Science
Prof Brian Cox’s epic response to a debunked Covid conspiracy theory is something else
It is one of the weirder Covid conspiracies.
EU body says colourant found in UK products could cause cancer
The EU’s top court has also recently upheld a partial ban on three insecticides harming bees, much to the dismay of UK farmers.
Nasa’s groundbreaking Mars rover hits the dusty red road in first trip
The Perseverance rover ventured from its landing position on Thursday, two weeks after setting down on the red planet to seek signs of past life.
‘Already like a disaster waiting to happen’ as Orbiting space debris ‘the new drifting island of plastic’
“So, today, if we do not react in a safe and timely way… the consequences will be detrimental.”
‘Nationalism has consequences’ as patients rejected Pfizer vaccine to wait for ‘English’ jab, warns doctor
“People at risk of death in the depths of a pandemic. A lesson that Nationalism has consequences.”
Earth remained habitable for billions of years ‘because of good luck’
“To put it another way, if an intelligent observer had been present on the early Earth as life first evolved, and was able to calculate the chances of the planet staying habitable for the next several billion years, the calculation may well have revealed very poor odds.”
Drugs touted by Trump to protect against Covid-19 could increase risk of heart problems almost thirty-fold
Trump said he had "heard a lot of good stories" about the drug, and incorrectly claimed there is no evidence of harmful side-effects from taking it.
Boris Johnson and Donald Trump share Ig Nobel Prize for pandemic performance
The Medical Education Prize was awarded “for using the Covid-19 viral pandemic to teach the world that politicians can have a more immediate effect on life and death than scientists and doctors can.”
‘Empowering’ – UK scientists team up with Syrian refugees to develop reusable PPE
“These skills created livelihood opportunities for refugees and supported the refugee community."