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The best books about medical breakthroughs – The Guardian
Amid the rush to find a Covid-19 vaccine, Mark Honigsbaum picks his favourites, including a novel that has inspired generations of medical students and the story of Henrietta Lacks
As medical researchers rush to find a vaccine for Covid-19, the stories of earlier medical breakthroughs offer hope, but also reasons to be cautious about the timescale and effectiveness of any discovery.
In The Vaccine Race, Meredith Waldman describes how in the early 1960s scientists at Philadelphias Wistar Institute began working on a vaccine for rubella (German measles) using a controversial new method: germ-free cells from tissue extracted from an aborted foetus from a woman in Sweden. The…
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The Morning After: Apple enters the 5G era with the iPhone 12 – Yahoo Finance Australia
The iPhone 12 is here, and of course iFixit took the new device apart. Also, we have this week’s best deals and some recommendations for the best USB-C…
New iPhones have arrived, so as you would expect, while we reviewed the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro, the team at iFixit pulled out their tools and pried them open. Inside, shockingly, they found phone parts, plus a few new magnets to support the MagSafe charging setup.
iPhone 12 teardown – iFixit
What they didnt find is a battery thats the same size or larger than last years devices. To squeeze 5G modems inside those slim shells, something had to give and several components took a backseat to save…
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Dusty’s legend grows with historic third Norm Smith Medal – AFL
Richmond’s Dustin Martin becomes the first player to win three Norm Smith medals
CHAMPION midfielder Dustin Martin has elevated himself to an unmatched level of greatness, becoming the first player to win a third Norm Smith Medal.
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The Richmond superstar, who spearheaded his team’s third premiership in four seasons, stamped himself as the modern game’s greatest finals performer with four goals and 21 disposals against Geelong.
After matching the achievements of dual Norm Smith medallists Gary Ayres, Andrew McLeod and Luke Hodge last…
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Queensland-based FIFO worker allegedly breached WA hotel quarantine four times in one day – 9News
A Queensland-based FIFO worker is tonight behind bars after allegedly leaving his Perth hotel quarantine four times in one day.
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