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‘It’s almost like the Roaring Twenties after the 1918 flu’: This Thanksgiving, people are traveling as if it’s 2019

Nov 23, 2022

It estimates that 53.6 million people will travel for the Thanksgiving weekend, reaching 98% of pre-pandemic Thanksgiving travel. “Plan ahead and pack your patience, whether you’re driving or flying.”Last summer’s...

Call for applications: Master's stipends on the politics of pandemics

Nov 22, 2022

Call for applications: Master's stipends on the politics of pandemicsAre you a University of Oslo master's student interested in the politics of pandemics? The Global Health Politics research group at...

These bacteria hide themselves and then take charge

Nov 22, 2022

These bacteria hide themselves and then take chargeA doctor discovers bacteria in a sample that is causing a case of pneumonia and prescribes antibiotics. Some so-called multi-drug-resistant bacteria can even...

UNSW solar innovator, world-leading oceanographer and molecular tech entrepreneurs awarded Prime Minister's Prizes for Science

Nov 22, 2022

It’s the first time UNSW academics have been honoured with the Prime Minister’s Prize for Science, the Prime Minister’s Prize for Innovation and the Prize for New Innovators in the...

Novel AI blood test detects liver cancer

Nov 22, 2022

This new blood test can double the number of liver cancer cases detected, compared to the standard blood test available, and increase early cancer detection." In addition, the test detected...

Ila Fiete wins Swartz Prize for Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience

Nov 22, 2022

The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) has awarded the Swartz Prize for Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience to Ila Fiete, professor in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, associate member of...

To infinity and beyond: $26 million to propel space research at McGill University and Université de Montréal to the outer limits

Nov 22, 2022

Trottier Space Institute at McGill UniversityThe McGill Space Institute will receive $16 million, of which half will go towards the construction of an annex to the Institute’s current building on...

Airlines try to avoid meltdowns as longer Thanksgiving travel period begins

Nov 22, 2022

© Steven Senne/AP Travelers enter security checkpoints at Logan International Airport in Boston on Nov. 24, 2021, the day before Thanksgiving. Less than 1 percent of flights were canceled and...

Opinion: ‘Steve Jobs Syndrome’ strikes as Disney brings back Bob Iger, but history says that’s a bad idea

Nov 22, 2022

Wall Street was effusive in its praise of the move, with Disney shares surging nearly 6% on Monday after the news was announced. The MIT study concluded that boomerang CEOs...

"A war zone": LGBTQ nightclub shooting in Colorado Springs leaves at least 5 dead

Nov 21, 2022

Describing the nightclub, Club Q, as "a safe haven for our LGBTQ citizens," Vasquez said the suspect began shooting at patrons immediately after he entered the venue. Blood stained clothing...