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Coronavirus spreads from mink to humans
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Osiris Rex stows asteroid material
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NASA probe Osiris Rex lands on asteroid
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Why is there such a range in the number of deaths from Covid -29 between countries? A study of...
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Do Covid – 19 mutations matter?
Data from clinical investigations has suggested that a specific mutation in the SARS-Cov -2 virus...
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Are children the biggest Covid-19 spreaders?
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Why Covid -19 vaccines may not stop transmission
While vaccines against Covid -19 are being developed at unprecedented speed, none of them have...
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Malaria resistance breakthrough
Some East Africans have a genetic mutation which gives them resistance to Malaria. Investigations...
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Malaria resistance breakthrough
Some East Africans have a genetic mutation which gives them resistance to Malaria. Investigations...
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Monitoring Covid-19, harvests and space junk
Roland Pease reports from the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s annual...
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Covid -19 science versus politics
With the announcement in the UK of investment in rapid testing for people who may not have Covid...
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Nyiragongo - is Goma under threat?
A new survey of the volcano's activity suggests there may be an eruption in the next 4 to 7...
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This week Science in Action examines the evidence around the Trump Administration’s emergency use...
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Has the loss from Greenland’s vast ice sheet reached a tipping point? According to glaciologist...
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Russia’s President Putin announced the registration of a vaccine for coronavirus. This was...
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Counting the heat health threat from climate change
If the world does not curb its greenhouse gas emissions, by the end of this century, the number...
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Making a Covid-19 vaccine for two billion people
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How long do Covid-19 antibodies last?
Science in Action looks at some of the latest research on the response of our immune system to...
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How long do Covid-19 antibodies last?
Science in Action looks at some of the latest research on the response of our immune system to...
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