Developing a Vaccine for Covid-19. What To Expect?
A quick look at the state of play for a Covid-19 vaccine.
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COVID-19 Math Explained, With Data
Looking at COVID-19 R0s.
Read more...According to the WHO, Coronavirus Is WORSE Than the Spanish Flu … Which Killed Tens of Millions of People
A short public service message intended for those who still think the coronavirus is not a big deal.
Read more...Why Is Trump Trying to Kill a Small Agency with a Big Impact on Public Safety?
Quelle surprise! Trump is out to terminate an independent agency that has stepped into the EPA’s void.
Read more...Secret US Chemical Warfare Contracts at the UK Porton Down Lab – Dead Monkeys Tell Their Tales, But Live Skripals Can’t
The UK told a very big fib about its Porton Down lab….and it looks like it matters.
Read more...Coronavirus: Panic Starting
The rapid spread of coronavirus in Italy has finally focused Mr. Market’s mind, as well as that of officials in Europe.
Read more...The Paris Agreement Set an Unrealistic Target for Global Warming. Now What?
Is the 2 degree global warming target unrealistic? What now follows?
Read more...2019 in Climate Science: A Continued Warming Trend and ‘Bleak’ Research
Not surprisingly, recent climate reasearch is downbeat.
Read more...‘Hurricane Truthers’: Bonkers Conspiracies Are Putting Lives in Danger
First ant-vaxxers, now hurricane skeptics……
Read more...Are Evidence-Based Decisions Impossible in Politics?
How human psychology and institutional incentives undermine making good decisions in the political arena, and what can be done about that.
Read more...Do We Actually Grow from Adversity?
Americans in particular like to reframe hardship as an opportunity to grow….but how valid is that notion?
Read more...Ilargi: Energy vs Waste
Why the problem of human energy consumption is intractable.
Read more...What Randomised Control Trials Can and Cannot Do: The 2019 Nobel Prize
A long-form discussion of the randomised approach celebrated in this year’s “Nobel” for economics.
Read more...Computer Science Now Counts as Math Credit in Most States – Is This a Good Idea?
Tech squillionaires are the moving force behind a succesful campaign to have secondary schools in the US give math credits for computer science courses.
Read more...Gene Editing Could Help Save the Planet — If Scientists Can Avoid the Typos
Gene editing does not always work as advertised. And that’s before getting to the fact that genetically modified crops have been found to be less robust than native strains.
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