By John Stone The British government consultation for the revision of the 1998 Human Rights Act grandiosely re-entitled the Bill of Rights closes at 11.59pm GMT Tuesday 8 March. It is a somewhat elusive document to encompass and after months of indecision I decided on brevity. Unsurprisingly in the Johnson government seems more interested in […]
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Illustration by Laurène Boglio Hello and welcome to the Spectrum community newsletter. In this issue we come to you with social media thoughts from # ASHG21, which took place (again) virtually last week – which several participants complained about online. According to Twitter chatter, the posters were particularly problematic. For one, the sessions did not […]
Gut Guide: An online data set describes the metabolites produced by nearly 200 microorganisms in the human gut. Steve Gschmeissner / Science Photo Library A new online repository gathers information about the small molecules, or metabolites, produced by nearly 200 microorganisms that commonly live in the human gut. The resource, described in Nature in July, […]
One of the most serious consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic has been the disruption of children’s education worldwide with the closure of schools for public health reasons. Projections from UNESCO Institute for Statistics show that nearly 100 million children across eight age cohorts would move below the minimum proficiency threshold in reading in 2020 due to […]
