Islamic jihadists behead dozens in Mozambique
Mozambican police have confirmed that at least 50 people in the country’s northernmost province were beheaded this month by suspected Islamist militants.The horrific attacks in gas-rich Cabo Delgado province took place in three villages in the districts of Muidumbe and Macomia over a week, according to commander-general of Mozambique’s police,...
What forecasters can learn from climate models to simulate the Covid pandemic
Epidemiologists predicting the spread of Covid-19 should adopt climate-modelling methods to make forecasts more reliable, say computer scientists who have spent months auditing one of the most influential models of the pandemic.In a study that was uploaded to the preprint platform Research Square on November 6, researchers commissioned by London’s...
Covid vaccine excitement builds as Moderna reports third positive result
They say good news comes in threes. For the third time in a week, a coronavirus vaccine developer has reported preliminary results suggesting that its vaccine is highly effective.Today, biotech company Moderna in Cambridge, Massachusetts, reported that its RNA-based vaccine is more than 94 per cent effective at preventing Covid-19,...
