Clare Wilson
@ClareWilsonMed
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Science writer at i news https://t.co/8vovV0Wv20. Personal account. Clare.Wilson(at)https://t.co/tkzuYVlcxT
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Joined June 2011
One in six bacterial infections worldwide are now resistant to antibiotics, WHO warns
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned of a sharp rise in antimicrobial resistance (AMR), with one in six bacterial infections worldwide now resistant to antibiotic treatments. WHO’s latest...
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This isn’t China. This is Long Beach, California. Over 100 transport containers move autonomously between quayside cranes, storage yards, and rail transfer points. The vehicles can achieve a maximum speed of 13 mph, and can transport containers that are up to 70 tonnes.
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Unitree G1 Kungfu Kid V6.0 A year and a half as a trainee — I'll keep working hard! Hope to earn more of your love🥰
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A new kind of surgery can treat what's sometimes likened to a heart attack in your legs
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A new treatment has arrived for a condition that feels like a 'heart attack in the legs', caused by blocked arteries
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Trump just got vaccinated against flu and covid. As a 79-year-old, that would also be recommended in UK
So the US president got his flu and covid refresher, incidentally as recommended by CDC (and most health agencies around the world) for all elderly It is sort of rooting given the impression left by the wild speculations including from parts of the US health institutions
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Gene-edited non-browning bananas have just been named one of Time's inventions of the year. What will be the other genetically enhanced fruit and veg coming to UK soon?
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From non-browning bananas to vitamin-enhanced tomatoes, here’s the genetically tweaked produce that could soon reach UK shelves – and you can even grow some yourself
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Today I learned the collective noun for ladybirds is a loveliness, and that's just lovely. In other news, invasive swarming ladybirds are swarmingly invading our homes...
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If you see a ‘loveliness of ladybirds’, don’t panic - the spotted bugs just need a place to hibernate for winter, and your home is prime real estate
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Another wave of Covid may well hit this winter, but for most of us it will be like a cold or flu
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A new Covid wave may hit this winter – but as the infection has become more like a cold or flu, most of us don’t need to worry
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The 2025 #MaddoxPrize shortlist is here! This year, 6 researchers from around the world are recognised for standing up for science and evidence-based policy in the face of adversity. Read more about their stories ➡️ https://t.co/vnRmsuY5zL
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I am nailing Nine Theses to the door of @Wikipedia. This has been my project for the last nine months. There has never been a thoroughgoing Wikipedia reform proposal—this is the first. If it doesn't work, we need to organize an alternative. 🧵
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They should have called it Your Paper
Former Observer big-hitters inc @carolecadwalla @sarah_donaldson @JaneFerg @ImogenCarter launch title with redundancy payouts After Observer sale "We decided to launch a title that the journalists themselves would own, that would be truly independent" https://t.co/pa7pTKUL8d
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RT @theipaper: 🔴 Exclusive | Video footage from Volgograd’s military cadet school show part of the large scale scheme by Russia to prepare…
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Autism being caused by paracetamol is only one of four dubious claims that Trump and RFK Jr made yesterday
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The US President claims paracetamol could be behind a 'meteoric rise' in cases of autism - but experts stress the painkiller is safe to take
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I have taken the Tylenol that was in the medicine cabinet and which they think probably is the reason you like trains forgive me but that’s bullshit you got autism from your dad
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@herasight featured in @ClareWilsonMed's article on polygenic embryo testing. I have to take issue with Prof. Frances Flinter's statement that “If you have three or four embryos, because they’ve got the same parents, they’re all likely to have very similar genetic markers
The first ‘designer babies’ are here – but can they really be more intelligent?
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Everyone agrees we need to do SOMETHING about child obesity crisis. Trouble is, whatever we try, nothing works. Link below.
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Which academic awards, prizes, or medals look impressive to outsiders but are regarded as pointless or even mockworthy by insiders? Asking for a friend.
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PSA: This is it. Now is the time to wear that new trench coat you bought in the spring sales or that light leather jacket. You have 6-10 days before you need your big coat. Don't squander it!!
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Homegrown tomatoes taste great and are ideal for people who want to eat five hundred of them in a week in early September and none at all for the rest of the year.
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