Long covid: Why are some people sick months after catching the virus?
28 October 2020
Millions of people may be experiencing long-term symptoms after recovering from covid-19 – possibly because the virus is hiding from the immune system
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There may not be life on Venus after all but we shouldn't despair
28 October 2020
New analyses have cast doubt on recent observations of phosphine gas in the atmosphere of Venus, a possible sign of life. Though disappointing, we must remember science will one day provide us with an answer
Do potatoes and tomatoes make rheumatoid arthritis worse?
28 October 2020
Claims that solanine, a toxic compound found in many plants, exacerbates arthritis are a staple of health columns – but there’s no sound science to back this up, finds James Wong
Why you probably aren't as moral as you think you are
28 October 2020
Thanks to virtual reality, we can run experiments that test what people will do in situations where lives are on the line. We often find people act against what they claim to regard as morally acceptable, says Sylvia Terbeck
How the US response to covid-19 broke its world-class health agencies
28 October 2020
A series of bad decisions and ill-judged policies, coupled with unrivalled political interference, has led to the FDA and CDC losing the trust of the public and scientists
Melbourne lockdown lifts as second wave of covid-19 is eliminated
27 October 2020
Australians have been celebrating the end of a strict lockdown in Melbourne after cases of coronavirus were eliminated in the state of Victoria
NASA confirms there is water on the moon that astronauts could use
26 October 2020
Two studies of water on the moon have confirmed that it may be more abundant and accessible to astronauts than previously thought
CRISPR weapon spread by bacterial sex could destroy deadly superbugs
26 October 2020
Bacteria armed with a CRISPR-based weapon that infects other microbes during the bacterial equivalent of sex could help us kill off dangerous antibiotic-resistant superbugs – if regulators approve their use
CRISPR turns normal body fat into a type that burns energy
23 October 2020
Animal studies suggest the metabolic conditions linked to obesity could be treated by using CRISPR gene editing to turn normal fat into heat-producing beige fat
Mathematicians have found the shortest route to visit 2 million stars
23 October 2020
The travelling salesman problem – finding the shortest route between many locations – is notoriously tough, but it has now been solved for a map of over 2 million stars
