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Thursday, 04 June 2020
I'm sure many of you spend your mornings glued to Parliament TV but for anyone who missed it, there was a House of Lords Science and Technology Select Committee hearing on Tuesday, which discussed the science of Covid-19 with a particular focus on modelling. There are transcripts (two parts) here. and there is a video of the whole event here.
Two things particularly caught my attention.
There is no excerpt because this is a protected
The following is an email that I sent today to graduate students in my department. I am sharing it here in the spirit of broadening the conversation beyond just our department. I follow in the footsteps of Dr. [...]
A graduate student shares her experience of trying to protect the people around
Students investigated policy or management problems faced by their clients in government and nonprofit
Climate scientist Suzana Camargo shares some cautionary
Hace unos días veíamos por aquí el bestiario cretácico que había creado el ilustrador Mario Lanzas inspirándose en la antigua cartografía medieval. Dentro de este proyecto, también ha realizado un [...]
Sometimes it is made out that “alternative” facts are a new phenomenon, but anyone enversed in the history of science can probably easily rattle off a few well-chosen examples of this phenomenon. But [...]
2020-06-04
Total US C19 deaths 107,175
Last five daily = [ 967 605 768 1031 995]
Future estimates
122955 +/- 3046 = Jul 1 total (95% confidence)
131582 +/- 3046 = Aug 1
135598 [...]
Secondo i detrattori dietro Greta Thunberg c’è sicuramente qualcosa dietro: la lobby dei climatologi che si serve di una ragazzina che parla a dei ragazzini impressionabili per cercare di colpire [...]
Insurance payouts based on weather conditions are helping to keep premiums low and enabling millions of farmers access to coverage previously unavailable
Dinosaur Diet Revealed!
A correspondent has sent me a link to THIS ARTICLE. It tells of a nodosaur, a type of ankylosaur, which fell into a stream and drowned. Its body was preserved in what is now an oil [...]
With a near global lockdown and people stuck at home there’s been a rash of new podcasts forming (or at least a rash of jokes about everyone starting new podcasts while they are stuck at home) and here is [...]
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