringes may set back Africa’s already-delayed covid-19 vaccination drive, the World Health…

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Why giving away its covid patents to poor countries is a smart move for Merck

US drugmaker Merck will allow low- and middle-income countries to produce a generic version of molnupiravir,…

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How satellites are finding the world’s hidden greenhouse gas emissions

The world needs achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 in order to prevent catastrophic global warming. It’s…

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China’s Xie Zhenhua is the most important person attending COP26

When leaders of the world meet in Glasgow next week to hammer out the next stage of…

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Scientists are closely watching a new mutation of the delta variant

A new mutation of the delta variant has been detected, but it may not be time…

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The high costs of grief illiteracy

In my decades of talking to people about loss and counseling them in their grief, I…

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The head of NASA says life probably exists outside Earth

The head of NASA suspects that we are not alone in the universe — or multi-universes,…

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The UK published a Net Zero report about taxing beef and flights

The UK government knows that it’ll have to take difficult decisions to achieve its goal of…

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Researchers analyzed 700-plus songs known to give people chills

Academics have spent years investigating why some songs give people “chills,”  usually described as a pleasurable…

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When will India begin vaccinating children against Covid-19?

Three months since its emergency authorisation, India is yet to roll out its first Covid-19 vaccine…

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India now has enough vaccines, but faces a shortage of syringes

India’s Covid-19 vaccination programme just can’t seem to shrug off shortages — first of vaccines, now…

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