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 E-Mail IMAGE: Gerald Holton, winner of the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Humanities. view more  Credit: BBVA FOUNDATION The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Humanities category has gone in this thirteenth edition to Gerald Holton "for his numerous seminal contributions to the history of 19th and 20th century science, in which he has shown a special sensitivity to cultural, philosophical, and sociological and gender contexts," says the committe...

Kyoto University Graphical abstract The Kazuo Takayama lab shows how iPS cells can be used to study SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19. With more than 125 million people infected and nearly 3 million dead, the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the world in inconceivable ways. Adding to the challenge is that the patient condition varies widely, from the asymptomatic to respiratory failure and death. A new study by CiRA researchers shows how iPS cells can be used to study infection by the severe acu...

The Atlantic The Danger of a ‘Dudes Only’ Vaccine We still don’t know who’s most at risk of getting the Johnson & Johnson vaccine blood clots. Katie Martin / The Atlantic The Johnson & Johnson shot is teetering on the precipice of becoming America’s “dudes only” vaccine. On Tuesday, the CDC and FDA advised halting the vaccine’s nationwide rollout to investigate six cases of a rare blood-clotting disorder that’s occurred in people within about two weeks of receiving the vaccine...

Brian Wood This digital rendering of GPS data highlights the movements of men (red) and women (blue-green) from one Hadza camp. A study led by UCLA professor of anthropology Brian Wood yields new insight into the ways gender roles and ecology influence men’s and women’s patterns of movement through the landscape in which they live. The findings are based on a long-term research project among the Hadza people of northern Tanzania, one of the few remaining hunter-gatherer societies in the wor...

Date Time Gender in geosciences: leaky pipeline needs fixing Hacking through the jungle. An uphill battle. Being the Road Runner but on an ice-skating rink. These are just some of the ways a woman’s career path in geosciences is described by those working in the field. The responses are part of a new University of South Australia research project that is looking at the power of perception to understand the lack of gender diversity in geosciences. According to UniSA geoscientist Associate Prof...

Occupational Risk For Heavy Drinking by Anjanee Sharma on  February 24, 2021 at 6:05 PM Research from the UK shows that people aged 40-69 years working in certain occupations may have a higher likelihood of heavy drinking. Jobs classified as skilled trade occupations (like construction and manufacturing) were most likely to contribute to heavy drinking. In contrast, those categorized as professional occupations (like medicine and teaching) were associated with a low likelih...

Policy Research Working Paper Series Publication roundup for the weeks of February 1 and 8 © kan_chana/Shutterstock This blog is a biweekly feature highlighting recent working papers from around the World Bank Group that were published in the World Bank’s Policy Research Working Paper Series. This entry introduces seven papers published during the weeks of February 1 and 8 on various topics, including the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, the use of a new data source (such as nighttime data), and t...

Scientists have not properly distinguished mind-reading from empathy - until now.

Save ADHD is a neurological disorder characterized by a persistent pattern of inattention — with or without hyperactivity and impulsivity — that interferes with daily functioning. While the prevalence rates are increasingly similar by gender, the diagnosis rate among American men is nearly 69% higher than it is among American women (5.4% of men in the U.S. have an ADHD diagnosis vs. just 3.2% of women. Why? ADHD in women does not comply with stereotypes. Its distinct symptom presentation is...

THE future is STEM; this is a saying that has been hackneyed time and again. The government has continuously invested in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), as seen in the recent tabling of Budget 2021 where RM400mil was allocated for research and development efforts under various ministries and agencies to support the development of science and technology. The question, however, is whether the country’s youth have an interest in the areas of STEM. In a recent study title...