Month: January 2021

FILE PHOTO: A medical worker prepares a vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as Israel continues its national vaccination drive, in East Jerusalem

India Approves Two Vaccine Candidates, But Let’s Not Pretend Everything Is Okay

Vasudevan Mukunth 02/01/2021

India stands at the cusp of one of the...

FILE PHOTO: Syringes to administer the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine are seen at a nursing home in Burgbernheim

Pfizer-BioNTech to Offer COVID Vaccine to Trial Volunteers Who Got Placebo

Reuters 02/01/2021

The trial's Vaccine Transition Option allows all participants aged...

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Dung Beetles Use the Sky to Navigate – but How Exactly?

Charles Q. Choi, Knowable Magazine 02/01/2021

In experiments with a species of the dung beetle...

A group of chinstrap penguins walk on top of an iceberg floating near Lemaire Channel

The Children and Young Adults Taking the Climate Fight to the Courts

Jag Bhalla 02/01/2021

The European Court of Human Rights has ordered 33...

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Adolescents’ Access To Child Services, Mental Health in Small Towns Still Poor

Sethulakshmi V. and Vaishnavi C. 02/01/2021

In two instances from Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, authorities employed...

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The Apollo Missions Were Driven More by Politics Than Science

Mark Wolverton 01/01/2021

In 'Operation Moonglow', Teasel Muir-Harmony writes about how space...

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AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine Set to Become First Approved in India: Report

Reuters 01/01/2021

Britain and Argentina have already authorised the vaccine for...