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Experts weigh in on the ‘anthropomorphic’ design of New Shepard, the Amazon CEO’s Blue Origin rocket
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RAF chief says system to track objects up to 22,000 miles from Earth is ‘incredibly important’ -
Four charts that show why the big unlocking could be coming too soon -
Suborbital flight on New Shepard rocket lasted 11 minutes, but Bezos condemned for travelling to space while Amazon workers toil -
In the first of a two-part exploration on extreme heat, Shivani Dave speaks to Jonathan Watts about extreme weather events and why they look set to become more likely
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Little evidence that social restrictions during the pandemic have added to rates of death and ill-health -
Experts point to risks of indoor Covid-19 transmission: ‘If you don’t wear a mask, the virus spreads further. It’s as simple as that’ -
With the government's mask mandate due to come to an end in England on 19 July, the Guardian's science correspondent Natalie Grover looks at why masks are more about protecting others than ourselves, and where we still might want to wear them
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Experts react with dismay to ‘frightening’ attitude of Sajid Javid towards removing protections
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Editorial: Cases are soaring in many countries, and the social and political effects are becoming clearer -
With few rules left to govern our Covid behaviour, we’ll increasingly take on the pleasure, or burden, of working out the right thing for ourselves -
Models can give us an idea, but are very sensitive to what we don’t know -
Editorial: Scientists cannot shield the prime minister from the fallout of an unethical policy that will see rising deaths
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Nearly all coronavirus restrictions in England are set to be lifted from Monday 19 July. But what are the risks of unlocking when we could be in the middle of a third wave of infections? The Guardian’s science editor, Ian Sample, talks to Anand Jagatia about how cases, hospital admissions and deaths are modelled to increase in the coming weeks, as well as the risks from long Covid and new variants -
As ‘freedom day’ approaches, Shivani Dave speaks to Prof Stephen Reicher about how mixed messages surrounding restrictions can affect our behaviour -
In the second part of our exploration of chronic pain, Anand Jagatia hears from Linda Geddes about how chronic pain is linked to Covid-19 and mental health, as well as why it affects more women than men
Key issues
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The immunology professor on the personal data which will shape our future and how the pandemic has fired everyone’s interest in the immune system
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More than 1,000 scientifically significant specimens taken from former quarry after discovery -
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In the first of a two-part exploration on extreme heat, Shivani Dave speaks to Jonathan Watts about extreme weather events and why they look set to become more likely
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Seventeen years after Branson founded Virgin Galactic to develop commercial spacecraft and cater to future space tourists, the rocket plane went into sub-orbital flight on Sunday morning
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Electromagnetic and gravitational waves from space captured on new album
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