russia
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Ask LH: What Is the Doomsday Clock and Why Are We Closer to Annihilation?
I’m sure you’ve probably seen that atomic scientists have moved the ‘Doomsday Clock’ closer to midnight and annihilation. The reason? Because of threats of nuclear war, disease and climate volatility have increased following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. This means that, according to scientists, we are at greater risk of annihilation. How fun. Due to these…
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What Does It Mean to Be ‘Neutral’ Over Ukraine, and What Responsibilities Come With It?
There’s a popular cartoon by Tom Toro that’s been doing the social media rounds since 2012, in which two historians sit in a book-lined library as one complains: Those who don’t study history are doomed to repeat it. Yet those who do study history are doomed to stand by helplessly while everyone else repeats it.…
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Does Boycotting Russian Products Actually Make a Difference?
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s recent call for a boycott of Russian oil and other import-export bans was aimed at global leaders, but consumers across social media are also advocating a form of personal economic sanctions. Some New Zealand shoppers have compiled lists of alcohol brands to avoid while others have identified Ukrainian brands to support.…
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What We Know (and Don’t) About Russia’s Supposed COVID-19 Vaccine
1Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, much of the optimism that “we’ll get through this” and be “back to normal” sometime soon has been pinned to the development and approval of an effective vaccine against the novel coronavirus. Major pharmaceutical companies like Pfizer and Moderna have been conducting clinical trials for multiple formulations of…