Banana bread had all the psychological ingredients for lockdown success.

House plants enrich our domestic lives in ways we often fail to notice. But lockdown may have changed all that.

From setting passwords to cultivating patience, a mindful approach to virtual working, studying and socializing can make life online manageable.

Challenge trials – purposefully exposing volunteers to the coronavirus – could speed up the development of a vaccine. But there are serious ethical concerns with this approach.

My research shows we'll need transformative change not just temporary lockdowns for COVID-19 to make much difference to the climate.

Measuring seismic noice could show whether people are following future lockdown measures.

Consumers can play their part in reducing carbon emissions by choosing to shift their energy use to when renewable generation is at its daily peak.

Noise pollution can cause long-term stress and harm to wildlife.

If expert advice on the pandemic turns out to be wrong, it will have dire consequences for how reliable scientific evidence is treated in other policy areas, such as climate change.