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Vaccine Rejection: Truth and Consequences
4:48pm, 20th February, 2019

Vaccine Rejection: Truth and Consequences

Kent State epidemiologist Tara Smith talks about vaccines, recent preventable measles outbreaks and her 2017 journal article on vaccine rejection. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
A volcanic binge and its frosty hangover
11:52am, 20th February, 2019

A volcanic binge and its frosty hangover

(University of Heidelberg) A major volcanic event could have triggered one of the largest glaciations in Earth's history -- the Gaskiers glaciation, which turned the Earth into a giant snowball approximately 580 million years ago. Researchers fr...
New therapeutic approach to combat African sleeping sickness
11:52am, 20th February, 2019

New therapeutic approach to combat African sleeping sickness

(Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz) Scientists working in a range of disciplines joined forces to identify a new approach to combat African sleeping sickness. Fundamental research undertaken under the supervision of Professor Ute Hellmich of Joha...