[ad_1] Duckbills, with their broad tails and powerful legs, are thought to be strong swimmers. But they would have to travel huge distances across the deep oceans surrounding Africa to reach the continent, swimming, floating or rafting on debris, the researchers said. “As far as I know, we are the …
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[ad_1] OROn a bleak afternoon in a Sussex woodland, a 21st century superhero appears. Dressed in black, helmet, backpack on his back and jets on his arms, he gets up a couple of meters above the ground, accelerates over a grassy bank and then soars in a swirling cloud of …
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[ad_1] Coronavirus patients in UK hospitals will receive aspirin in a new study to find out if the low-cost drug could prevent deadly blood clotting in the lungs. Studies have shown that nearly 80% of people who die from Covid-19 suffer from thrombosis – or blood clotting – in the …
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[ad_1] Previous research has shown that bacteria and viruses can persist on the outside of masks. The government recommends that people avoid touching the part of the cover that has been in contact with their nose or mouth and wash their hands after touching a mask. Also, face coverings should …
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[ad_1] Disposable diapers, cotton buds, pet food and novelty Donald Trump toilet paper were among the products on sale in the new eco-friendly section of their Amazon website, raising concerns about the sustainability of some of the products on offer. The world’s largest online retailer launched their new website section …
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[ad_1] There are crucial gaps in the data available to map England’s response to Covid-19, according to researchers who have developed an interactive visual tool that condenses disparate streams of publicly available information to help the public make sense of the numbers. The one-stop dashboard – developed by an interdisciplinary …
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[ad_1] Going abroad no longer increases the risk of contracting Covid-19, the latest formal data reveal. A survey by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) found that the infection rate among those who have traveled abroad in the past 30 days is roughly the same as that of people who …
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[ad_1] After decades of extracting fossil fuels from the UK’s North Sea, a consortium of oil companies is gearing up to pump Britain’s greenhouse gas emissions under the seabed to help meet the government’s climate ambitions. BP has established plans to lead an alliance of energy companies in removing carbon …
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