Thank your lucky stars Labour’s not in charge! Party’s proposal to shake up the pharmaceutical industry would leave Britain struggling to develop its own Covid vaccines, science experts warn The plan is revealed in a 50-page policy dossier titled ‘Medicines For The Many’ It was unveiled at 2019 Labour Party Conference, before first Covid case … Read more
Most distant supermassive black hole known to science is detected by astronomers more than 13 BILLION light years from Earth Researchers used the ALMA telescope array in Chile to discover the quasar A quasar is a type of supermassive black hole that is releasing a lot of energy This object was discovered when the universe … Read more
Labs across the UK are to be upgraded to help tackle infectious diseases, cut greenhouse emissions and more — thanks to a £213 million government investment. The support — part of the British government‘s wider ‘Research & Development Roadmap’ — was announced yesterday by Science Minister Amanda Solloway. It will give British scientists access to facilities including … Read more
Bill Nye The Science Guy was revealed to be the Ice Cube after Group B’s debut on Wednesday’s episode of The Masked Dancer on Fox. Asked what his favorite part of being on the show was, the 65-year-old TV presenter and engineer said, ‘I love to dance! It may not have been obvious, but I … Read more
Boris Johnson last night hailed the arrival of the Oxford vaccine as a ‘triumph of British science’ and said he was ‘confident this is the year we will defeat coronavirus‘. The first batches yesterday began arriving at UK hospitals, including the Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath, West Sussex, where laboratory technician Lukasz Najdrowski carefully … Read more
The Milky Way may be full of dead aliens who were ‘annihilated’ by their own science and technologies, study suggests A new study finds aliens have emerged eight billion years before the Milky Way Researchers suggest the reason we have not made contact is most are dead The team looked at the theory that the … Read more
Empty vial of the world’s first Covid vaccine which was given to Margaret Keenan, 90, last week will go on display at the Science Museum Margaret Keenan was first person in the world to get the vaccine outside trials Her jab at 6:45am on December 8 marked a turning point in fight against Covid Empty vials … Read more
They are the lab-coat wearing virus-fighting team who may have landed the killer blow in the battle against Covid-19. Oxford University has today announced its clinical trial results for its jab, which show it is up to 90 per cent effective at stopping the virus. The news is a huge boost to the Government, which … Read more
Watermelon punch! Teenager is smacked on the nose by exploding fruit when her science experiment fails and she takes a closer look Ellice Nisbet, 16, from Sunnyvale, California, attempted watermelon challenge You wrap fruit in elastic bands until the pressure becomes too much it explodes When it didn’t explode she dropped it instead but there … Read more
A big man – and a bigger politician – admits he was wrong. I applaud Rishi Sunak for acknowledging yesterday that his Job Support Scheme, which had aimed to protect jobs during local lockdowns, was not fit for purpose. Ruinously for pubs and restaurants, Tier Two restrictions stop people from different households mixing together indoors. … Read more