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St. Georges Technical High School is first high school in the U.S. to use the Gene Editing Institute’s CRISPR in a Box Educational Toolkit™
Toolkit is easily incorporated into any laboratory science course Wilmington, Del., April 1, 2021 – St. Georges Technical High School in southern New Castle County, Delaware is the ...
The great global warming debate – our experts are being asked about the ethics behind controlling earth’s climate
Solar geoengineering - it’s a topic that has caused an ethical lightening storm in the science community. The concept is complex. Should the world ...
Ask the Expert: Vaccine myths and scientific facts
Now that there are authorized and recommended COVID-19 vaccines, it is critical people receive accurate information. Peter Gulick, professor of medicine at the Michigan State ...
Access to adult vaccination for older people in remote, rural and hard-to-reach communities
The United Nations (UN) has previously stressed the risk of COVID-19 for indigenous communities since they are among the most vulnerable, with higher rates of ...
Vaccine Hesitancy as a Consequence of Social Media Misinformation
The rise of mass media and exposure to diverse sources of information can impose both positive and negative implications to influence a view, opinion and ...
Covering Tiger Woods? Our medical expert can explain his injuries, the recovery process and if we can expect to see him on the green any time soon
This week’s shocking news of golf legend Tiger Woods rolling his vehicle and sustaining serious injuries to his right leg have sports fans, journalists ...
Ask the Expert: New COVID strains and double masks
After the CDC recommended the use of multiple masks to protect from the coronavirus, Peter Gulick, professor of medicine at the Michigan State University College ...
Experts in the media – UConn’s Dr. Sandra Weller in the New York Times on why scientists are worried as COVID-19 mutates
COVID-9 is changing. With variants from places like Britain, Brazil, and South Africa surfacing and presenting in patients around the globe, the virus that scientists ...
Walking the Talk: Equity in the COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout
As the world enters its second year living with COVID-19, much of the public attention and investment has shifted to large scale vaccination efforts. Scientists ...
Exploring the direct link between drug abuse and the internet
Drug overdoses account for a staggering number of deaths in the United States. In 2017 alone, more than 70,000 U.S. citizens died from opioid overdoses, a ...