A new mass study of people living with chronic pain in the UK has demonstrated the links between pain and certain atmospheric weather conditions. Weather…
Active commuting could make children’s return to school better for their health and the planet
Children in the UK and across the globe have not been at school for some time, and this prolonged absence from the daily routine has…
Psychedelic experiences disrupt routine thinking—and so has the coronavirus pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the widespread disruption of our usual routines. The ambiguity of when it will end, how things will unfold and…
Quantifying the impact of interventions
Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization (MPIDS) and the University of Göttingen have now succeeded in analyzing the German COVID-19 case…
Coronavirus response isn’t helping the billion people who live in informal megacity settlements
Having ravaged some of the world’s wealthiest cities, the coronavirus pandemic is now spreading into the megacities of developing countries. Sprawling urban areas in Brazil,…
Video: When do the infected become infectious?
The danger posed by a person infected with COVID-19 doesn’t begin the exact moment a few virus particles enter their system, so when do they…
Here are the worst things you can do for a sore throat
It may start as a tickle or an itch that doesn’t go away no matter how much you clear your throat. From there, it may…
Global spread of the multi-resistant pathogen Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
An international consortium found a remarkable global spread of strains of a multi-resistant bacterium that can cause severe infections—Stenotrophomonas maltophilia. The study, published under the…
Dynamic stimulation of the visual cortex allows blind and sighted people to ‘see’ shapes
For most adults who lose their vision, blindness results from damage to the eyes or optic nerve while the brain remains intact. For decades, researchers…
Coronavirus vaccine: how we’re preparing to make enough for the whole world
There are 102 candidate vaccines being explored as a means of ending the COVID-19 pandemic, as of April 30. Eight of these have already made…