This DIY contact tracing app helps people exposed to COVID-19 remember who they met
With new US COVID-19 cases topping 200,000 a day, contact tracers are overwhelmed. Here's how infected people can start tracing and notifying contacts themselves.
yesterday • ~7 min
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Basking sharks travel in extended families with their own 'gourmet maps' of feeding spots, genetic tagging reveals
The latest research reveals basking sharks are not lone predators but rather family-minded creatures with a fancy for fine dining with their own folk.
yesterday • ~8 min
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Children's climate change case at the European Court of Human Rights: what's at stake?
Six Portuguese youngsters say 33 countries have violated their human rights by causing climate change.
yesterday • ~7 min
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How do archaeologists know where to dig?
Archaeologists used to dig primarily at sites that were easy to find thanks to obvious visual clues. But technology – and listening to local people – plays a much bigger role now.
yesterday • ~10 min
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I'm an astronomer and I think aliens may be out there – but UFO sightings aren't persuasive
Scientists are not convinced by the current evidence of UFOs. That doesn't mean that they don't exist. But have Americans' belief in UFOs gone from science to a new religion?
yesterday • ~7 min
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New DIY contact tracing app expands the fight against COVID-19, using the science of memory
With new US COVID-19 cases topping 200,000 a day, contact tracers are overwhelmed. Here's how infected people can start tracing and notifying contacts themselves.
yesterday • ~7 min
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Intimate partner violence has increased during pandemic, emerging evidence suggests
Calls for help to domestic violence shelters have risen during the pandemic, as risk factors for the escalation of violence have gone up. It may be time to implement new strategies to help.
yesterday • ~6 min
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Can countries end overfishing and plastic pollution in just 10 years?
An international agreement has set an ambitious deadline for action on some of the biggest problems facing the world's oceans.
yesterday • ~7 min
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UK plans to slash carbon emissions 68% by 2030 – how banking, building and borrowing can help
Slashing carbon emissions by 68% by 2030 will depend on using the UK's infrastructure strategy effectively.
yesterday • ~7 min
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How COVID-19 vaccines will get from the factory to your local pharmacy
A pharmaceutical supply chain expert explains the challenges of distributing the COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna that need to be kept at very low temperatures.
yesterday • ~6 min
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