Ed Yong’s reporting on the pandemic for The Atlantic really is superb, like this piece on the over-blown reporting about “a new strain” of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
This is new to me, despite being three years old - and is quite lovely, if a little melancholy:
The last time I saw Steve Jobs
(Turns out that Jobs was quite an accomplished photographer).
Why a vaccine is unlikely in 2020
Don’t hold your breath for a COVID-19 vaccine in 2020:
It is only once researchers have taken the time to understand the context of results that they can start turning them into effective applications or treatments. The real cost of good research is therefore time.
After three mildly stressful days, the results of the PCR jury are in: and I’m clean.
(I was asked to take a test as part of a research study, not because I was symptomatic.)
My four year old daughter has just declared that I am the leader of all journalism in the world, and my wife is the leader of all science.
We have accepted this honour and would like to reassure you that our reign will be benevolent.
Listening to the Independent Sage group talking online, once again I’m struck by how willing the truly smart are to say “I don’t know” or “we don’t know”.
More of this, please.