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The UK and Freedom Day: What The Numbers Say

102

New malaria drug cures with one dose

103

Increasing likelihood of extreme heatwaves

104

Hygiene doesn't harm immune development

105

Rivers don't always recover after drought

106

'Dragon Man' skull: our closest relative?

107

T-rex teens fill mid-size predator gap

108

Sharks use Earth's magnetic field as a map

109

Pesticide antidote might help struggling bees

110

Covid viruses, vaccines and variants

111

Mouse plague in Australia

112

Sperm and squid in space

113

Cells reprogrammed to make synthetic polymers

114

Motherless gorillas and how hummingbirds hum

115

New process may transform mining

116

Vodka from Chernobyl on its way to UK

117

Loan applications rejected more around midday

118

Camera based on shrimp eye sees cancer cells

119

SciHub: are they stealing your data?

120

Plants affected by noise pollution

121

Biological target for future anorexia drugs

122

Ancient DNA extracted from cave dirt

123

New treatment for paracetamol overdose

124

Masks on the beach and in beer gardens? C'mon...

125

Genetics behind why rabbits hop

126

Spinosaurus: was it a giant, toothy heron?

127

The world of fungi inside seed banks

128

Eagle killer identified

129

Industrial yeast impairs gut wound healing

130

Wildfire smoke detected in stratosphere

131

Cone snails seduce prey with pheromones

132

Modelling concussion with eggs

133

Diabetes drug trialled to treat obesity

134

Bile ducts grown in lab can repair livers

135

COVID: seeking herd immunity by vaccination

136

Covid-19 latest and the flu surge in waiting

137

Treating osteoarthritis with antidepressants

138

An ancient freshwater Arctic ocean

139

Traffic noise makes crickets pick bad mates

140

Australia takes on Google

141

Millipedes disrupting trains

142

Growing roots in compacted soil

143

Soothing surgical patients

144

COVID Vaccines: the EU debacle

145

Cats, catnip, and curious chemicals

146

Knitting: a short history

147

Flashy dinosaur fossil described

148

COVID-19: can the new variant defeat vaccines

149

Winter traditions: scientifically speaking

150

Universal Flu Vaccine

151

Inhaled vaccines cross from lungs to blood

152

Dreaming during the coronavirus pandemic

153

AstraZeneca's Covid Vaccine

154

Alzheimer's: early detection via AI

155

Octopuses taste with their tentacles

156

Obesity: modelling the effects of TV ads

157

Carlos Rodriguez: Founder of eSports team G2

158

Drug discovery via sea squirt

159

Brain cells making choices: pizza, or pasta?

160

Smelling history: from AI to chemistry

161

Pfizer vaccine: an immunologist explains

162

MS vaccine using your own brain cells

163

Pfizer announce Covid-19 vaccine

164

COVID: The Swedish Strategy

165

HFpEF: heart failure type is underserved

166

UK Back in Lockdown

167

Covid control and the economy

168

Ten equations that rule the world

169

Daylight Saving Time: a history

170

Plastic recycling: the one pot method

171

Glitter litter: the dark side of dazzle

172

How not to get fooled by graphs

173

Stop littering in space!

174

Protected land: UK facing biodiversity crisis

175

Bee microbiome smells tell nestmates apart

176

Alien life: a zoologist's guide

177

Jim Gazzard: adapting teaching to Covid-19

178

UK Covid-19 second wave

179

Cambridge and Covid: a new academic year

180

The many ends of the universe

181

Magical manipulation... of animals?

182

Gene editing to reverse myotonic dystrophy

183

When will we get a Covid-19 vaccine?

184

Bradykinin and Covid-19: what's the link?

185

Dream analysis with AI

186

Why is Death Valley so hot?

187

Smartphones that can tell if you're drunk

188

Genetic risk for PTSD

189

Covid-19 update: spread, tests and vaccines

190

Goosebumps cause hair growth

191

Big carnivores disappear from panda reserves

192

Sperm Movement: Swim 'N' Roll

193

ITER - The build begins

194

Covid outbreaks: local lockdowns

195

Red light restores vision in aged eyes

196

Artificial liver progress

197

Painted fruit and veg reveal plant origins

198

Deafness gene identified

199

Covid: Are we facing a second wave?

200

Is COVID-19 causing a global food crisis?