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An antiviral pill has, for the first time, been shown to prevent COVID-19 in people exposed to the SARS-CoV-2 virus at home, according to trial results published today in the New England Journal of ...

A Europe-wide collaboration has unveiled the longest continuous record of Earth’s climate and atmospheric conditions, ...

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Digital distractions are vying for people’s focus, but our underlying capacity to pay attention seems to be undiminished.

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Virologist Jay Hooper is developing a vaccine for the rare rodent virus behind an outbreak on a cruise ship. An outbreak of ...

Although scientists have long been able to gather DNA from water and soil, it's only recently that they've started to see the ...