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Game review: Evolution

August 1, 2020
Details Age 12+2 - 660 minutesNorth Star Games Traffic Lights Educational use – 2/6Scientific accuracy – 3/6Enjoyment – 5/6

Encapsulating the COVID-19 vaccine race: the investor

July 27, 2020
Having worked with Stabilitech in various capacities over the past decade, Colin Maltby, Director of First Sentinel was uniquely positioned to understand the depth and breadth of the COVID-19 vaccine...

Encapsulating the COVID-19 vaccine race: the developer

July 27, 2020
Since January, weekends have been a thing of the past for Chairman Wayne Channon and his colleagues. Still, when you have the world's first thermally stable, orally administered COVID-19 vaccine...

Improving animal research: New ARRIVE 2.0 guidelines released

July 15, 2020
A previous version of the ARRIVE guidelines for the rigorous reporting of animal studies was published in 2010 by the UK-based science organisation, the NC3Rs. Now, ten years later, new...

Public perception of biomedical science damaged by Covid-19

July 9, 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic may have damaged the public’s perception of the ‘unsung heroes’ of the medical community – the biomedical scientists.

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

July 8, 2020
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...

Keeping governments accountable: The COVID-10 assessment scorecard

June 16, 2020
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...

Lawmakers called to protect biomedical science from false claims

June 5, 2020
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...

Game review: Vaxcards

June 1, 2020
Details Age 6+2 players15-30 minutesVaxcards.com Traffic Lights Educational use – 4/6Scientific accuracy – 4/6Enjoyment – 5/6

Illegal wildlife trading threatens all creatures great and small

May 28, 2020
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...

Covid-19 reveals misunderstanding of the lab sector

May 14, 2020
As Russ Swan settles in to a new normal of self-isolation, he'd like to believe politicians, he really would - but…

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