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    Coronavirus spreads from mink to humans

    What does transmission of coronavirus from mink to humans mean for the future vaccine?

  2. Osiris Rex stows asteroid material

    Science news and highlights of the week

  3. Nasa probe Osiris Rex lands on asteroid

    Science news and highlights of the week

  4. Covid -19 mortality

    Why is there such a range in the number of deaths from Covid -19 between countries?

  5. Do Covid鈥�19 mutations matter?

    Results from the most detailed investigation to date into mutations in the Covid-19 virus

  6. Are children the biggest Covid-19 spreaders?

    Are children are spreading the virus more than any other group

  7. Why Covid -19 vaccines may not stop transmission

    They're only designed to prevent disease developing, none have been tested against spread

  8. Malaria resistance breakthrough

    Discovered in East Africa, the finding holds promise for completely new treatments.

  9. Covid -19 science versus politics

    Are the politicians finally coming round to the scientist鈥檚 views on the way forward?

  10. Nyiragongo - is Goma under threat?

    More than 2 million people live around this volcano, which has become more active

  11. Covid-19 Therapy Controversy

    Is convalescent plasma really a 鈥榯remendous鈥� treatment for Covid-19?

  12. Trouble in Greenland

    Greenland Ice Sheet; stalagmites & climate change;

  13. Putin鈥檚 Covid-19 vaccine

    Despite widespread alarm, Russia is not about to roll out an untested vaccine.

  14. Counting the heat health threat from climate change

    Future heat death toll; infections we catch from wildlife;

  15. NASA rover heads for Mars ancient lake

    NASA 2020 rover launched on fresh search for life on Mars

  16. Making a Covid-19 vaccine for two billion people

    The challenge of making two billion Covid-19 vaccine doses within the year.

  17. How long do Covid-19 antibodies last?

    New research on how long our defences against the coronavirus last.

  18. Rwanda鈥檚 game changing coronavirus test

    African scientists have developed a reliable, quicker and cheaper mass testing method

  19. Covid-19 and children

    Why a minority become gravely ill is still a mystery

  20. Record high temperatures 鈥� in the Arctic

    Siberia has seen 38 degrees Celsius, 100 degrees Fahrenheit

  21. Covid -19 hope for severe cases

    A readily available drug prevents some deaths, and others may also be useful

  22. Food security, locusts and Covid -19

    Efforts to irradiate locust swarms and save harvests continue despite the pandemic

  23. The medical complexity of Covid -19

    Understanding viral damage to the brain and heart

  24. Brazil鈥檚 Covid chaos

    Numbers of cases and deaths may be much higher than official figures show

  25. Covid -19 Vaccines

    More than a hundred vaccines are in development to fight the virus

  26. Loosening lockdown

    Understanding which situations pose the highest risk for virus transmission is key.

  27. Covid -19 new hope from blood tests

    Research from New York shows how our own immune response is responding to Covid 19

  28. Ebola drug offers hope for Covid-19

    Early trials suggest Remdesivir can aid recovery

  29. Presidents and pandemics

    Why they don鈥檛 mix

  30. Italy, getting Covid 19 under control

    Tentative steps to relax the lockdown

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