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The swab test may be uncomfortable, but it is perfectly safe.
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¿Podrían estos medicamentos utilizarse como terapia contra el coronavirus?
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What makes us comply with the rules? Behavioural economics holds some clues for how to enforce coronavirus measures.
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Although they remain untested as a treatment, this suggests these drugs could be used as a therapeutic against the coronavirus.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death has opened up a battle for the vacant seat on the US Supreme Court.
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With a new vacancy on the US Supreme Court, Donald Trump has the opportunity to alter the court’s direction for decades. He’s not the first.
Principled revolutionaries: the Pilgrim Monument at Provincetown, Massachusetts.
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Puritan leaders argued vehemently for a church to be free of any higher authority – which caused problems in England and the new world.
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Interviews reveal personal toll of supporting people in dangerous situations over the phone.
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Black turbine blades seem to reduce bird collisions, but it’s important to know why.
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Turning on the subtitles can have a range of benefits for children’s reading and language learning.
Muscle mass is important for maintaining health and being active during older age.
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The vitamin could also protect against sarcopenia, which affects more than 50 million people globally.
Trump prays at the Values Voter Summit, a conference for social conservatives, in December 2019.
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Evangelicals used to stay out of party politics. No longer.
Restoring the mosque of Djenné in Mali.
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The next ten years will be a critical period in which research agendas can be developed.
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Enforced working from home during the pandemic levelled the playing field between remote and office-based workers.
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The UK was late at recognising smell loss as a COVID symptom.
Some super smellers even associate unpleasant memories or feelings of annoyance with certain smells.
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Hyperosmia is relatively rare, but there are many reasons a person might develop this condition – even temporarily.
A victim of the Aids pandemic is buried in Cape Town in 2004.
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The British press ignored the millions of deaths from HIV/Aids in Africa for far too long.
Some have become closer to neighbours, some have let friendships drift.
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Strong ties have been reinforced while other relationships have fallen by the wayside.
Michael Pack at his confirmation hearing in Washington, September 2019.
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New research shows that journalists tend to only resist government interference when they fear it will seriously damage their career prospects’.
Friends no longer: US president Donald Trump with his then national security adviser John Bolton in 2018.
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The former national security adviser seems likely to be sued and could face criminal liability.
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