Origin of COVID-19: As Animal Source Evidence Eludes Scientists, Lab Leak Hypothesis Gains Purchase

This week on Hubwonk, host Joe Selvaggi talks with author and former New York Times science journalist Nicholas Wade about his recent article in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on the possible origins of the SARS2 virus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic. In their conversation, they consider the possibility that, absent finding evidence of a natural jump from animals, the SARS2 virus may have come from a lab.

Guest:

Nicholas Wade is a science writer, editor, and author who has worked on the staff of Nature, Science, and, for 30 years, the New York Times. Wade was born in Aylesbury, England, and educated at Eton and at King’s College, Cambridge, where he studied natural sciences.

Related Posts

This Week on The Learning Curve: E.D. Hirsch, Jr. on Background Knowledge & Educational Equity

0 Comments

/

December 6, 2019

This week on "The Learning Curve," Professor E.D. Hirsch, Jr., founder and chairman of the Core Knowledge Foundation, professor emeritus at UVA, and acclaimed author, discusses a critical ingredient of academic achievement, the shared background knowledge needed for language proficiency and cultural literacy.

https://pioneerinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/did-you-know_-3.png 512 1024 Editorial Staff https://pioneerinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_440x96.png Editorial Staff2019-12-06 11:04:592023-08-26 14:16:10This Week on The Learning Curve: E.D. Hirsch, Jr. on Background Knowledge & Educational Equity

Steven Wilson on Anti-Intellectualism in K-12 Education

0 Comments

/

November 22, 2019

Co-host Bob Bowdon talks with Steven Wilson, Founder and former CEO of Ascend Learning, a charter school network in Brooklyn, New York. They discuss the emergence of anti-intellectualism in K-12 schooling.

https://pioneerinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/Blue-Beige-Photo-Collage-Modern-Simple-Masculine-Grooming-Twitter-Post.png 512 1024 Editorial Staff https://pioneerinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_440x96.png Editorial Staff2019-11-22 11:05:482023-08-26 14:16:54Steven Wilson on Anti-Intellectualism in K-12 Education

Jason Bedrick on Religious Freedom & Private School Autonomy

0 Comments

/

November 15, 2019

Bob and Cara talk with Jason Bedrick, EdChoice’s director of policy, about New York’s controversial “substantial equivalency” proposal that would give the state Department of Education oversight of school curricula at yeshivas and other private and parochial academies.

https://pioneerinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/Jason-Bedrick-EdChoice.png 512 1024 Editorial Staff https://pioneerinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_440x96.png Editorial Staff2019-11-15 11:33:322023-08-26 14:17:44Jason Bedrick on Religious Freedom & Private School Autonomy

Dr. Lindsey Burke on LBJ’s True Education Legacy

0 Comments

/

November 8, 2019

Dr. Lindsey Burke of the Heritage Foundation talks with The Learning Curve co-host Bob Bowdon about her new book, The Not-So-Great-Society, co-edited with Jonathan Butcher, and why the LBJ era is an inflection point for federal intervention in local school policy.

https://pioneerinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/the-learning-curve-1.png 512 1024 Editorial Staff https://pioneerinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_440x96.png Editorial Staff2019-11-08 14:08:072023-08-26 14:18:43Dr. Lindsey Burke on LBJ’s True Education Legacy

NH Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut on State-Driven K-12 Reform

0 Comments

/

November 1, 2019

New Hampshire Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut joins "The Learning Curve" podcast this week, plus Bob & Cara break down the new NAEP results, and share education stories out of Denver and Detroit.

https://pioneerinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/did-you-know_-2.png 512 1024 Editorial Staff https://pioneerinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_440x96.png Editorial Staff2019-11-01 11:24:472023-08-26 14:19:10NH Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut on State-Driven K-12 Reform

The Learning Curve: Andrew Campanella, President of National School Choice Week

0 Comments

/

October 25, 2019

This week on The Learning Curve, Bob talks with Andrew Campanella, president of National School Choice Week and author of the new book, "The School Choice Roadmap: 7 Steps to Finding the Right School for Your Child."

https://pioneerinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/The-learning-curve.png 756 945 Editorial Staff https://pioneerinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_440x96.png Editorial Staff2019-10-25 11:21:462023-08-26 14:19:58The Learning Curve: Andrew Campanella, President of National School Choice Week

Dr. Howard Fuller on School Choice & Presidential Politics

0 Comments

/

October 18, 2019

Cara and Bob talk withthe the great Dr. Howard Fuller, Distinguished Professor of Education, about his passionate activism on behalf of education reform, his concerns about the lack of support among Democratic presidential candidates for charter schools & more!

https://pioneerinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/Dr.-Howard-fuller.png 756 945 Editorial Staff https://pioneerinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_440x96.png Editorial Staff2019-10-18 11:00:062023-08-26 14:20:58Dr. Howard Fuller on School Choice & Presidential Politics

The Learning Curve: “Wilfred McClay on his new book, Land of Hope”

0 Comments

/

October 11, 2019

Wilfred McClay, University of Oklahoma Professor, discusses his new high school textbook, "Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story," that seeks to provide an account of this nation's rich and complex story that puts it in proper perspective, and that is both honest and inspiring.

https://pioneerinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/Wilfred-mcClay-1.png 756 945 Editorial Staff https://pioneerinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_440x96.png Editorial Staff2019-10-11 11:42:322023-08-26 14:21:53The Learning Curve: “Wilfred McClay on his new book, Land of Hope”