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Covid-19 news: South Africa may be entering its fifth coronavirus wave

Covid-19 news: South Africa may be entering its fifth coronavirus...

A regular round-up of the latest coronavirus news, plus insight, features and interviews...

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The US has a new plan to help tackle criminals using drones

The US has a new plan to help tackle criminals using drones

Current legislation prevents local law enforcement in the US from shooting down...

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Space test dummies will measure female radiation risk for first time

Space test dummies will measure female radiation risk for...

Two mannequins designed to represent female bodies will measure radiation exposure...

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Methane emissions from cows spotted from space for the first time

Methane emissions from cows spotted from space for the...

Satellite used to identify California farm as source of methane plumes, marking...

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Virtual meetings make creative problem-solving harder

Virtual meetings make creative problem-solving harder

People come up with fewer creative solutions to a problem when they discuss ideas...

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First one-way superconductor could slash energy used by computers

First one-way superconductor could slash energy used by...

A serendipitous experiment has demonstrated a superconductor that lets electricity...

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Watch a jumping robot that could one day leap across the moon

Watch a jumping robot that could one day leap across the...

A robot that could cover half a kilometre per jump on the moon may be the ideal...

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Over a fifth of reptile species are at risk of extinction

Over a fifth of reptile species are at risk of extinction

A global study has found that farming, logging, urban development and invasive species...

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Chemical waste can be recycled into a range of drugs and fertilisers

Chemical waste can be recycled into a range of drugs and...

Researchers used software to identify drugs and fertilisers that can be made from...

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Discovery of a genetic cause of lupus could lead to new treatments

Discovery of a genetic cause of lupus could lead to new...

Scientists sequenced the DNA of a 7-year-old girl with severe lupus, which suggests...

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Controversial claim that the universe is skewed could upend cosmology

Controversial claim that the universe is skewed could upend...

Our understanding of the universe is underpinned by the cosmological principle:...

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MIT investigates how the Oreo crumbles

MIT investigates how the Oreo crumbles

As researchers reveal new insights into how creme-filled sandwich biscuits split...

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We need to stop political spin from polluting public trust in science

We need to stop political spin from polluting public trust...

Keeping science and politics socially distanced from each other is the best way...

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The Matter of Everything review: A pacy look at 20th-century physics

The Matter of Everything review: A pacy look at 20th-century...

From the discovery of the first subatomic particle to the confirmation of the Higgs...

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People visited Stonehenge site thousands of years before it was built

People visited Stonehenge site thousands of years before...

Archaeological work at Blick Mead, a site near Stonehenge, reveals that people were...

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A small Irish community survived a millennium of plagues and famines

A small Irish community survived a millennium of plagues...

Analysis of pollen preserved in peat at Slieveanorra in the Antrim hills reveals...