Can Playing A Game Prepare Us For What’s Next?

I’ve been thinking about what the world will be like post-Covid-19. Which led me to have a conversation with futures researcher, Elliott Montgomery, who along with Chris Woebken cofounded The Extrapolation Factory, an award-winning design-based research studio for participatory futures studies. The studio develops experimental methods for collaboratively prototyping, experiencing and impacting our individual futures. Extrapolation,... Continue Reading →

Scientific Pioneer June Almeida is Finally Being Acknowledged For Virology Breakthroughs She Made a Half Century Ago.

She discovered coronaviruses decades ago—but got little recognition Scientist June Almeida operates an electron microscope in 1963 at the Ontario Cancer Institute in Toronto, Canada. One year later, Almeida would become the first person to see a coronavirus using microscope techniques she developed. WHEN JUNE ALMEIDA peered into her electron microscope in 1964, she saw a... Continue Reading →

What is Corona Virus?

What is Corona virus? What is COVID-19? Coronaviruses (CoV) are a large family of viruses that cause illness ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV). Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused by SARS-COV2 is a new strain that was discovered in 2019 and has... Continue Reading →

Coronavirus, Wuhan virus, SARS, augmented reality.

We look at the molecules used by coronaviruses to infect human cells including a human corona virus that causes colds and the SARS and Wuhan coronaviruses that cause more serious illness. The presentation uses free ChimeraX virtual reality software developed University of California at San Francisco with support from the National Institute for Allergy and... Continue Reading →

COVID-19 A TEDxAthens Talk

Το TEDxAthens έχει δεσμευτεί να κατανοεί τον συνεχώς μεταβαλλόμενο κόσμο που μας περιβάλλει μέσω τεκμηριωμένων ομιλιών. Καθώς παρατηρούμε τα αποτελέσματα της εξάπλωσης του COVID-19 σε παγκόσμια κλίμακα, αισθανόμαστε την υποχρέωση να σας παρέχουμε το καλύτερο δυνατό ενημερωτικό περιεχόμενο που είναι διαθέσιμο αυτή τη στιγμή, καθώς βιώνουμε αυτή τη νέα πραγματικότητα. Σας καλούμε να παρακολουθήσετε το... Continue Reading →

Learning To Live With The Coronavirus

Hosted by Michael Barbaro, produced by Clare Toeniskoetter and Michael Simon Johnson, and edited by Wendy Dorr Our science reporter answers your questions about how to protect yourself and your loved ones from the pandemic. Friday, March 13th, 2020Clare Toeniskoetter Test test, test. OK. Just got to Donald’s. Is it OK to lock my bike... Continue Reading →

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