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21 February 2020
12 May 2020
Healthcare workers are carrying COVID-19 without realising they’re infected, a new study shows...
01 May 2020
Coughs and sneezes traditionally spread diseases, and coronavirus particles are shed into sewage...
28 April 2020
Loss of smell and taste sense has been reported by people later diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2. Now we know why...
22 April 2020
Covid-19 mortality rates are apparently much lower in some parts of the world. Might the TB jab you had as a teenager...
19 April 2020
Immune responses can actually help Covid-19 to infect cells, a new study reveals...
30 March 2020
The results extend what we regard as the habitable space on Earth...
15 March 2020
A robot balances better than ever before by learning from human behaviour...
10 March 2020
Is lettuce grown in space as good for you as lettuce grown on Earth?
01 March 2020
Why do seagulls want your chips? Turns out they prefer food humans have touched...
21 February 2020
How can you improve flood resilience, biodiversity and tourism? Beavers!
13 February 2020
What helps a zoo pull in the punters?
17 December 2019
DNA stores our biological blueprint, and it can now store the blueprint of common objects too...
29 November 2019
If you find it difficult to change your diet, look at what these bacteria did…
23 November 2019
The genetic changes that protect ash trees against ash dieback disease have been uncovered by UK scientists...
15 November 2019
In every generation there is about a 1% chance of a child’s father not actually being the mother’s husband...
07 November 2019
Being called a bird brain might not be such a bad thing…
02 November 2019
Measles erases the immune system's memory of past infections, two new studies revealed this week...
01 November 2019
After decades, researchers have discovered how measles erases our immune system’s memory of past infections...
30 October 2019
Ditching a raft of genes helped marine mammals to adapt to life afloat...
26 October 2019
Global wildlife trade affects whole groups of species, with up to 3,000 more species predicted to be affected.
25 September 2019
Researchers find that restoring sensation in amputated legs seems to make walking easier...
06 September 2019
A strain of antibiotic-resistant bacteria absorb fewer nutrients, but thrive in hospital environments...
23 August 2019
How can bacteria cool the climate?
25 July 2019
Cigarette butts stunt plant growth...