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Cuba’s COVID vaccines: the limited data available suggests they’re highly effective | The Conversation

  Michael Head Senior Research Fellow in Global Health, University of Southampton   The western world has written plenty about its high-profile COVID vaccines: the mRNA products of Pfizer and Moderna, viral-vectored jabs from AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson, and … Continue reading

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The surprising reason you feel awful when you’re sick – Marco A. Sotomayor

What actually makes you feel sick? Discover how your immune system and proteins called cytokines respond to infections. — It starts with a tickle in your throat that becomes a cough. Your muscles begin to ache, you grow irritable, and … Continue reading

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New Brain Maps Can Predict Behaviours | Quanta Mag

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Exploring the TRUE cost of ditching fossil fuels.

Fossil fuels are inextricably linked to our everyday lives and it’ll be impossible to phase them out in the next three decades. At least that’s what the fossil fuel industry would have you believe. But new studies have looked at … Continue reading

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The Past, Present, and Future of Human Evolution | Compilation

Humanity has changed a lot since the days of our ancestral species, and we have continued evolution to look forward to as well. Hosted by: Hank Green […]

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Floating Earth @ Salford Quays

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A shocking story that shows how closed-minded people can be

To save 60% on your first 3 months of Audible visit http://audible.com/tibees or text tibees to 500-500. This video was based on ideas from the book Figuring by Maria Popova. Various other sources: Original manuscript: https://www.loc.gov/item/39010144/ Translation by Falardeau: https://dspace2.creighton.edu/xmlui/h… … Continue reading

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CG short film “Experiment” – by Berton-Bojko, Covo Pérez, Heussler, Kacprzak and Wiriath

When science gets out of hand, the consequences are disastrous. ///////////////////////// Subscribe for more shorts: https://goo.gl/39Zrzi ///////////////////////// Directors: Zoé BERTON-BOJKO, Susana COVO PEREZ, Guillaume HEUSSLER, Yann KACPRZAK, Margot WIRIATH Animation: Zoé BERTON-BOJKO , Susana COVO PEREZ Scenario, Script: Zoé BERTON-BOJKO, … Continue reading

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Someone Unearthed A 1997 Wired Article Predicting ’10 Things That Could Go Wrong In The 21st Century’ — And Nearly All Of Them Came True – Digg

James Crugnale  Nov 23, 2021 @15:48 PM. Updated: Nov 28, 2021 @15:58 PM As they say, it’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future — but it appears a duo of futurologists made some extraordinary prognostications about the world that, … Continue reading

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Muons Can Now Be Used to Predict Volcanic Eruptions, Here’s How It Works

[…] Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about a new study that explains how muons were used to successfully predict several volcanic eruptions Links: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/do… https://www.nature.com/articles/natur… […]

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