Saul David Alinsky died 36 years before the election of Barack Obama and Hilary Clinton’s first attempt for the presidency. But many feverish screeds on social media, talk radio, and YouTube might have made one think he lurked behind these […]
Category: Science
Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
The polymerase chain reaction is a technique which has revolutionized molecular biology since its development in the early 1980s. It allows researchers to amplify small amounts of DNA to quantities which can be used for analysis. Some […]
Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 – Sudan
On 9 August 2020, the Federal Ministry of Health, Sudan notified WHO of the detection of a circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) in the country. According to the notification, the virus is genetically-linked with […]
WESTERN IT GIANTS ARE BECOMING TOXIC
Leonid Savin On the night of 27 and 28 July, Google blocked the YouTube accounts of a number of Russian media outlets (the Tsargrad TV channel, the Double-Headed Eagle Society, the anti-abortion group “Za Zhizn!”, […]
CORONAVIRUS – IN THE TRIANGLE OF DEMOCRACY, FINANCIÈRE AND STUPIDITY
Konrad Rękas Various countries maintain a bigger or lesser extent of “anti-Covid” regulations, others temporarily (?) do not enforce them. However, there are voices about at least the possibility of restoring the wider packages of […]
THE BEIRUT PORT EXPLOSION: A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS
Leonid Savin On the evening of 4 August, there were two explosions in Beirut’s port area. The first was relatively small and was caused by ignited fireworks, which the fire brigade went to extinguish. Enormous […]
En la última década, los casos de autismo aumentaron en un 86%: la importancia de su detección temprana
El miércoles por la tarde se desarrolló la jornada “Autismo y Autonomía: construyendo el futuro”, en el auditorio del Centro Cites Ineco, en la que participaron la doctora Andrea Abadi, directora del Área de Neurodesarrollo […]
Mortalidad atribuible a gripe en los períodos prevacunación y posvacunación en Argentina: estudio ecológico (2002-2016)
Comparar las tasas de mortalidad por infección respiratoria aguda grave atribuible a gripe (IRAG) entre los períodos antes de la vacunación (AV) y después de la vacunación (DV), conocer la evolución histórica y estacionalidad de […]