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Personal Freedom on the Decline in World: Human Freedom Index 2020
Cover page of Index| Source: CATO Institute The Human Freedom Index 2020, a worldwide ranking of civil, economic and personal freedom, released…
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Bill Gates recommends 5 good books for a lousy year
Bill Gates with his recommended books | gatesnotes.com Bill Gates, philanthropist, and co-founder of Microsoft, and co-chair of the Bill…
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A solution from the pain of COVID-19: Men should sit while peeing
Be it sustainability, be it health benefits, or be it peace at home, sitting may have positive impacts; however, the…
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Australia demands apology from China over ‘repugnant’ slur on Twitter
Australia PM Scott Morrison ( File Photo | AP) Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra Prime Minister Scott Morrison has demanded…
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Less than a year to develop a COVID vaccine – here’s why you shouldn’t be alarmed
Photo by Daniel Schludi on Unsplash Mark Toshner, University of Cambridge I’m a clinical trials geek. I keep hearing people talk about the…
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AstraZeneca’s results signal more good vaccine news — but efficacy is only the beginning of the story
Shutterstock Nicholas Wood, University of Sydney AstraZeneca has become the latest pharmaceutical company to reveal promising results in clinical trials,…
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Restaurants, Gym, Religious Organisation are common Superspreader sites: Study
Photo by Elijah Hiett on Unsplash Some part of the world is still grappling to the first wave of COVID-19,…
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Pfizer vaccine: what an ‘efficacy rate above 90%’ really means
F8 Studio/Shutterstock Zania Stamataki, University of Birmingham There was – rightfully – a lot of excitement when Pfizer and BioNTech…
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How to live in space: what we’ve learned from 20 years of the International Space Station
NASA / Tracy Caldwell Dyson Alice Gorman, Flinders University and Justin St. P. Walsh, Chapman University November 2 marks 20…
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Plastic waste into hydrogen and high-value carbons: Study finds
Pile of plastic bottle Source: Julia Joppien on Unsplash A team of researcher from the University of Oxford developed a simple one-step…
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Study finds the safest way to sit and chat while dining
The world’s fastest supercomputer models how virus particles disperse at a dining table.RIKEN/KOBE UNIVERSITY A simulation from the Fugaku supercomputer…
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Masks do block coronavirus, but not completely: Study finds
Mask Representational Image Source: Markus Winkler on Unsplash Japanese researchers have shown that masks can offer protection from airborne coronavirus particles, but…
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Hey Google … what movie should I watch today? How AI can affect our decisions
Shutterstock TaeWoo Kim, University of Technology Sydney Social media algorithms, artificial intelligence and our own genetics are among the factors…
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Coronavirus survives on skin five times longer than flu: Study
Elena Mozhvilo on Unsplash The Covid-19 virus remains active on human skin for nine hours, Japanese researchers have found, in a discovery…
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India accounts for 26% of Global TB Reported Cases
In accordance with Global Tuberculosis Report 2020, the TB incidence rate in India is 193 per 100,000 population and accounts…
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