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Coronavirus variant names are too confusing - there is a better way

Coronavirus variant names are too confusing - there is a better way

3 March 2021

The names given to new coronavirus variants and bacteria can be difficult to use or understand. Using a pre-generated list of names would be better, says Mark Pallen
We may have to rewrite our understanding of gravity

We may have to rewrite our understanding of gravity

3 March 2021

There is a mismatch between two ways of measuring galactic mass. Dark matter is one way to solve it, but so is rewriting the laws of gravity, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

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