According to Australia’s lead scientist Penny Sackett, the US COVID-19 response has jeopardized the worldwide efforts to fight coronavirus. Born and bred in Nebraska, Sackett, an astronomer reiterated that the politicization of scientific research by President Trump negatively affected the world’s effort to contain the virus. Penny remarked that if the United States became the […]
With the COVID-19 outbreak worsening daily, education systems worldwide are resorting to virtual learning to deliver educational resources to the students. How educational systems adjust to the COVID-19 outbreak To follow the guidelines in social distancing as a pre-emptive measure against the spread of the coronavirus, schools from basically all around the world have suspended […]
International schools in Hong Kong are already well adjusted to the distance learning even before the COVID-19 outbreak. Distance learning in Hong Kong Schools in Hong Kong has somehow got the hang of conducting online classes since it was first implemented during the SARS epidemic in 2003. Before the COVID-19 outbreak in Hong Kong, the […]
The decision to not follow scientific advice and the consistent war on science by the Trump administration may have contributed to the current crisis. This is according to experts who have analyzed the US response to the spread of the virus. Data from John Hopkins University’s coronavirus database is painting a grim picture of the […]
Scientists from the University of California San Francisco are now able to translate human brain signals to text. The study used brain activity and neural networks to create a system able to read the brain and decode its signals to text. The development of speech decoders by Google and Amazon that are accurately able to […]
School closures have led the Philippines DepEd to release a statement indicating they are still waiting for health officials’ communication before implementing plans to reopen schools. The move comes amidst the coronavirus outbreak in the country. The Philippines Department of Education (DepEd) has said it will wait on the status of public health to be […]
A non-profit organization offers online educational resources for students under distance learning set-ups. Online educational resources The COVID-19 pandemic has left almost 300 million students worldwide missing school and resorting to distance learning as an alternative. In the United States alone, around 54 million students are suffering from suspended classes in all fifty states. Distance […]
The University of St. Andrews in Scotland is now offering full scholarships under their Masters of Science in Sustainable Aquaculture. A course in sustainable Aquaculture With the COVID-19 global pandemic haunting all sectors of the industry, the University of Saint Andrews is offering a wonderful offer in their Masters of Science in Sustainable Aquaculture program. […]
ID NOW platform from Abbot Labs Illinois is now being pushed by the U.S. FDA as a primary tool for testing COVID-19 cases. Abbot Labs launches ID NOW platform With the COVID-19 epidemic hitting the United States like a freight train, health care services are gasping for any means of containing the virus from spreading. […]
Calls for universities to refund room and boarding fees will cripple their ability to maintain operations according to S&P Global rates. The demands come after most universities in the US shut down due to coronavirus. There is an increasing demand for universities to refund room, board and other fees after universities were placed on lockdown […]
