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The roots of Long Covid
Detecting the early signals for long Covid

Tonga eruption – how it happened
Why a small volcanic eruption had a global impact

Have we got it wrong on Omicron?
It seems to be no more viable than the earlier delta variant

Corbevax – A vaccine for the world?
Could a cheap and conventional vaccine for Covid-19 end the pandemic?

2021: The year of variants
The year began with Alpha, and ends with Omicron. What have we learnt?

Omicron – mild or monster?
Cases of the latest coronavirus variant are mild, so far – but that’s not the whole story

Omicron’s rapid replication rate
Omicron replicates seventy times faster than earlier variants.

Can the weather trigger a volcano?
The eruption of Semeru in Java was linked to heavy rain

Omicron, racism and trust
How the global political response to the new variant is hampering science in Africa

Deliberately doomed dart
The sacrificial space mission designed to protect the Earth from asteroid impact.