Science
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Ground-penetrating radar used to map undiscovered buildings at Falerii Novi
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Arab world’s first interplanetary mission will see probe orbit planet for a Martian year to study its climate
CV explained thrasher
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Brazil reports 30,000 new cases in 24 hours; Sweden says keeping schools open did not lead to outbreaks; shortage of test kits ‘leading to spread in Africa’. This blog is now closed
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Study prompts further criticism that chances to suppress infection early in outbreak were missed
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Science Weekly podcast
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The team behind our popular podcast reflect on how the threat of Covid-19 has galvanised the scientific community
Key issues
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A second wave of coronavirus cases would be disastrous – but there are ways to prevent this happening, says global public health academic Prof Devi Sridhar
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From ‘underlying health conditions’ to ‘suicide by cop’, structural racism has a vocabulary, says academic Patricia Williams
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Multimedia
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The launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon crew capsule from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center to the International Space Station (ISS) marked the first time since 2011 that humans had blasted off into orbit from US soil
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The channel's latest hit is The Miracle Sudoku, a strangely compelling 25-minute video in which a puzzler takes on a seemingly impossible grid.
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Unseen for 85 years, this vision from a 1935 travelogue captures 'Benjamin', the last-known surviving thylacine at Beaumaris Zoo in Hobart
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Australian photographer Christian Bowman from Queensland was among Australians waking up before the sun rose to capture images of the Eta Aquarids meteor showerAustralians told to look to the skies early Wednesday for best views
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We asked you to share your shots of April’s lunar spectacular. Here’s a selection of our favourites
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Alan Turing obituary – archive, 10 June 1954