LSCDS #ScienceNews and #Innovation

Dec. 1

This week in #ScienceNews and #Innovation, scientists are on high alert as a newly identified SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern, Omicron, spreads out of South Africa.

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And, NASA’s double-blind review process that was put in place to reduce bias has led to an increase in first-time investigators and female researchers securing viewing time on the Hubble Space Telescope.

Finally, Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes took the stand for the first time in her months-long federal trial. Read about her questioning here.

Kyla Germain

Kyla is a PhD candidate in the Department’s of Biochemistry (University of Toronto) and Cell Biology (The Hospital for Sick Children), where she studies the cellular basis of a pediatric brain disease. She has a continued interest in science communication for all audiences and has led the LSCDS writing team for three years.