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‘It’s the greatest scientific achievement of my lifetime’ says Professor BRENDAN WREN

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Don’t be in any doubt – the development of a highly effective vaccine for Covid-19 in less than a year is an extraordinary scientific achievement, perhaps the greatest of my lifetime. I’d put it on a par with Alexander Fleming’s discovery of penicillin in 1928. It really is that transformative. And that’s because the implications … Read more

Musician Wren is fading from the Amazon rainforest, study says 

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The sound of the Musician Wren – a South American bird known for its tuneful whistle – is fading from the Amazon rainforest, a new study says.  The species (cyphorhinus arada) is native to the Amazon, which is the world’s largest rainforest at about 2.1 million square miles.  But it’s is now ‘seldom seen’ and has … Read more