News at a glance: Ebola vaccine trial on hold, Oppenheimer’s name cleared, and the return of a long-forgotten coffee bean | Science

News at a glance: Ebola vaccine trial on hold, Oppenheimer’s name cleared, and the return of a long-forgotten coffee bean | Science

[ad_1] PUBLIC HEALTH Ebola vaccine trial on hold A planned clinical trial of vaccines against the Sudan ebolavirus likely will not go forward, after traditional containment methods appear to have stamped out the outbreak of Ebola that surfaced in Uganda on 20 September. An international effort moved at record speed to deliver two experimental vaccines…

Conspiracy theorists and anti-vaxxers more likely to believe ‘tinfoil hat’ reasons for cancer

Conspiracy theorists and anti-vaxxers more likely to believe ‘tinfoil hat’ reasons for cancer

[ad_1] Get your tinfoil hats ready, folks, because Spanish researchers have found people who believe in conspiracies or who are anti-vaxxers are more likely to believe in mythical causes of cancer, such as using microwaves, cleaning products, eating genetically modified food, and living near power lines. The team surveyed close to 1,500 people, including 209 unvaccinated…

Web3 technology ‘puts farmers in charge of their data’

Web3 technology ‘puts farmers in charge of their data’

[ad_1] Innovations such as Web3, the third generation of the internet, and easy-to-use video-based technologies in local languages have the potential to drive change in agriculture in developing countries, say technology advocates. Web3, which refers to efforts to create a decentralised version of the internet based on blockchain technology and focused on user ownership, can…