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Coronavirus threat to global peace and stability, UN chief warnsAntonio Guterres says Covid-19 represents ‘fight of a generation’ as China wades into row between WHO and Taiwan Coronavirus – latest updates See all …
Elimination: what New Zealand's coronavirus response can teach the world | Michael Baker and Nick WilsonNew Zealand’s drive against Covid-19 is showing promise and it is not too late for other countries to follow Epidemiologists love to evoke the memory …
Let them eat play! Google makes its video game streaming service Stadia free for two monthsGoogle will make its video game streaming service Stadia free for two months while many around the world are living under restrictive shutdown …
Brown hares and chickens were treated as 'gods' not food when they arrived in BritainInstead of being seen as food, brown hares, chickens and even rabbits were associated with deities, and buried with care and intact, found experts …
'Implanted' memories are indistinguishable from real ones when told to other people say researchersStudy finds people listening to recounted criminal acts can only identify between what is a real or implanted memory with 53% accuracy - and most …
Scientists and tech companies open-source patents to help researchers studying COVID-19The 'Open Covid Pledge' is a an effort being backed by tech giants like Mozilla, Creative Commons, and Intel that has already made 72,000 patents …
Care homes across globe in spotlight over Covid-19 death ratesResidential homes have emerged as key breeding ground for infections from Madrid to New York Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus …
Army veterans are concerned the government is using them as 'guinea pigs' for COVID-19 studySome veterans of the Australian Defence Force have criticized a new study testing the effectiveness of antimalarial medication as a COVID-19 …
Computer scientist creates coronavirus database for the visually impairedTyler Littlefield, a software developer based in Boston, has created a database of COVID-19 statistics meant to be accessible to the aid devices used …
Tolkein was right: giant trees have towering role in protecting forestsStudy highlights importance of biodiversity as part of strategy to stop planet overheating Scientists have shown to be true what JRR Tolkien only …
UK government urged to abandon 'poor' finger-prick antibody testsNone of 3.5m home tests ordered have so far been accurate enough to detect coronavirus immunity Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus …
How to teach your iPhone's Face ID to recognize you even if you're wearing a surgical maskA new hack can train Apple's Face ID to recognize a user wearing mask. The tutorial shows a user folding a mask in half, laying it on one side of the …
App developed by Stanford and Apple walks first responders through the coronavirus testing processSpecifically, the app takes a survey of the user's symptoms to discern whether they have any signs of COVID-19, and then recommends for them to go get …
Cannabis IS addictive and causes withdrawal symptomsResearchers from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario used data from 23,000 marijuana users and discovered it is far more addictive than …
Hope, laughter and loss in this wretched time of coronavirusMatthew Cobb on finding hope in insect metamorphosis, Sue Smith on how Grace Dent and other female Guardian writers are offering solace and Linda …
Monkeys sailed across the Atlantic Ocean 34 million years agoThe crossing likely occurred when sea levels dropped temporarily, allowing the animals, called Ucayalipithecus perdita, to make the intrepid trip to …
Why the 5G coronavirus conspiracy theory is physically impossibleUK GP Gero Baiarda explained that 5G does not weaken the immune system and that viruses cannot travel by radio wave and can only enter the body at …
The next Great North American Solar Eclipse is just four years awayThe next Great North American Solar Eclipse will occur on April 8,2024. The event will last 139 minutes with a 100-mile wide path of totality, which …
Vets recruited to work in hospitals during coronavirus outbreakThey are volunteering with a trust in south-west England and are being invited to apply for jobs in Hampshire Coronavirus – latest updates See all …
Facebook could return to roots as social platform for college kids with unreleased 'Campus' featureAccording to references in Facebook's code, a feature called 'Campus' would only be accessible to college students and would require users joining to …
'Chaos and panic': Lancet editor says NHS was left unprepared for Covid-19
'Amazon for coronavirus' launches in France
'As if a storm hit': more than 30 Italian health workers have died since crisis began
Oxford University is looking for 500 health volunteers to test its coronavirus VACCINE
NASA satellite images show how China's lockdown during the coronavirus dimmed Wuhan
100 scientists stranded on Arctic ship during COVID-19 pandemic after countries shut down borders
Boris Johnson to warn UK: tougher lockdown may be necessary
Coronavirus outliers: four nations with very different approaches to the crisis
In a national crisis, people are desperate to believe in their leaders
The two tests that will help to predict spread of Covid-19
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