Cuba’s Vaccine Triumph: Interview – Kawsachun News
Kawsachun News spoke exclusively to the Ambassador of Cuba in Bolivia, Danilo Sánchez Vázquez, about the COVID-19 vaccines his country
How Western science is finally catching up to Indigenous knowledge – Macleans.ca
By George Nicholas, Simon Fraser University February 15, 2018 Some types of Indigenous knowledge simply fall outside the realm of prior Western understanding. In contrast to Western knowledge, which tends…
I have one of the most advanced prosthetic arms in the world — and I hate it
Being a cyborg is cool right now, thanks in large part to gee-whiz media coverage. But actually using a bionic arm can really suck.
Is Mars Ours?
Should we treat other planets like natural resources or national parks?
Opinion | Covid’s Deadliest Phase May Be Here Soon
Like all pandemics, this one will end either with millions — maybe billions — being infected or being vaccinated. This time, world leaders have a choice, but little time to…
Why Do We Still Pretend Diets Work?
Everyone sort of knows that diets peter out. Eventually you stop following them, and the weight comes back. What most people don’t know is that they often lead to weight…
The Weekly Pulse: What’s With Periods and the Vaccine?; Biden Allows Fetal Tissue for Research; Chauvin Verdict “Accountability, Not Justice”
Overall, it’s clear menstruating people need to be included in clinical trials—the lack of data on the subject means we can’t know for sure one way or another how the…
Michigan’s Covid Wards Are Filling Up With Younger Patients
Even as vaccines roll out, more younger people in Michigan are being hospitalized than at any other point in the pandemic. And they’re coming in sicker. {read} {over the paywall}
Monopolists gonna monopolize
Gates is the benefactor of a private philanthropic foundation. He is not an infectious-disease specialist, nor is he an elected official or an appointed representative to a transnational health organization.…
Refute a Culture I am not even a part of
truths about human nature not truths about natural history