The bestselling author of "Sapiens" and historian, Yuval Noah Harari tells Christiane Amanpour that the coronavirus is the worst global health threat we have faced in at least a century. They discuss key questions emerging from the coronavirus outbreak and about how biometrics could become a weapon in the hands of totalitarian regimes. Watch the... Continue Reading →
Κορωνοϊος: Τι λέω στο παιδί μου; (video)| Ρώτα το Χαμόγελο
"Μαμά θα πεθάνεις από τον κορωνοϊο;" "Ο παππους και η γιαγιά κινδυνεύουν;" "Γιατί αρρωσταίνουμε;" είναι μερικές από τις ερωτήσεις που απαντάμε στο βίντεο με τους ψυχολόγους μας Γιάννη και Στέφανο. Επίσης δίνουμε χρήσιμες συμβουλές και κατευθύνσεις για τον τρόπο διαχείρισης του φόβου των παιδιών για τον ιό αλλά και πως να αναπτύξουμε μία νέα ρουτίνα... Continue Reading →
World Health Organization about Coronavirus Scam Alert
Phishing: malicious emails appearing to be from WHO WHO is aware of suspicious email messages attempting to take advantage of the 2019 novel coronavirus emergency. This fraudulent action is called phishing.These “Phishing” emails appear to be from WHO, and will ask you to: give sensitive information, such as usernames or passwordsclick a malicious linkopen a... Continue Reading →
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak
On this website (World Health Organization) you can find information and guidance from WHO regarding the current outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) that was first reported from Wuhan, China, on 31 December 2019. Please visit this page for daily updates. WHO is working closely with global experts, governments and partners to rapidly expand scientific knowledge... Continue Reading →
Webinar: The Science of Obesity
Professor Ana Domingos will discuss how her research can pave the way to the development of anti-obesity treatments. Obesity is a global health problem that presents with many complications such as heart disease, diabetes and stroke. Professor Ana Domingos researches how the brain and the immune system control obesity. Ana will discuss her work on... Continue Reading →
Basic protective measures against the new coronavirus
Wash your hands frequently https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPITHEiFWLc Wash your hands frequently with soap and water or use an alcohol-based hand rub if your hands are not visibly dirty. Why? Washing your hands with soap and water or using alcohol-based hand rub eliminates the virus if it is on your hands. Practice respiratory hygiene When coughing and sneezing, cover... Continue Reading →
Mapping the Wuhan Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)
Tracking the 2019-nCoV spread in real-time. Cases and locations can be viewed here; data available for download. In response to this ongoing public health emergency, the CSSE (Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University (JHU) has developed an online dashboard (static snapshot shown below) to visualize and track the reported cases on... Continue Reading →
Albert Camus, Carl Jung & the Joker…
How are these three people connected? "The embodiment of the monster, the shadow. The pathway to completion. Jung didn't believe that you could be a good person until you could realize your capacity for evil. I don't mean act it out in the world but to bring it under your control. Because there's a big... Continue Reading →
What do you see when you look at these photos—animals or human-made objects? (via: sciencemag.org, by: Erica Tennenhouse)
Researchers melded photos of animals and artificial items and asked 20 volunteers to describe what they saw. (Note: all of the volunteers lived in cities). What the researchers noticed was that the volunteers seemed to notice the human-made objects to an overwhelming degree in contrast to the animals that seemed to fade into the background.... Continue Reading →
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