Boris Johnson must end ban on outdoor sports now, top scientist urges, as Covid hospitalisations, cases and deaths ‘plunge’ and vaccinations soar Professor Mark Woolhouse calls for accelerated ease of lockdown restrictions Says small numbers of adults and kids should be allowed to play sports outside Added the data is so promising that outdoor sports … Read more
German scientist says he is ‘99.9 per cent sure’ that coronavirus leaked from Wuhan lab after WHO dismissed the theory German physicist says he is ‘99.9 per cent sure’ coronavirus leaked from a lab Dr Roland Wiesendanger says failure of scientists to discover a host animal, along with safety deficiencies at lab have convinced him of … Read more
People want ‘normal way of life’ back after getting Covid jabs: Government adviser says it’s ‘not plausible’ to expect Britons to comply with major curbs once they’ve had both doses Sir John Bell said it is ‘not plausible’ to expect people to comply with curbs Oxford University’s regius professor of medicine warned MPs this morning He says … Read more
Chancellor Rishi Sunak reveals the female scientist who led the team that developed the Oxford coronavirus vaccine has become a ‘kick-butt’ inspiration to his two daughters Professor Sarah Gilbert led the team that developed the Oxford Covid vaccine Rishi Sunak said she was an ‘inspiration’ to his daughters Krishna and Anoushka Chancellor and his wife encourage their … Read more
Fury at BBC home-schooling programme that tells pupils physics teachers are ‘grumpy, scary and smell of cabbage’ Actor & radio host Cel Spellman said physics teachers were ‘grumpy’ and ‘scary’ Dr Adam Rutherford criticised presenter for ‘ridiculous’ remarks on BBC Bitesize Spellman’s comments have also come under fire by people on social media By Lydia … 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
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
The Oxford University coronavirus vaccine ‘isn’t too far off’ being approved by regulators and rolled out to Britons, its lead researcher has said. Professor Sarah Gilbert said although she couldn’t pre-judge the decision of regulators, she ‘really hoped’ Britons would be receiving the jab soon. The UK has ordered more than 100million doses of the … Read more
TIME Magazine has announced its first-ever Kid of the Year – 15-year-old scientist and inventor Gitanjali Rao. Roa’s love for science began at the age of 10 when she discovered carbon nanotube sensor technology, which uses molecules to detect chemicals in water, and her passion grew from there. Prior to being named Kid of the Year, … Read more
Two scientists in Moscow have proposed replacing the periodic table as the chief way to organize elements. Rather than ordering by atomic number (the number of protons in the nucleus) the chart lists elements by two fundamental properties— their atomic radius and how strongly its atoms attract electrons— known collectively as an element’s Mendeleev Number. … Read more