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Early on Aug. 21, 2013, Syrian government forces fired rockets loaded with the nerve agent sarin into the rebel-held Ghouta district of Damascus. As the chemical clouds spread, residents began to froth at the mouth. Fluid oozed from their eyes and noses as they convulsed and suffocated. The Ghouta gas …
Read More »Getting to the root of it: How an Alberta scientist is changing the way farmers see soil
In a nondescript building tucked away in northeast Red Deer, the phone is ringing off the hook. At least that’s how Melissa Werkema, an upstart young scientist trained in Israel, describes how business has been since word spread about her new soil testing lab, which gives farmers from Alberta and …
Read More »Top WHO Scientist Soumya Swaminathan Explains Factors Behind Covid Explosion B.1.617 Variant Social Mixing Covid Vaccine
The World Health Organization’s chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan has claimed that the current COVID-19 variant spreading in India is more contagious, and clearly a contributing factor to the catastrophe unfolding in the country. In an interview with AFP, Soumya Swaminathan warned that the B.1.617 variant of Covid-19, which was first …
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