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New Scientist

newscientist

BREAKING: Data from two ground-based telescopes have discovered small quantities of phosphine gas in the clouds of Venus. There are no known non-biological mechanisms of making the gas on Venus,

Shoaib M Khan

ShoaibMKhan

MI5: “Sometimes it is necessary & proportionate for agents to be involved in a managed level of criminal activity, in order to win trust of those intent on harming UK".Plot

Katelyn Burns

transscribe

When I was first approached last November to write this feature, I told the editors at @GuardianUS that I wanted to write about trans kids in a way that hasn’t

MIT Technology Review

techreview

We know very little about automated coronavirus tracking apps around the world or how they could affect society. How many people must download and use them? What data will they

Chris Musson

ChrisMusson

Scotland's Chief Medical Officer Dr Catherine Calderwood flouts lockdown rule by visiting holiday home on the Fife coast with her family. @ScottishSun on Sunday exclusive by @olnorton https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/5460581/coronavirus-scot

Kevin Milligan

kevinmilligan

A column from from @colbycosh about the possibility of an Alberta Pension Plan. He worries most about governance of investing--would a province-controlled fund be tempted to invest with political /

Tim Skellett

Gurdur

1/ Good review of @NAChristakis's new book on the pandemic, "Apollo's Arrow", from someone I'd normally not bother with: Niall Ferguson. I have some comments.https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/apollos-arrow-nicholas-

Sunder Katwala

sundersays

Government seem to want to encourage the public to become keener to exit the lockdown than public currently are. Compare this description of today's Opinium poll, in news report on

Kaycee Madu

KayceeMaduYEG

This madness needs to stop. Governments across our country must take steps to rein in these violent activists. They serve no identifiable good to the cause of justice or equality.

David Fisman

DFisman

This epidemic is telling us a lot about how we treat the most vulnerable in our communities.Exhibit A:https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/public-health-police-find-bodies-feces-at-dorval-seniors-residence-sources/?utm_medium=Social&utm_so

Julie St. Cyr

PolicyWonkBySea

Public Servant Perspective (sorry guys, this is gonna be a long thread): Despite my very Franco name, I'm an Anglophone from Southern Ontario (#KWawesome). I took core French from Grades

Daniel Rubenstein

paulrubens

This is the Guardian's obituary of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. It says RBG was brought up Jewish but "abandoned her religion." That is something you'd write if – I'm being kind

The Sunday Times

thesundaytimes

The owners of the Excel centre are charging the NHS for the east London temporary hospital for coronavirus patients £2m-£3m a monthhttps://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/coronavirus-abu-dhabi-charges-nhs-millions-in-rent-for-super-hospital-in-excel-londo

MIT Technology Review

techreview

Here’s the Zoom-fatigued person’s guide to connecting virtually on Thanksgiving. https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/11/24/1012595/zoom-thanksgiving-fatigue-how-to-connect/?utm_medium=tr_social&utm_campaign=site_visitor.unpaid.eng

Keerthik Sasidharan

KS1729

Deadly coronavirus comes in three variants, researchers find. 'Types A, B and C are all derived from the pathogen first found in bats but have evolved in different ways, according

The Sunday Times

thesundaytimes

Doctors and scientists are racing to solve the medical mystery of long Covid, and with good reasonIf the first act of the pandemic was the tragic death toll, the second