Month: June 2023

Science Policy After the COVID-19 Crisis — an AEI Event

In an event held at 8:45 a.m. ET on June 30 by the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), some leading experts of the States discuss the “Science Policy After the COVID-19 Crisis”. Panel I:  Jonathan Fuller, Visiting Scholar, Department of Bioethics, National Institutes of Health; Marc Lipsitch, Professor of Epidemiology, T. H. Chan School of Public Health,…


LIVE NOW: Science Policy After the COVID-19 Crisis — an AEI Event

In an event held at 8:45 a.m. ET on June 30 by the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), some leading experts of the States discuss the “Science Policy After the COVID-19 Crisis”. Panel I:  Jonathan Fuller, Visiting Scholar, Department of Bioethics, National Institutes of Health; Marc Lipsitch, Professor of Epidemiology, T. H. Chan School of Public Health,…


LIVE 8:45 AM ET: Science Policy After the COVID-19 Crisis — an AEI Event

In an event held at 8:45 a.m. ET on June 30 by the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), some leading experts of the States discuss the “Science Policy After the COVID-19 Crisis”. Panel I:  Jonathan Fuller, Visiting Scholar, Department of Bioethics, National Institutes of Health; Marc Lipsitch, Professor of Epidemiology, T. H. Chan School of Public Health,…


Royal Air Force Apologises for Discriminating Against White Men

The chief of the RAF has apologised after an inquiry found a diversity drive discriminated against white men in favour of women and ethnic minorities. According to a report commissioned by the Ministry of Defence (MoD), in 2020 and 2021, 161 candidates, who were either women or from ethnic minority backgrounds, were accelerated into training…


Top Fauci Adviser Wanted to Hide Emails From the Public, Documents Show

A top adviser to Dr. Anthony Fauci sought to shield his emails from the public, a newly disclosed document shows. Dr. David Morens, a longtime official at the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH’s) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), told a group of scientists that he used his personal email because he did…


To Get Your Foundation Right, Know the Soil Beneath It

My college major was geology. At the time I was in school, I had no idea how valuable this degree would be once I became a full-time builder. There’s a very good chance I was the only builder in Cincinnati who knew soil maps existed and how to interpret them. A little-known fact about Cincinnati…


Oil Heads for 4th Straight Quarterly Decline

LONDON—Oil prices declined towards $74 a barrel on Friday and were on course for a fourth consecutive quarter of losses amid concerns over sluggish global economic activity and fuel demand. Benchmark Brent crude futures for September delivery were down 5 cents, or 0.1 percent, at $74.46 a barrel by 1120 GMT after earlier rising by…


Lessons Learned in the Long War on Cancer

Cancer is a disease as old as recorded history, and yet modern science still hasn’t managed to cure it. There’s certainly a huge incentive to find a cure. Cancer has been a leading cause of death worldwide for decades. In the United States and other industrialized nations, cancer is second only to heart disease in…


Stocks Show Resilience to Wall of Rates and Inflation Worries

LONDON—Global shares were steady on Friday as investors scrutinized inflation data from both sides of the Atlantic to cap a rollercoaster quarter for markets that upended bets on interest rates peaking. Oil was poised for its first monthly gain this year, as a big drawdown in U.S. oil stocks outweighed concerns that fuel demand will…


Epoch Booklist: Recommended Reading for June 30–July 6

This week, we feature a naval history of an important British evacuation and a lush novel about the fate of three generations of an Indian family. Fiction ‘The Covenant of Water’ By Abraham Verghese This is a lovely, sweeping novel of epic proportion following the fates of three generations of a family living on India’s…