Quick crossword #79: Medical study of the ear (7)
25 March 2021
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We must reinvent urban spaces to improve the health of city dwellers
24 March 2021
The pandemic has driven home the connections between access to green space and our physical and mental health - we should use this to reinvent our cities
How to create a garden that's perfect for pollinators
24 March 2021
Many species of pollinating insects are in decline in the UK. Here's how home gardeners can help turn things around with the right plants, says Clare Wilson
Does local honey really work as a hay fever cure?
24 March 2021
Eating local honey is often recommended as a treatment for hay fever. Does it have any effect? James Wong investigates
Kate Crawford interview: How AI is exploiting people and the planet
24 March 2021
Beyond the headline breakthroughs, artificial intelligence is a global industrial complex. Having explored its political and social implications, Kate Crawford at Microsoft Research is now focusing on the infrastructure underpinning AI
Huge rogue waves rise from nowhere to sink ships. Can we predict them?
24 March 2021
Freak waves cause death and destruction at sea. As climate change looks set to make them more extreme, researchers are scrambling to find ways to predict when and where these killers will strike
Mistrust fuels covid-19 vaccine doubts in Colombia's Indigenous groups
24 March 2021
Poor communication and lack of transparency from the Colombian government are fuelling vaccine hesitancy among many Indigenous communities who are already among the most vulnerable to covid-19
Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy is declining as global roll-out ramps up
24 March 2021
People in many rich nations are becoming more willing to have a covid-19 vaccine, matching attitudes in poorer countries where most people say they would accept a jab when available
Europeans get cold feet over covid-19 vaccines as third wave hits
23 March 2021
More than half of people in France, Germany and Spain believe that the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine is unsafe, according to a YouGov poll, as a third wave of infections hits Europe
Microbe somehow survives without key proteins for replicating its DNA
23 March 2021
A microbe called Carpediemonas membranifera lacks a key set of proteins thought essential for copying DNA, and therefore for reproduction
