The UK has launched a huge vaccine centre aimed at preventing any future pandemics caused by ‘Disease X’.
Professor Dame Jenny Harries, head of the UK Health Security Agency, unveiled the new super-lab in Wiltshire, which has a team of more than 200 scientists.
The centre is currently working on the world's first vaccine against Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever, a disease that's spread by ticks and has a fatality rate of 30%.
A growing number of performers at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe are using the technology to generate ideas, a show, a play or even help with jokes. There are also a string of acts that are using the topical issue of the threat of AI as a source for comedy material.
In an ironic move, Zoom is sending its staff back to the office. According to reports, the tech company is now requiring employees who work near one of their offices to come in for at least two days per week.
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Historic India Moon mission sends new photos of the lunar surface and a US study of the state of Michigan, suggests areas with lower bird diversity ‘have more mental health hospital admissions’.
Plus, MPs say some tech devices are enabling abuse, a study suggests a giant space ‘umbrella’ tethered to an asteroid could protect Earth from climate change, and a UK man bitten by a cat contracts a previously unknown bacterial infection.
Oh, and the latest on that potential Mark Zuckerberg v Elon Musk cage fight…
