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Health

There will be another pandemic. Thankfully, we already know what to do

A battle plan for dealing with the inevitable next pandemic already exists – but it will take money and staying power to use it effectively when it is needed

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Technology

Indian military tests eye-tracking tech to help pilots control planes

Eye-tracking devices could help pilots keep their hands on the throttle Pilots in India are testing aircraft display systems that work by tracking and responding to eye movements and could let military pilots keep their hands on the plane's controls more often while flying. Modern aircraft have electronic display systems that show information such as the …

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Life

Brain switch lets us control a kind of suspended animation in mice

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Turning the spleen into a liver saves mice from fatal organ damage

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Humans

51¶¯Âþs around the world are striking against racism in academia

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Humans

An artist carved this tiny bird sculpture 13,000 years ago in China

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Health

Genetically modified goats can produce cancer drugs in their milk

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Life

Ancient footprints could be from a crocodile that walked on two legs

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Space

The cosmic web that connects galaxies together may be spinning

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Health

How can international travel resume during the coronavirus pandemic?

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Coronavirus second waves emerge in several US states as they reopen

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Global total of confirmed coronavirus cases has passed 8 million

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How many of us are likely to have caught the coronavirus so far?

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Analysis

Physics

Why neutrinos are the strangest particles in the Standard Model

We still don’t know what the mass of a neutrino is, which means there is still lots of exciting work to do, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

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Humans

#ShutDownSTEM strike was a start, but real action on racism is needed

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Aperture

Environment

Flamingos fly over the alien-like landscape of Kenya’s Lake Magadi

Flamingos fly across a lake of multicoloured swirls in the Great Rift valley in this shot by US photographer Phillip Chang

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Features

Health

We knew how to prevent a pandemic like covid-19, so what went wrong?

Some nations weren't prepared, others ignored best-laid plans. Why getting ready for next time has to start now

Features

Health

The pandemic playbook: A step-by-step guide to containing an outbreak

Features

Life

Why icy moons like Europa are our best bet for finding alien life

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Health

This won't be the last pandemic. Where will the next one come from?

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Health

The four major public health threats we need to act on now

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Culture

Life

There's a bird that tricks other animals into dropping their lunch

The Bird Way by Jennifer Ackerman explores how small monitoring devices are helping researchers get closer to birds than ever before to uncover hidden aspects of their lives

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Humans

Why it's more fun to be a mischievous goose than a blood-thirsty shark

Culture

Humans

Don't miss: Brain-warping series Dark is back for its final season

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More

51¶¯Âþ puzzle #64: Ruritanian carpet

How do you calculate carpet for a doughnut-shaped room? Help Fernando figure out how much he needs

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Tom Gauld's beautifully simple, but completely useless theory

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Twisteddoodles explains why baking is like science

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The strange case of a jam-cream quantum superposition

Feedback is our weekly column of bizarre stories, implausible advertising claims, confusing instructions and more

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Letters

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