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What should a second coronavirus lockdown look like in Europe?

What should a second coronavirus lockdown look like in Europe?

30 September 2020

As cases rise across Western Europe, are second lockdowns inevitable? If so, what should they look like and will they be different to last time?


How your computer can help defeat the coronavirus while you sleep

How your computer can help defeat the coronavirus while you sleep

30 September 2020

Thanks to the Folding@home project, millions of people are helping scientists understand the structure of proteins in the new coronavirus, finds Layal Liverpool


Raised by Wolves review: Stunning sci-fi set on a real exoplanet

Raised by Wolves review: Stunning sci-fi set on a real exoplanet

30 September 2020

HBO's Raised by Wolves is an original and visually stunning science-fiction series set on a recently discovered exoplanet. It has echoes of Prometheus, Alien and Dune, says Emily Wilson


Inside one of Australia's super-strict coronavirus quarantine hotels

Inside one of Australia's super-strict coronavirus quarantine hotels

29 September 2020

Perth and other Australian cities have some of the world’s strictest quarantine policies. Donna Lu reports from quarantine as Australia successfully quashes its second wave of covid-19


Covid-19 testing

Europe's second covid-19 wave is here but is it bigger than the first?

29 September 2020

Several countries are reporting more daily covid-19 cases than during the first wave in March, though the higher numbers may be due to more people being tested


People partying

Let the coronavirus spread among young people? It’s not a good idea

29 September 2020

As a rise in cases of covid-19 is met with anti-lockdown protests, a small minority are arguing that we should let the virus rip through the young and healthy


Paleo diet shop

The paleo diet may make your biological age older than your real age

28 September 2020

A new way of calculating biological age based on the bacteria in our gut has thrown up some surprising results, including that people on the paleo diet are biologically almost two years older than their real age


Blood test could reveal if you will experience the placebo effect

Blood test could reveal if you will experience the placebo effect

23 September 2020

People who respond to the placebo effect have proteins in their blood that are linked to controlling inflammation, which may help to explain how a placebo makes us feel better


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