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Performers Could Sing or Play Softly to Reduce Covid Risk, Study Shows
Research suggests musicians can reduce infections by decreasing volume.

Diarrhoea and Vomiting May Be Key Sign of Covid in Children
Research suggests stomach trouble more predictive of virus in young people than a cough.

How the Race for a Covid-19 Vaccine is Getting Dirty
Scientists worldwide are working against the clock to find a viable coronavirus vaccine - but are corners being cut for the sake of political gain and profit?

Obesity Increases Risk of Covid-19 Death by 48%, Study Finds
Comprehensive study suggests vaccine may not work as well for overweight people.

Money for Nothing: German University Offers 'idleness Grants'
A German university is offering “idleness grants” to applicants who are seriously committed to doing sweet nothing.This indolence project is a serious look at societal values of success versus sustainability, says Hamburg arts college.

Images Exploring Pain of Depression Win Wellcome Photography Prize
Arseniy Neskhodimov named overall winner of photography prize for his series Prozac.

Rising Temperatures Will Cause More Deaths Than All Infectious Diseases - Study
Poorer, hotter parts of the world will struggle to adapt to unbearable conditions, research finds

WHO Underplaying Risk of Airborne Spread of Covid-19, Say Scientists
Open letter says there is emerging evidence of potential for aerosol transmission.

The Arctic Heatwave: Here's What We Know
It's 38C in Siberia. The science may be complicated - but the need for action now couldn't be clearer, says climate scientist Tamsin Edwards.

Covid-19 Can Damage Lungs of Victims Beyond Recognition, Expert Says
Organs of some who die after over a month in hospital sustain 'complete disruption', peers told.

'It's What Students Look For': the Dutch University That's Only Hiring Women
'It's What Students Look For': the Dutch University That's Only Hiring Women
Just 15% of professors at Eindhoven University of Technology were women until it introduced a radical new scheme.

The Lancet's Editor: 'The UK's Response to Coronavirus is the Greatest Science Policy Failure for a Generation'
Covid-19 Studies Based on Flawed Surgisphere Data Force Medical Journals to Review Processes
Covid-19 Studies Based on Flawed Surgisphere Data Force Medical Journals to Review Processes
New England Journal of Medicine and Lancet peer reviewers did not see raw data behind findings before publication.

The Lancet Has Made One of the Biggest Retractions in Modern History. How Could This Happen?
The Lancet Has Made One of the Biggest Retractions in Modern History. How Could This Happen?
The now retracted paper halted hydroxychloroquine trials. Studies like this determine how people live or die tomorrow.

Governments and WHO Changed Covid-19 Policy Based on Suspect Data from Tiny US Company
Governments and WHO Changed Covid-19 Policy Based on Suspect Data from Tiny US Company
Surgisphere, whose employees appear to include a sci-fi writer and adult content model, provided database behind Lancet and New England Journal of Medicine hydroxychloroquine studies.

Covid-19 Expert Karl Friston: 'Germany May Have More Immunological "dark Matter"'
Covid-19 Study on Hydroxychloroquine Use Questioned by 120 Researchers and Medical Professionals
Covid-19 Study on Hydroxychloroquine Use Questioned by 120 Researchers and Medical Professionals
More than 120 researchers and medical professionals from around the world have written an open letter to the editor of the Lancet raising serious concerns about a large and widely publicised global study that prompted the World Health Organisation to halt several Covid-19 clinical trials.

Llama Antibodies Could Help Fight Coronavirus, Study Finds
Researchers hope llama antibodies could help protect humans who have not been infected.

UK Scientists Furious over Attempt to Censor Covid-19 Advice
Government scientific advisers are furious at what they see as an attempt to censor their advice on government proposals during the Covid-19 lockdown by heavily redacting an official report before it was released to the public.

No-deal Brexit Could Wreck UK's Chance of Leading Covid-19 Global Research
Coronavirus Means Science is Suddenly Being Done Differently - and So is Politics
Halt Destruction of Nature or Suffer Even Worse Pandemics, Say World's Top Scientists
Halt Destruction of Nature or Suffer Even Worse Pandemics, Say World's Top Scientists
Only one species is responsible for coronavirus - humans - say world's leading wildlife experts.

US Stays Away As World Leaders Agree Action on Covid-19 Vaccine
Global leaders have pledged to accelerate cooperation on a coronavirus vaccine and to share research, treatment and medicines across the globe. But the United States did not take part.

Air Pollution May Be 'key Contributor' to Covid-19 Deaths - Study
Research shows almost 80% of deaths across four countries were in most polluted regions.
