Human behaviour is key to the spread of coronavirus, so government scientists are trying to control our decisions. Does it work, and what happens when they get it wrong?
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With social media, newspapers and politicians all espousing unverified covid-19 findings, use these seven signs to tell if a study should be treated with caution
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2242835-how-to-sniff-out-the-good-coronavirus-studies-from-the-bad/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
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Amid the global coronavirus outbreak, a second epidemic of preliminary, unverified and misinterpreted research has broken out. Can it be fixed?
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24632813-000-how-the-covid-19-pandemic-has-led-to-a-flood-of-misleading-science/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
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Many countries are focusing coronavirus testing on people who have covid-19 symptoms. But regularly testing all essential workers would have more of an impact
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24632812-700-why-countries-should-start-weekly-covid-19-testing-for-key-workers/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
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Astronomers found a star that appeared to be orbiting nothing at all – but it’s actually the closest black hole ever at just 1000 light years away
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2242741-you-can-see-the-closest-known-black-hole-to-earth-with-the-naked-eye/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
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Once the coronavirus pandemic is over, we must work out how to stop the spread of poor information that has helped make a bad situation that much worse
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24632812-500-covid-19-shows-why-an-infodemic-of-bad-science-must-never-happen-again/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
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Businesses, individuals with land, and local governments are competing to host an underground nuclear waste facility in the UK, and receive a yearly £2.5 million incentive
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2239623-places-around-england-compete-to-host-underground-nuclear-waste-dump/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
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Move over Martians, Earth has already been invaded by little green aliens, but how did parakeets become one of the most successful invasive species ever?
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24532770-600-little-green-invaders-how-parakeets-conquered-the-world/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
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Brown dwarfs, which are halfway between huge planets and small stars, have extremely powerful winds whipping around them at speeds of about 650 metres per second
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2239948-vast-worlds-called-brown-dwarfs-have-extraordinarily-powerful-winds/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
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Two lineages of ancient monkey migrated from Africa to South America more than 30 million years ago. But we’re not sure which ones got there first
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2240325-monkeys-made-their-way-from-africa-to-south-america-at-least-twice/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
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