Text: “Japan: From vaccine hesitancy to vaccine success.” BBC.com Extract: “With just seven weeks to go until the Olympics, only 3.5% of Japan’s population had been fully vaccinated. While friends in the UK were merrily posting vaccine selfies on social media, here in the capital Tokyo, we were joking we Read more…
Text: “Curator Accused of Making NFTs of Works by Anish Kapoor and Others Without Permission.” Artnews.com Extract: “British curator Ben Moore is being accused of NFT theft. According to the Financial Times, Moore is facing claims that he made NFTs of works by various artists, including Anish Kapoor, without the creators’ permission. Back in 2013, Moore worked Read more…
Text: “Archaeologists Discover ‘Oldest’ Jewelry Ever, Shedding Light on Early Ways of Expressing Identity.” Extract: “Archaeologists working in the Bizmoune Cave in southwest Morocco published a surprising finding in Science Advances last week: they had discovered what is believed to be the oldest jewelry in the world. The team found 33 shell beads that they dated Read more…
Text: “Moral judgments about an activity’s COVID-19 risk can lead people astray.” Sciencenews.org Extract: “When it comes to catching COVID-19, outdoor activities, in general, are safer than indoor activities (SN: 8/15/20). But if you chose the beach or baseball as riskier, you are not alone. Two new studies show that people consider activities Read more…
Text: “Poll: 50 percent of Republicans don’t believe their vote will be counted accurately.” Politico. Extract: “A new NBC News poll found that 50 percent of Republicans surveyed did not believe their vote would be counted accurately the next time they cast a ballot, falling dramatically since President Trump has spent nearly the Read more…
Text: “Health scientist Carrie Bourassa on immediate leave after scrutiny of her claim she’s Indigenous.” CBC news Extract: “Carrie Bourassa, a University of Saskatchewan professor and the scientific director of the Indigenous health arm of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), is on leave from both institutions following a Read more…
Text: “How Japan’s new PM is promising a ‘new capitalism.’” BBC.com Extract: “Japan’s new prime minister, Fumio Kishida, has sold his plan to redistribute wealth in the country as the “new capitalism”. But some critics on social media suggest the plan sounds more like socialism to them – even dubbing Read more…
Text: “COP26: Minister in wheelchair unable to attend summit.” BBC.com Extract: “An Israeli minister has said she could not attend the COP26 summit on Monday because it was not wheelchair accessible. Karine Elharrar tweeted that it was “sad” the UN “does not provide accessibility to its events”. An official in Read more…
Text: “Whole class ‘shocked’ and ‘confused’ after teacher wears blackface to school, student says” CBC News. Extract: “A student at a Toronto high school said his whole class was shocked and confused after a teacher wore blackface during Halloween celebrations on Friday. The Toronto District School Board has since placed Read more…
Text: “The Depths of Animal Grief” “Elephants’ response to death has been called, “probably the strangest thing about them.” They almost always react to a dead elephant’s remains. Occasionally they react to a human’s. The remains or bones of other species, they ignore. Joyce Poole writes, “It is their silence Read more…