Update on COVID-19 Vaccines and Variants
There have been many recent COVID-19 updates. Two vaccines have gone into use in the US, and more have entered or are about to enter the third stage of clinical…
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The 63rd Grammy Nominations: Corruption or Excellence?
It’s that time of year again: Another year of music, another list of Grammy Award nominations. The Grammy Awards were supposed to air on January 31, but due to COVID-19…
President-Elect Joe Biden’s Prospective Cabinet Picks
On November 7, 2020, following a closely-fought election between Joe Biden and Donald Trump marked by days of ballot counting, media projections declared Joe Biden the President-elect of the United…
Platypuses: the Freaks of Biology
Platypuses (platypi? platypodes?): furry, semi-aquatic egg-laying mammals endemic to eastern Australia. Most will never encounter a platypus in the wild (unless, of course, you live in eastern Australia), and most…
Trump Fires Election Official Chris Krebs
On November 17th, Trump tweeted that Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) chief Chris Krebs had been fired, effective immediately, citing Krebs’ “highly inaccurate” remarks regarding voter fraud and election…
Details Behind Pfizer’s “90% Effective” COVID Vaccine
If you are following recent news in the fight against COVID-19, you may already have heard of a vaccine announced last Monday by American pharmaceutical corporation Pfizer and German biotechnical…