Novavax hits supply hiccup
Australia’s vaccine rollout has been dealt another blow as Novavax confirms manufacturing supply shortages.
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Lack of vaccine choice troubles over-50s
GP surgeries are reporting patient cancellations for vaccination appointments, as older Australians raise concerns that they do not have a choice of vaccine.
50-year-old cold case finally solved
Fifty-eight years ago Tanzanian schoolboy Erasto Mpemba doggedly insisted that hot water froze faster than cold, setting in train a lifelong scientific saga.
Dementia advance signals new treatments
Early-onset dementia causes a profound loss of pleasure in simple enjoyments such as eating a delicious meal or enjoying a sunset, a new study has found.
AI rollout gets a wake-up call
Australia is behind in developing a strategy for adopting artificial intelligence, a situation that’s impacting investment.
Bats, pangolins, wet market, lab? The mystery deepens
Details of the research done by a Wuhan lab on viruses closely related to COVID-19, and of the secrecy surrounding it, have grown increasingly hard to dismiss.
Gagarin flight blasts off for ISS
A three-man crew will on Monday mark the 60th anniversary of cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becoming the first person in space.
Mind blown: modern brains evolved later
Modern brains are younger than originally thought, possibly developing as recently as 1.5 million years ago.
Cholesterol pills could curb devils’ cancer
Cholesterol drugs could help save the Tasmanian devil from extinction caused by tumours and may combat some human tumours, research suggests.
Media noise hides good vaccine news
What we have seen in the last 24 hours is an evidence-based, risk-averse approach. That should give Australians more faith in the vaccination process.
Zebrafish find at heart of health game-changer
Scientists investigating the secret to curing heart failure have uncovered a vital clue … a clue that lies within the South Asian zebrafish.
Lies, deception plague WHO probe
Three Australian scientists have joined 24 international researchers urging the WHO to launch another investigation into the origins of COVID-19 with or without Beijing’s involvement.
Endangered parrot numbers take flight
The migration of three orange-bellied parrots across Bass Strait has excited scientists and wildlife enthusiasts who have watched the birds teeter on the edge of extinction.
Clots a ‘very rare’ AstraZeneca side effect
AstraZeneca’s vaccine is ‘strongly associated’ with blood clots and mostly affects women under 60, but its benefits outweigh the risks, an urgent investigation says.
Don’t hold your breath for a return to pre-Covid ‘normal’
We’re now entering the Godzilla versus King Kong phase of the pandemic: vaccine versus virus.
La Nina clue to sun’s power on climate
Evidence mounts that changes in the Sun’s magnetic energy has a much bigger influence on weather than previously thought.
Worst case is 2800 daily winter cases
Cases in Australia could surge to more than 1300 infections a day as winter approaches — more than double the peak of last year.
Mass jab facilities ‘must be used now’
Health experts call for a wide network of mass immunisation centres to provide an immediate boost to the flagging vaccine rollout.
Dutch honour for national treasure hunter
Marine archaeologist Jeremy Green describes his 50-year career excavating and studying Dutch shipwrecks off the West Australian coast as ‘a great game’.
Who wins: Godzilla, Kong or … physics?
For the scientists who decline to suspend their disbelief, Kong’s greatest foe isn’t Godzilla – it’s biomechanics.
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