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Scientists and policy experts raise COVID-19 and climate crises analogues

July 8, 2020
Insight
Epidemiologists highlighted the dangers of COVID-19 in its early stages, but their warnings went largely ignored until rising infection rates forced policymakers to take action. Likewise, climate and environmental scientists...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Comment And Analysis, Covid-19, Earth & Environmental, Environment, Environmental, Health, Medical/Health, Policy
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Keeping governments accountable: The COVID-10 assessment scorecard

June 16, 2020
Insight
A new commentary published in Nature Medicine calls for governments to recognise the urgent need to improve their outbreak preparation and response. The authors propose six broad actions that governments...
Life Sciences
Comment And Analysis, Covid-19, Health, Health & Safety, Immunology, Policy
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Lawmakers called to protect biomedical science from false claims

June 5, 2020
Insight
Great Medical Promises Threatened by Booming Miracle Cures and Undue Pressure to Gain Fast-Track Approvals In a first-time report, the European Academies of Science (EASAC) and Medicine (FEAM) call upon...
Life Sciences
Biology, Comment And Analysis, Health, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Policy
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Game review: Vaxcards

June 1, 2020
Insight
Details Age 6+2 players15-30 minutesVaxcards.com Traffic Lights Educational use – 4/6Scientific accuracy – 4/6Enjoyment – 5/6
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Comment And Analysis
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Illegal wildlife trading threatens all creatures great and small

May 28, 2020
Insight
Besides being a major threat to biodiversity, the wildlife trade can be a cause of global public health issues and hundreds of billions of dollars of economic damage around the...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biology, Comment And Analysis, Covid-19, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Environmental, Marine Biology, Zoology
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Covid-19 reveals misunderstanding of the lab sector

May 14, 2020
Insight
As Russ Swan settles in to a new normal of self-isolation, he'd like to believe politicians, he really would - but…
Life Sciences
Comment And Analysis, Covid-19
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Game review: Pandemic

May 1, 2020
Insight
Details Age 8+2-4 players45 minutesZ-man games Traffic Lights Educational use – 3/6Scientific accuracy – 3/6Enjoyment – 6/6
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Comment And Analysis
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A question of reagents

April 30, 2020
Insight
At the time of writing, more than 1.3M people have been infected and more than 72,600 deaths have been linked to the current outbreak of coronavirus. We caught up with...
Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Cell Biology, Covid-19, Genetics, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Interviews, Medical/Health
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Good science communication is vital

April 27, 2020
Insight
There is no more important time to get science communication right than during a pandemic. But, says Melanie Challenger, that is harder than it seems…
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biotech, Covid-19, Health, Immunology, Interviews, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical
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We need to talk about live wet-markets

April 6, 2020
Insight
How do we make sure this doesn’t happen ever again? How do we reduce novel zoonotics in our species?
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biology, Biotech, Comment And Analysis, Covid-19, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical
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The ultimate in self-isolation

April 2, 2020
Insight
After spending a year at Concordia – ESA's isolated, Antarctic research station – to understand what life would be like on Mars, Dr Beth Healey knows a thing or two...
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Interviews
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Game review: Biotix

April 1, 2020
Insight
Details Age 14+2-5 players30 minutesSmirk & Dagger Games Traffic Lights Educational use – 2/6Scientific accuracy – 2/6Enjoyment – 4/6
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Comment And Analysis
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