Health
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Conversation
What are reinfection and viral shedding?
Virologists explain the important differences.
By Lara Herrero and Eugene Madzokere, Griffith University Over recent weeks and months, we’ve heard of several CO...
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Hold on, that’s why we have fingerprints
Researchers explore the ridges, wet and dry.
Researchers have discovered that by regulating moisture levels, our fingerprints play a key role in our ability to gr...
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History
Henri Laborit feels our pain
French surgeon a pioneer of modern anaesthetics.
In her new book Anaesthesia: The Gift of Oblivion and the Mystery of Consciousness, Australian journalist Kate Cole-A...
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Mitochondria linked to health in space
Data of mice and men point in the same direction.
As we plan to send more people into space for more time, there’s a growing imperative to understand what spacetime do...
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Why gyms need to not smell like gyms
It could provide motivation in more ways than one.
Scientists have put forward a couple of new reasons why gyms need to smell a bit different. The first is a study ...
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Update
COVID news and trends @ 27 November
A digest of science and reporting highlights.
The numbers Global As at 19:03 CET on Wednesday 25 November, cases confirmed worldwide by national authorities ...
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Social connection is something we crave
The brain has similar responses to isolation and fasting.
Just one day of forced social isolation evokes a similar neural response as food deprivation, US scientists have foun...
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Popcorn’s not the real problem here
Study reveals how badly they eat in the movies.
What you eat at the movies may be less of an issue than what you watch others eat. A new study reveals that nearly...
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History
Hans Berger has a real brainstorm
Accident inspires a career and the invention of EEG.
Hans Berger, inventor of electroencephalography, wanted to investigate the mysteries of the stars but ended up reveal...
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Conversation
How to read reports of COVID vaccine trials
An epidemiologist’s guide to the important bits.
By Adrian Esterman, University of South Australia It’s been a busy week or so for news about COVID vaccines. Firs...
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Update
COVID news and trends @ 20 November
A digest of science and reporting highlights.
The numbers Globally, COVID daily case numbers have plateaued slightly in the past few days after reaching a recor...
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More reasons to try to sleep right
Studies examine risks of heart failure and asthma.
Two new observational studies have highlighted some possible health advantages of regularly getting a good night’s (r...