After COVID, Swiss group plots future for science, diplomacy
JAMEY KEATEN, Associated Press
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FILE-In this April 6, 2017 taken photo former Nestle s Chairman Peter Brabeck-Letmathe speaks during the general meeting of the world s biggest food and beverage company, Nestle Group, in Lausanne, Switzerland. Peter Brabeck, a former chairman and CEO of Nestle who was tapped by the Swiss government to lead GESDA, used COVID-19 as example how advance planning could help head off health crises in the future: He said mRNA vaccine technology being used now to fight the pandemic has been around a decade. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP)Laurent Gillieron/AP
Swiss program plots post-COVID future for science, diplomacy
JAMEY KEATEN, Associated Press
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1of3FILE - In this March 30, 2010 file picture the globe of the European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN, is illuminated outside Geneva, Switzerland. With COVID-19, the race to space and climate change high on many minds, a new “do tank” in Geneva bankrolled by the Swiss government is gearing up to develop long-term projects like creating a global court for scientific disputes and a Manhattan Project-style effort to rid excess carbon from the atmosphere.Anja Niedringhaus/APShow MoreShow Less
2of3FILE-In this April 6, 2017 taken photo former Nestle s Chairman Peter Brabeck-Letmathe speaks during the general meeting of the world s biggest food and beverage company, Nestle Group, in Lausanne, Switzerland. Peter Brabeck, a former chairman and CEO of Nestle who was tapped by the Swiss government to lead GESDA, used COVID-19 as example how advance
As endangered birds lose their songs, they can t find mates
CHRISTINA LARSON, AP Science Writer
March 16, 2021
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1of3This 2016 photo provided by Murray Chambers shows a male regent honeyeater bird in Capertee Valley in New South Wales, Australia. The distinctive black and yellow birds were once common across Australia, but habitat loss since the 1950s has shrunk their population to only about 300 wild birds today. (Murray Chambers via AP)Murray Chambers/APShow MoreShow Less
2of3This 2015 photo provided by Lachlan Hall shows male regent honeyeater birds in Capertee Valley in New South Wales, Australia. The distinctive black and yellow birds were once common across Australia, but habitat loss since the 1950s has shrunk their population to only about 300 wild birds today. (Lachlan Hall via AP)Lachlan L. Hall/APShow MoreShow Less
Bye Alpha, Eta: Greek alphabet ditched for hurricane names
SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer
March 17, 2021
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1of3FILE - This Wednesday, May 27, 2020 satellite image made available by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Tropical Storm Bertha approaching the South Carolina coast. On Wednesday, March 17, 2021, a World Meteorological Organization committee plans to discuss whether the Atlantic hurricane season should start on May 15 instead of the traditional June 1. (NOAA via AP)APShow MoreShow Less
2of3FILE - This Oct. 31, 2012 file photo shows destroyed homes left in the wake of Superstorm Sandy in Ortley Beach, N.J. Calling storms hurricanes or in some cases extratropical cyclones when a system has a cold core instead is a problem because weaker storms can kill with water not wind. People including some officials started to ignore or downplay 2012’s Sandy because it wasn’t a hurricane and lost its tropical chara