Easing England's covid-19 lockdown puts children in the firing line IF THERE has been one saving grace of the covid-19 pandemic, it is that children are relatively safe from serious disease and death compared with adults. Over the first year of the pandemic, only 259 under-18s in England were admitted to intensive care with covid-19. Another 312 were treated for a serious but rare condition … 51¶¯Âþ
Life Traded wild animals carry 75 per cent of diseases humans can catch A Javan slow loris at an illegal animal market in Jakarta, Indonesia Bats, primates and other mammals sold in the wildlife trade play host to three quarters of infectious diseases capable of spilling over from animals to humans. Just a quarter of traded species carry these zoonotic viruses. Conservationists say the findings, part of the … 51¶¯Âþ
Health The mysterious case of declining nutrition in food I LOVE playing detective. So when I found myself on a train scrolling through hundreds of shocked responses to yet another viral tweet claiming that the proportion of nutrients in our fruit and veg has collapsed over recent decades, I thought I better do some digging. This ubiquitous, yet generally poorly evidenced, claim is one … 51¶¯Âþ
Health The lowdown on stretching: How flexible do you actually need to be? Many people strive to touch their toes or do the splits, but it is perfectly possible to get all the benefits of stretching without pushing your body to its limits Features
Space Voyagers review: Lord of the Flies in space is full of mystery Lily-Rose Depp stars as Sela Voyagers opens in the year 2063 with Earth on the brink of destruction due to climate change . After discovering a new planet 86 years away, scientists have genetically engineered children , raised them in isolation and sent them to this distant world so that their offspring will ultimately colonise … Culture
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