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Mountain lions are known for being stealthy predators, but they’re also good at escaping detection while at rest – most of the time. The US Fish and Wildlife Service posted a peaceful-looking image of boulders in the grass Tuesday on Facebook and captioned it: ‘Where’s Waldo: Mountain lion in Washoe County, Nevada edition.’ The image was … Read more
A Brazilian coronavirus variant that is feared could reinfect survivors is already in the UK and has been here for ‘some time’, a leading scientist confirmed today. Professor Wendy Barclay, who is head of a new Government-led research unit studying Covid mutations, said the strain was probably introduced to the UK ‘some time ago’. The … Read more
Professor Jon Deeks, a biostatistician from the University of Birmingham, accused the Government of making lateral flow tests seem ‘better than they are’ Boris Johnson’s extortionate Operation Moonshot mass-swabbing scheme could accelerate Covid’s spread because the tests are so inaccurate, a top expert has warned. Professor Jon Deeks, a testing expert at the University of Birmingham, … Read more
A SAGE scientist has slammed the current nation-wide lockdown as ‘too lax’ – as an intensive care medic warned daily cases will keep ‘rising and rising’ until the NHS can’t copy if people don’t follow the rules. Professor Susan Michie, a member of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE), said the virus thrives in cold … Read more
South America’s Amazon rainforest will be wiped out by 2064 due to deforestation and prolonged droughts from climate change, a scientist predicts in a new paper. At about 2.3 million square miles, the Amazon is the largest tropical forest on Earth. As well as reducing air pollution and regulating the world’s oxygen and carbon cycles, it … Read more
South America’s Amazon rainforest will be wiped out by 2064 due to deforestation and prolonged droughts from climate change, a scientist predicts in a new paper. At about 2.3 million square miles, the Amazon is the largest tropical forest on Earth. As well as reducing air pollution and regulating the world’s oxygen and carbon cycles, … Read more
The superheroes’ scientist: Meet the British physicist turned Hollywood advisor who told Marvel what Thor should have in his hammer Clifford Johnson, 52, explains scientific theories to franchise’s movie directors Born in London, the physicist graduated in 1989 and moved to California in 2003 The university professor has worked on Thor: Ragnarok and Avengers: Endgame He … Read more
A leading Russian biologist may have been engaged on Covid-19 vaccine research in Britain when he fell 14 floors to his death, it is claimed. Alexander ‘Sasha’ Kagansky, 45, best known for his work on fighting cancer and with longstanding links to Edinburgh University, was also reported to have been on ‘sedatives’ when he died … Read more
Oxford University scientist behind Covid vaccine hopes UK approval ‘isn’t too far off’ amid hopes it will be rolled out before Christmas Sarah Gilbert, from Oxford University, said she hoped approval wasn’t far off She added that she endured sleepless nights during the jabs development If approved, it will add 100million doses to the UK’s … Read more
The new strain of coronavirus spreading through Britain has a ‘striking’ amount of mutations, scientists have claimed. Members of the UK’s Covid-19 Genomics UK Consortium (COG-UK), who have been investigating the evolved strain, say they have uncovered 17 alterations, which they described as ‘a lot’. Many of the changes have occurred on the virus’s spike … Read more