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…
Continue ReadingWhy 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,…
Continue ReadingHow 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…
Continue ReadingChina’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…
Continue ReadingScientists 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…
Continue ReadingThe high costs of grief illiteracy
In my decades of talking to people about loss and counseling them in their grief, I…
Continue ReadingThe 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,…
Continue ReadingThe 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…
Continue ReadingResearchers 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…
Continue ReadingWhen 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…
Continue ReadingIndia 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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