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Health

Estimates of the predicted coronavirus death toll have little meaning

Humans

Human evolution: The astounding new story of the origin of our species

Health

Coronavirus treatment: What drugs could work and when can we get them?

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Leaders

Health

Estimates of the predicted coronavirus death toll have little meaning

With all the unknowns about covid-19, any numbers you hear about death tolls or how long restrictions will last should be taken not just with a pinch of salt but with a sack of it

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Health

New York City鈥檚 coronavirus outbreak is already overwhelming hospitals

New York City is the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak in the US and hospitals are already struggling to treat everyone with covid-19, though the outbreak may not peak for three weeks

Health

Will the spread of covid-19 be affected by changing seasons?

Health

Does a high viral load or infectious dose make covid-19 worse?

Health

The hunt for patient zero: Where did the coronavirus outbreak start?

Environment

Covid-19 has caused a drop in emissions 鈥� but it鈥檚 not a climate fix

Health

How long does coronavirus stay on surfaces and can they infect you?

Technology

Soya protein can help make lab-grown beef with the texture of meat

Mind-reading AI turns thoughts into words using a brain implant

Mars may have had hot springs millions of years ago

Physics

We now know what causes wine 鈥榣egs鈥� to drip down inside a glass

Earth

Rock peeling off continents may have triggered biggest mass extinction

Technology

World鈥檚 most essential open-source code to be stored in Arctic vault

Space

Pluto formed quickly with a deep ocean covering its entire surface

Physics

Even a computer the size of the universe can鈥檛 predict everything

Health

Hepatitis C infection rates are being cut by testing and treatment

Health

Eating too much salt seems to impair body’s ability to fight bacteria

Environment

The ozone layer is healing and redirecting wind flows around the globe

Health

Higher step count linked to lower yearly risk of death, up to a point

Humans

Farming and art arose in New Guinea at same time as Europe and Asia

Technology

Spring-powered shoes could help us run more than 50 per cent faster

Health

The bacteria in a mother鈥檚 gut may protect babies from food allergies

Analysis

Covid-19 test

Health

Will a home antibody test for covid-19 really be a game changer?

UK prime minister Boris Johnson has said a mass-produced antibody test for covid-19 that can be done at home will be a game changer - but this type of test has limitations

Health

Which covid-19 patients will get a ventilator if there’s a shortage?

Environment

Our approach to covid-19 can also help tackle climate change

Health

How to get the health benefits of nature when you鈥檙e stuck inside

Aperture

Earth

Incredible close-up images of the natural world recognised with awards

Ethereal photos of life鈥檚 building blocks, Earth鈥檚 toughest creature and a close-up of a gem win Olympus Global Image of the Year Life Science Light Microscopy Award regional prizes

Features

Humans

Human evolution: The astounding new story of the origin of our species

Forget the simple out-of-Africa idea of how humans evolved. A huge array of fossils and genome studies has completely rewritten the story of how we came into being.

Health

Coronavirus treatment: What drugs could work and when can we get them?

Culture

David Attenborough in Chernobyl, Ukraine while recording his latest documentary

Environment

David Attenborough鈥檚 A Life on Our Planet is a powerful call to action

David Attenborough鈥檚 highly personal new documentary A Life On Our Planet allows the nature filmmaker to say what he really thinks about our destructive ways

Humans

Don鈥檛 Miss: US on coronavirus, quake escape and the upside of slowdown

Physics

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin: The unsung discoverer of star chemistry

Humans

Providence review: Chilling sci-fi where an AI becomes god by accident

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Tom Gauld 4/4

Tom Gauld on when your trouser pockets aren鈥檛 big enough

Tom Gauld's weekly cartoon

Health

The science of crispy: how to make perfect pork crackling

Twisteddoodles on how bird researchers view humans

Humans

The science of boredom can tell us how to keep ourselves amused

Regulars

Feedback鈥檚 syllabus for teaching children maths at home

Feedback is our weekly column of bizarre stories, implausible advertising claims, confusing instructions and more

This Week鈥檚 Letters

Aural enhancement: Do people with bigger ears have better hearing?

Lend a hand: Is there an advantage to being left or right-handed?

This week鈥檚 new questions

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