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Conspiracy theories: why are they thriving in the pandemic?
We’ve all seen them. Those posts shared by friends of friends on Facebook, that jaw-dropping tweet you can scarcely believe was not immediately deleted. Alongside social distancing and Zoom meetings, it seems that one inescapable symptom of the pandemic is the proliferation of conspiracy theories on social media. Conspiracy theoriesContinue Reading
COVID-19 vaccines do not make women infertile
west_photo/Shutterstock A lot of conspiracy theories and fake news surrounding the pandemic are doing the rounds. Among the disinformation is a suggestion that COVID-19 vaccines might cause infertility in women. This seems to be based on perceived similarities between the coronavirus’s spike protein – which is the key part ofContinue Reading
AstraZeneca, Germany and over-65s: how to interpret confusing vaccine data
Germany has recently announced that it will not offer the AstraZeneca COVID-19 jab to over-65s due to insufficient data about its efficacy in that age group. Meanwhile, initial data from Israel seemed to suggest that 14 days after the Pfizer/BioNTech first vaccine dose, patients only had a 33% reduced chanceContinue Reading
Pakistan vs South Africa: Enjoying My Time In The Dressing Room, Says Fawad Alam | Cricket News
Fawad Alam was named Player of the Match for his knock of 109 runs in the first innings.© AFP Pakistan batsman Fawad Alam, who scored a century in the first innings to put the hosts on top in the first Test against South Africa, said on Friday he is enjoyingContinue Reading
Making hardware ‘open source’ can help us fight future pandemics – here’s how we get there
elenabsl/Shutterstock In factories and industrial estates across the world, exceptional efforts are being made to ensure hospitals have ventilators, and logistics firms have freezers and refrigerators. Behind the scenes, this manufacturing drive has been taking place on an epic, unprecedented scale. In some places, it’s also been horrendously inefficient. SomeContinue Reading
Virgin Orbit launched a rocket from a plane – here’s how
Lift off. Virgin Orbit/Greg Robinson, CC BY-SA Earlier this month, ten cubesats – small, cheap satellites weighing about a kilogram each – were sent into orbit around Earth. With almost 1,500 of these small satellites launched so far, adding another ten might seem trivial. But this was no ordinary launch.Continue Reading
SpaceX vs NASA: who will get us to the Moon first? Here’s how their latest rockets compare
NASA's Space Launch System. NASA No-one has visited the Moon since 1972. But with the advent of commercial human spaceflight, the urge to return is resurgent and generating a new space race. NASA has selected the private company SpaceX to be part of its commercial spaceflight operations, but the firmContinue Reading
Pakistan vs South Africa: No Magic Answer, Just Hard Work For 200 Test Wickets, Says Kagiso Rabada | Cricket News
Kagiso Rabada delivered 8154 balls to reach 200 Test wickets.© Twitter South Africa pacer Kagiso Rabada feels hard work and spending time polishing his skills has helped him become the third-fastest Proteas bowler to reach 200 Test wickets. Rabada has become the eighth South African to scalp 200 Test wicketsContinue Reading
India Players Clear First Of 3 COVID-19 Tests, BCCI Allows Families During Hard Quarantine | Cricket News
Rohit Sharma is among the Indian players who have reached Chennai and are quarantining. (File Photo)© AFP The Indian cricketers on Thursday cleared their first round of RT-PCR tests and will be undergoing two more rounds before starting training from February 2 for the upcoming Test series against England. TheContinue Reading
Do we really need to walk 10,000 steps a day?
The 10,000 step target has more to do with marketing than scientific fact. Brocreative/ Shutterstock When it comes to being fit and healthy, we’re often reminded to aim to walk 10,000 steps per day. This can be a frustrating target to achieve, especially when we’re busy with work and otherContinue Reading