If you’ve been following those trapped on cruise ships in quarantine for weeks, you’ll know that coronavirus scares do not exactly equate to a nice holiday extension – more extreme boredom, little fresh air, and not-so-appetising meals delivered to your room by staff in gloves and surgical masks.

This might not sound like fun, but those affected should count themselves lucky things have improved since some of the health scares and cruises-gone-wrong of the past, according to Jennifer Holland. Norovirus has laid waste to many a ship in recent years, and the results weren’t pretty. Nor was the situation of the infamous “Poo Cruise” of 2013, which lost power at sea – and with it functioning toilets.

But these horror stories have meant that cruise lines have had to develop better protocols to deal with health scares and disasters, a silver lining for us all in the context of coronavirus.

We’ve also published a piece describing how gene sequencing has revealed that red pandas are in fact two distinct species. This may seem unimportant beyond science – they still look very similar – but the finding may affect conservation practices. And will the increasing number of cameras in public spaces change how we see ourselves? It’s a real possibility. Finally, Slovakia is going to the polls this weekend – will new tactics keep the far right out of office?

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