Monday, January 25, 2021
- News
BREAKING: University confirms record-low 7 positive cases this week
"The University has confirmed a record-low 7 cases of Covid-19 amongst staff and students from Early Alert Service tests for the 16th-22nd January, with a positivity rate of 6.8%."Oxford study finds social media manipulation in all 81 countries surveyed
Facebook and Twitter revealed that they removed more than 317,000 accounts and pages from their platforms in a 22-month period, but they are up against an industry that has become “professionalised, with private firms offering disinformation-for-hire services,” says Dr Samantha Bradshaw, a researcher at the Oxford Internet Institute (OII).Oxford researchers accurately trace Covid-19 transmission through genomic epidemiology
Before the March 2020 lockdown, high travel volumes and lax restrictions on international travel led to the circulation of more than 1,000 identifiable UK transmission lineages which had persisted into the summer of the same year.Students unhappy with college isolation provision
A Cherwell survey has found that 57% of respondents were not satisfied with their college’s handling of self-isolation last term. One student commented that...Covid-19 case numbers drop in Oxfordshire
"Oxfordshire has observed a decrease in new coronavirus cases in the week ending January 14th as compared to the previous week."
- Opinion
So long, farewell: the UK’s decision to leave Erasmus
Like a parent disguising a plate of vegetables as a dessert, Johnson desperately promises, in true Trumpian fashion, a ‘bigger and better’ programme. See previous claims on a ‘world-beating’ track and trace scheme, if you need reminding of how boasts work out in this government.The Punjabi Farmers Standing up for India’s Democracy
Photographs of the ongoing Indian farmer strikes have trickled through to social media feeds across the world, in stark contrast with the relative silence...Northern Neglect: COVID-19 Restrictions and the North-South Divide
"In COVID-19 policy and beyond, the government continues to view the North as expendable, both politically and economically, putting lives and communities at stake."Why 2020 Should Not Be Forgotten
Many want a Men in Black-style mind wipe that will erase the past year from our collective memory, only to be recalled 50 years down the line when a funky new virus dredges up the memories from the bottom of the dustbin. This, I think, is a mistake.
- Long Reads
Hallucinogenic healing
"Some scientists argue that the use of psychedelics can drastically cut medical costs by generating a shift in psychiatry from the current palliative approach towards a curative one. "What was Pepe doing at the Capitol?
"The Style Guide for the Daily Stormer (a neo-nazi alt-right blog) that was leaked a few years ago offers a painful insight into how the alt-right intentionally blurs humour and hate speech online."The limits of liberté: France’s ‘global security law’
At the end of November, returning to the UK on my way back from the first part of my year abroad, I passed through...Clubs in crisis: the UK’s declining night time industry
"If not for a healthy dose of nostalgia to remedy bitter envy, remembering the cultural importance of clubbing will ensure the scene doesn’t collapse entirely."Going Viral: Religion and the Pandemic
Pandemics are nothing new, but we now live in a technological age - a globalised world where people and information travel further and faster...
- Science & Tech
Review: The Social Dilemma
"The Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma, depicts the rise of social media and personalised online services. Deeply unnerving, it shows us not only their power over each and every one of us, but also their damage to society."Introducing the UK Emissions Trading System
"As part of the UK government’s “Energy White Paper” released in December, the UK has unveiled its own Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), ... a mechanism used to reduce CO2 (or equivalent) emissions."The bloody problem of PMS research
"Women have historically been side-lined from medical attention at a greater degree than men and there is little known about the premenstrual syndrome (PMS)."What does the climate crisis mean for global health?
"It’s clear that the World Health Organisation were right to declare climate change one of the major health challenges of the 21st century."Science Snippets: Outrageous Octopuses
"octopuses are prone to a peculiar habit. They have been seen punching (yes, punching) fish"
- Lifestyle
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A Love Letter to Living With Scientists/An Apology to My Housemates
'I am not sure what broke me. I think it's a close tie between the discussion around NaCl when I asked for the salt to be passed down the table or when someone genuinely asked the group what their favourite way to measure the centre of mass was.'Drawing Attention
'I'm making mistakes I'm crossing them out I'm making it ugly I'm making it shout'
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