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Pedestrians walk past images of workers of Britain's National Health Service (NHS) fixed to hoardings outside a temporary field hospital, set up in the grounds of St George's Hospital in Tooting, south London on January 5, 2022. - Britain's state-run National Health Service (NHS) is struggling with staff forced to stay at home after testing positive, and Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised action to plug staffing gaps in the worst-hit areas. The reactivation of emergency

Health

We shouldn't dismiss 'incidental' covid-19 infections in UK hospitals

Statistics for covid-19 in hospitals aren’t overblown, because even if people are in hospital for something else, adding covid-19 into the equation puts an extra burden on health services

Analysis

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Environment

The Amazon has descended into lawlessness in Jair Bolsonaro’s Brazil

Analysis

A person walks past a mural of medical workers in Mérida, Mexico, in February

Health

Should I worry about 'deltacron' and other covid-19 recombinants?

Analysis

Satellite image of Chernobyl

Technology

Could nuclear material stolen from Chernobyl be used in a dirty bomb?

Analysis

Satellite imagery of destroyed homes and buildings in Sumy, Ukraine on 14 March

Technology

Is Russia getting ready to use chemical weapons in Ukraine?

Analysis

FMRI scan during working memory tasks

Mind

Brain scanning studies are usually too small to find reliable results

Analysis

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Kin Cheung/AP/Shutterstock (12833050v) Health workers from mainland China work at the Huo-Yan (Fire Eye) Laboratory, an inflatable mobile testing lab in Hong Kong, . Hong Kong has ramped up its testing capacity with the help of inflatable mobile laboratories, as the city grapples with tens of thousands of COVID-19 cases daily Virus Outbreak , Hong Kong, Hong Kong - 04 Mar 2022

Health

Why has the omicron coronavirus variant hit Hong Kong so hard?

Analysis

Vladimir Putin

Humans

Would Vladimir Putin really use nuclear weapons in Ukraine?

Analysis

Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan, China, in January 2020

Health

A detailed look at the coronavirus's first days at a Wuhan market

Analysis

Building on fire

Technology

Is Russia winning the disinformation war in Ukraine?

Russia has flooded social media with disinformation as part of its offensive on Ukraine, but unlike its previous campaigns to spread falsehoods, few people seem to be falling for it

Analysis

Technology

Will Russia’s invasion of Ukraine trigger a massive cyberwar?

Analysis

Environment

Germany halts Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia – what's next?

Analysis

Environment

Can a tech billionaire squash Australia’s coal industry by buying it?

Analysis

Technology

Cryptocurrency crimes have got too big for the US government to ignore

Analysis