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Quick crossword #78: Alloy used in dentistry (7)

Quick crossword #78: Alloy used in dentistry (7)

11 March 2021

Challenge your brain by solving New Scientist's weekly crosswords on your mobile, tablet or desktop


Vaccination isn’t the quick coronavirus solution many of us hoped for

Vaccination isn’t the quick coronavirus solution many of us hoped for

10 March 2021

Varying national approaches to dealing with the coronavirus and variance in how people respond to vaccines put new hurdles on the path to beating covid-19


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Puzzle #104: Can you figure out how the football season turned out?

10 March 2021

Can you solve this week’s tricky puzzle, Soccerdoku? Plus the answer to puzzle #103


How to make fabulous pizza using slow science

How to make fabulous pizza using slow science

10 March 2021

One top trick to making great pizza at home means starting up to five days before you eat it. It’s all down to the science of fermentation, says Sam Wong


Extinction denialism is a worrying new anti-science movement

Extinction denialism is a worrying new anti-science movement

10 March 2021

There are a growing number of people who deny the threats that many species face. It is a worrying trend, writes Graham Lawton


Cold-water swimming: What are the real risks and health benefits?

Cold-water swimming: What are the real risks and health benefits?

10 March 2021

Social media is awash with people claiming that regular cold dips have transformed their health and well-being. We investigate whether it is actually good for you


Fukushima 10 years on: How locals are returning after nuclear disaster

Fukushima 10 years on: How locals are returning after nuclear disaster

10 March 2021

The meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant saw locals evacuate the area. Ten years later, they have begun to return


Quantum weirdness isn’t weird – if we accept objects don’t exist

Quantum weirdness isn’t weird – if we accept objects don’t exist

10 March 2021

We can grasp the truth about the quantum world, says physicist Carlo Rovelli – as long as we abandon our most cherished assumption about what’s real and what’s not


Should you get a test to measure antibodies after a covid-19 vaccine?

Should you get a test to measure antibodies after a covid-19 vaccine?

10 March 2021

New "immunity tracker" tests that claim to measure your precise antibody levels after infection or a covid-19 vaccine are for sale, but the results might not be as useful as they seem


Giving vaccine to older people first could help the coronavirus evolve

Giving vaccine to older people first could help the coronavirus evolve

10 March 2021

The strategy of vaccinating the eldest first may save the most lives in the short term, but also has the greatest risk of creating variants that escape vaccine immunity


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