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Healthcare workers are carrying COVID-19 without realising they’re infected, a new study shows...

Coughs and sneezes traditionally spread diseases, and coronavirus particles are shed into sewage...

Loss of smell and taste sense has been reported by people later diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2. Now we know why...

Covid-19 mortality rates are apparently much lower in some parts of the world. Might the TB jab you had as a teenager...

Immune responses can actually help Covid-19 to infect cells, a new study reveals...

Scientists have found a new molecule to treat paracetamol overdose

The results extend what we regard as the habitable space on Earth...

A robot balances better than ever before by learning from human behaviour...

Is lettuce grown in space as good for you as lettuce grown on Earth?

Why do seagulls want your chips? Turns out they prefer food humans have touched...

Scientists debate the carbon cost of binging on a box-set...

How can you improve flood resilience, biodiversity and tourism? Beavers!

An expandable heart valve could spare millions from multiple, hazardous heart surgeries...

The largest full dish radio telescope in the world is ready to probe the mysteries of the universe...

Know when to hang out your washing thanks to new wind data from this satellite.

The energy stored in wastewater could power the equivalent of every single household in the US and Mexico

Moving data at 100 gigabytes per second: that's 25 movies in under a second...

New research finds 80% of climate warming due to contrails comes from 2% of flights.

What helps a zoo pull in the punters?

Can running for 15 minutes a day help improve the health of children?

Manufacturers claim they've cut down release of this gas, but do the data agree?

Hate cleaning? Wish things just wouldn’t get dirty? Technology to the rescue...

DNA stores our biological blueprint, and it can now store the blueprint of common objects too...

Poor living conditions is linked to depression in men, and anxiety in women...