Author: kamerle
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Interdisciplinary Science alumna Kimberly Libman will moderate upcoming panel on “Antibiotic Resistance: Implications for Agriculture and Health Care” at The New York Academy of Medicine
On Tuesday, February 7th from 6–8p.m., leading science activists and experts will gather for a panel held at The New York Academy of Medicine to discuss the reasons why the rising prevalence of antibiotic resistance poses significant risks to human health. Because “most people don’t know that this increasing prevalence is driven by the overuse of…
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Scientists Move Doomsday Clock Closer to Midnight, Symbolizing Ultimate Concern Under New Trump Administration
The Doomsday Clock—a “symbolic instrument informing the public when the earth is facing imminent disaster”, and is run by the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists—has not been closer than three minutes to midnight since 1953, after the U.S. and Soviet Union concluded their competing tests of the hydrogen bomb. On Thursday, the…
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It’s Time for the Nobel Committee to Honor Climate Research
WIRED: The best way to prove the scientific solidarity behind the fact the climate is changing is to award those who study it. Read the full story
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Collins Says He’d Stay at NIH, If Asked
Francis Collins, the director of the US National Institutes of Health, says that he would remain at the agency’s helm, if asked, Stat News reports. “I’m somebody who believes in public service,” Collins tells Stat News. “If I were asked to stay on, I would consider it a privilege to do so.” Collins previously said that, like…
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Department of Energy rejects request from Trump transition team to name staffers who worked on climate change
The Department of Energy made headlines Tuesday when it announced that it will not comply with recent requests from President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team, which asked the department to name employees who worked on climate change programs under the Obama administration. Spokespeople from the department stated concerns that the surveys put forth by Trump’s transition…