Matt Ocko
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Mind-Bending 3D Beach Art By NZ Artists Jamie Harkins, Constanza Nightingale and David Rendu
Public sand art on beautiful beaches has been done before by many, but we've never seen anything quite like this before! Jamie Harkins, a talented artist and musician from New Zealand, has been keeping busy creating fun optical illusions and 3D...
Why flu vaccines don’t protect people for long
A rare peek into the bone marrow after vaccination shows key antibodymaking cells have a short life span
Sorry, Europe, but You Really Can’t Enjoy Vacation This Summer
This is our chance to beat back coronavirus before winter comes. Let’s not waste it.
Agenda: World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit, VIRTUAL, September 15-16, 2020
Discover the agenda session timings and topics, speakers and start-ups at the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit - now VIRTUAL online this September!
Here’s what we know about Russia’s unverified coronavirus vaccine
Despite incomplete testing, Sputnik-V may be the first COVID-19 vaccine given to the general public, rolling out initially to teachers and doctors.
A Unicorn Rivalry Shaping the Future of the Synbio Industry
Two companies have embraced the power of computational biology to take the guesswork out of synthetic biology and drive the industry into the mainstream.
Millennials Slammed by Second Financial Crisis Fall Even Further Behind
The economic fallout of the Covid pandemic has been harder on millennials, who are already indebted and a step behind on the career ladder from the last financial crisis. This second pummeling could keep them from accruing the wealth of older...
‘A Smoking Gun’: Infectious Coronavirus Retrieved From Hospital Air
Airborne virus plays a significant role in community transmission, many experts believe. A new study fills in the missing piece: Floating virus can infect cells.
Atomwise’s machine learning-based drug discovery service raises $123 million – TechCrunch
With a slew of partnerships with large pharmaceutical companies under its belt and the successful spin out of at least one new company, Atomwise has already proved the value of its machine learning platform for discovering and commercializing...
Matt Ocko
Better medicines, faster, at lower cost, for more people - @DCVC co @AtomwiseInc delivers this today, w/ $123M in new funding, $5.5B of deals, a credible early pipeline larger than multiple big pharmas put together, & an AI & data advantage years ahead
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Aug 10, covid-19 research and policy briefing
Research — Is flying during the pandemic safe? A new estimate paints a rosy picture.. Policy — Executive order to bring medical manufacturing home.
New study confirms the power of Deinosuchus and its 'teeth the size of bananas'
A new study, revisiting fossil specimens from the enormous crocodylian, Deinosuchus, has confirmed that the beast had teeth 'the size of bananas', capable to take down even the very largest of dinosaurs.
Satellites record history of Antarctic melting
European spacecraft track in fine detail the thinning that's occurred at the continent's edge.
Real Genius turns 35—celebrating this cult classic is a moral imperative
The 80s comedy has stood the test of time, even inspiring a 2009 Mythbusters episode.
Coronavirus Spikes In Ireland, France, Spain And Italy Put Europe On High Alert
Countries that were thought to have beaten back the worst of the pandemic are seeing slight upticks in new cases.
'Zombie cicadas' under the influence of a mind controlling fungus have returned to West Virginia
As if the world today isn't strange enough, researchers have discovered a new population of cicadas that are being brutally infected by a parasitic fungus that controls their mind and forces them to infect other insects.
Where there’s muck, there’s brass
Science finally unearths why soil carbon is so valuable
Scientists Uncover Biological Signatures of the Worst Covid-19 Cases
Studies of patients with severe cases of Covid-19 show the immune system lacks its usual coordinated response.
Why deforestation and extinctions make pandemics more likely
Researchers want to use this information to predict and stop future outbreaks.