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Health

There will be another pandemic. Thankfully, we already know what to do

Life

Why icy moons like Europa are our best bet for finding alien life

Health

The four major public health threats we need to act on now

Health

This won’t be the last pandemic. Where will the next one come from?

Health

We knew how to prevent a pandemic like covid-19, so what went wrong?

Health

The pandemic playbook: A step-by-step guide to containing an outbreak

Table of contents

Leaders

Health

There will be another pandemic. Thankfully, we already know what to do

A battle plan for dealing with the inevitable next pandemic already exists 鈥� but it will take money and staying power to use it effectively when it is needed

快猫短视频

Health

Coronavirus second waves emerge in several US states as they reopen

As they reopen, several US states are seeing rises in coronavirus cases and hospitalisations 鈥� but this may also be driven by poor health care and lags in contact tracing

Health

Global total of confirmed coronavirus cases has passed 8 million

Health

How can international travel resume during the coronavirus pandemic?

Health

How many of us are likely to have caught the coronavirus so far?

Space

The cosmic web that connects galaxies together may be spinning

Health

Genetically modified goats can produce cancer drugs in their milk

Humans

快猫短视频s around the world are striking against racism in academia

Technology

Indian military tests eye-tracking tech to help pilots control planes

Health

Turning the spleen into a liver saves mice from fatal organ damage

Life

Ancient footprints could be from a crocodile that walked on two legs

Life

Brain switch lets us control a kind of suspended animation in mice

Humans

An artist carved this tiny bird sculpture 13,000 years ago in China

Analysis

Protesters

Humans

#ShutDownSTEM strike was a start, but real action on racism is needed

After various scientific institutions pledged support during the strike against racism in science, many Black academics want to see real action

Physics

Why neutrinos are the strangest particles in the Standard Model

Aperture

Environment

Flamingos fly over the alien-like landscape of Kenya鈥檚 Lake Magadi

Flamingos fly across a lake of multicoloured swirls in the Great Rift valley in this shot by US photographer Phillip Chang

Features

Health

We knew how to prevent a pandemic like covid-19, so what went wrong?

Some nations weren't prepared, others ignored best-laid plans. Why getting ready for next time has to start now

Health

This won’t be the last pandemic. Where will the next one come from?

Health

The pandemic playbook: A step-by-step guide to containing an outbreak

Health

The four major public health threats we need to act on now

Life

Why icy moons like Europa are our best bet for finding alien life

Culture

Life

There’s a bird that tricks other animals into dropping their lunch

The Bird Way by Jennifer Ackerman explores how small monitoring devices are helping researchers get closer to birds than ever before to uncover hidden aspects of their lives

Humans

Don’t miss: Brain-warping series Dark is back for its final season

Humans

Why it’s more fun to be a mischievous goose than a blood-thirsty shark

More

Tom Gauld’s beautifully simple, but completely useless theory

Tom Gauld's weekly cartoon

Twisteddoodles explains why baking is like science

Regulars

The strange case of a jam-cream quantum superposition

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

This Week鈥檚 Letters

This week鈥檚 new questions

How much cloud cover is there? Readers give their answers

What’s the difference between an electric and a magnetic field?

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