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Vaccines should be seen as a kind of foreign aid.
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By prioritising vaccination for the elderly, Indonesia may optimally reduce the hospital burden and COVID-19 deaths amid a limited vaccine supply during the first vaccination phase.
Selfishness was also a problem when the world was developing vaccines for swine flu and bird flu.
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Guano helped humans farm the world’s driest desert, new research finds.
New research suggests tech firms need to improve how they detect abuse in response to the evolving use of coded language.
When Joe Biden is the great hope for global change, it’s hard to feel overly optimistic.
Dengan memprioritaskan vaksinasi untuk populasi usia lanjut, kematian dan beban rumah sakit akibat COVID-19 bisa dikurangi di tengah keterbatasan ketersediaan vaksin di gelombang pertama vaksinasi.
Some fans even said they would be willing to make the ultimate sacrifice, giving their own lives to save other supporters of their team.
Recruiting more vegans for studies in the future will help us understand how this diet affects health.
We should be thinking about airborne transmission of coronavirus.
The opposition leader’s return from poisoning will put pressure on the Russian president in a crucial election year.
Comment se met en place la résistance aux médicaments ? Pourquoi la résistance aux vaccins est-elle si rare ?
La mise au point d’un vaccin prend normalement des décennies. Dans le cas de la Covid-19, elle a été réalisé en 12 mois, sans faire de concession. Voici comment ont procédé les chercheurs d’Oxford.
Social media censorship in the US fails to tackle the rising trend of ‘disinformation-for-hire’ cyber troops.
What normally takes decades has been achieved in 12 months, without cutting corners.
Despite the appeal of sleep trackers, they could cause unwanted anxiety for some.
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Research Fellow in Population Health, University of Oxford
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Climate Science, University of Oxford
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DPhil Candidate, Neurodegenerative Disorders, University of Oxford
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Economist in AI and Work, University of Oxford
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Emeritus Professor, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford
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Einstein Professor for the Comparative Study of Democracy and Authoritarianism, Humboldt University Berlin, and Director, Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS); University of Oxford
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Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow, Cognitive Archaeology and Archaeoacoustics, University of Oxford
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Senior Research Fellow, University of Oxford
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Research Fellow in Business and Human Rights, Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, University of Oxford
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Supernumerary Fellow, Archaeology, University of Oxford
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DPhil Candidate, Department of Atmospheric Physics, University of Oxford
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Professor of Politics and Public Policy, University of Oxford
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DPhil Student in Anthropology, University of Oxford
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Associate Professor of Natural History, University of Oxford
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Associate professor, University of Oxford