Lockdowns did way more harm than good is the key point of a new book by a professor who advised the UK government on Covid Mark Woolhouse is professor of infectious disease epidemiology at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, SAGE adviser, and now author of ‘The Year the World Went Mad’, a personal, insider’s […]
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Nobel-winning scientist who co-discovered HIV virus dies
French scientist Luc Montagnier has passed away aged 89, local officials said Professor Luc Montagnier, a French scientist whose Paris laboratory discovered the HIV virus in the 1980s, has passed away aged 89. Montagnier earned a joint Nobel Prize in 2008 for his work in identifying HIV. His death was confirmed to AFP on Thursday by the […]
Scientist makes ‘once in a lifetime’ insect discovery
The discovery in the Ugandan rainforest is a rare find, as the last recorded sighting of a leafhopper from a related genus was in 1969 A new species of leafhopper, named Phlogis kibalensis, has been discovered in Uganda in what the scientist who found the insect called a “once-in-a-lifetime achievement.” The newly-found species was reported […]
Chinese scientist pleads guilty over theft of US trade secrets
The former Monsanto employee is accused of stealing American agriculture technology while resident in the US to benefit the government in Beijing A Chinese national has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit economic espionage after he was accused of attempting to steal trade secrets from American agrochemical company Monsanto while residing in the US. Xiang […]
Scientist reveals when Covid vaccine with lifelong protection might be available
The jab, based on well-known technology, remains effective longer than existing ones and has fewer side effects, its creator claims A Covid-19 vaccine potentially able to give lifelong protection has proved effective on mice and primates and is set for clinical trials. Production is planned for 2024, Japanese scientist Michinori Kohara told the Japan Times. […]
Moon has enough oxygen for 8 billion people – scientist
The Moon’s atmosphere doesn’t contain enough oxygen for human life, but under the planet’s rocky top layer, there’s enough of the gas to sustain eight billion human lives for 100,000 years, according to a prominent scientist. In a piece penned this week in The Conversation, John Grant, a lecturer in soil science at Australia’s Southern […]





