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Oxford/AstraZeneca planning new trial of lower-dose jab to see how well it works in older people
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The long read: Jake Haendel spent months trapped in his body, silent and unmoving but fully conscious. Most people never emerge from ‘locked-in syndrome’, but as a doctor told him, everything about his case is bizarre -
With a number of Covid-19 vaccines seemingly on the way Nicola Davis talks to Prof Eleanor Riley about how they might help the body’s defence mechanisms fight the virus -
The renowned fossil hunter on the anti-African prejudice in palaeontology, her dream discovery, and bathing her daughter beside a baby hippo
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Katalin Karikó’s mRNA research helped pave way for Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna’s successful work -
Researchers worry PFAS, commonly found in the bodies of Americans, will reduce the immunization’s effectiveness -
Phase 2 trial data shows strong immune response in over-70s and better tolerance in older adults -
With potential injectable vaccines estimated to be out of reach for two-thirds of world’s population, scientists hope to find less-heat-sensitive formulations
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You’d be forgiven for thinking we would exit lockdown into something better, but his harsh tier system was our destiny, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
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Pioneered by a Turkish-German couple, its significance exceeds its practical value -
Do not demonise. To optimise the vaccine rollout, all of us must show respect to those who are unsure about inoculations, says behavioural strategist Will Hanmer-Lloyd -
Honesty, competence and a willingness to give us all the facts are essential for establishing who to trust, says statistician David Spiegelhalter
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The second part of Ian Sample’s 2016 interview with Prof Sir Roger Penrose, which includes a quantum theory of consciousness and the age-old question of whether mathematics is invented or discovered -
In this episode from 2016, the mathematician and physicist asks: has string theory become too fashionable? And do we place too much faith in quantum mechanics? -
Ian Sample speaks to Prof Edgar Jones about the comparative psychological impacts of the blitz bombings of London and the Covid-19 pandemic
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Other Lives: Engineer and physicist specialising in optics who worked on the Apollo 11 helmets -
Scientists hope remains, thought to be up to 5,000 years old, will deepen knowledge of whale species and of rising sea levels
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With a number of Covid-19 vaccines seemingly on the way Nicola Davis talks to Prof Eleanor Riley about how they might help the body’s defence mechanisms fight the virus
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The Chang'e-5 mission will seek to collect lunar material to help scientists understand more about the moon’s origins and formation.
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The CSIRO research vessel, Investigator, was off Tasmania's southern coast when a meteor was captured on its livestream camera
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Spacewatch UAE mission to Mars on course to arrive in February 2021