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It’s been one year since the prime minister, Boris Johnson, announced that the UK was going into its first lockdown. Today, the country is midway through its third, and has one of the highest per capita death tolls in the world. What went so badly wrong? Mathematical biologist Christian Yates explains, and provides six important lessons we should learn from the experience. The year of lockdowns has also radically changed our behaviour, in
ways we are only now beginning to understand – from how we consume water to how much we move around.
In Israel, voters are heading to the polls for the fourth time in two years. This time around, the issue of Palestine has been notable in its absence from national debates, and not just because of the pandemic.
And take a journey into the wild world of fungi, specifically those that live inside the famed Millennium Seed Bank of Kew Gardens. By studying them, we could unlock the future of plant health on Earth.
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Megan Clement
Commissioning Editor, COVID-19
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March 23 2020: three lockdowns later, what have we learned?
Andy Rain/EPA
Christian Yates, University of Bath
Act quickly, act decisively, trust people, communicate clearly, tackle inequality and be prepared.
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Israel’s 2021 election campaign has been a referendum on the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.
EPA-EFE/ Atef Safadi
Peter Malcontent, Utrecht University
There is now a broad consensus in Israel on meeting the Palestinians with strength, which makes them no longer an election priority.
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Rowena Hill
Rowena Hill, Queen Mary University of London
The idea that seed banks must be full of potentially helpful microfungi inside seeds was not a stretch, and yet no one had ever looked before.
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Health + Medicine
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Kevin Munro, University of Manchester
Up to 15% of adults diagnosed with COVID report audio-vestibular symptoms.
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Jo Finch, University of East London; Janet Hoskin, University of East London
This group has long suffered much higher death rates than the general population due to a poor standard of basic healthcare.
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Siobhan O'Neill, Ulster University
Summer programmes should focus on physical activity, socialising, and being creative – not school work.
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Politics + Society
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Sotiris Georganas, City, University of London
Google mobility data shows people staying home less and visiting shops more than they were last spring.
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Nicodemus Minde, United States International University
She has been described as compassionate, rational and calm – attributes that are a far departure from her former boss.
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Business + Economy
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Paul Widdop, Manchester Metropolitan University; Simon Chadwick, EM Lyon
The American money men are replacing Russian oligarchs and Arab oil tycoons as the next wave of club buyers.
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Arts + Culture
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Heather Green, Nottingham Trent University
From Emile Brontë's North York Moors to the mining town where DW Lawrence set Sons and Lovers, there is much literary heritage to be discovered all over the UK.
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Science + Technology
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Tony Anderson, University of Strathclyde ; David James Robertson, University of Strathclyde
The researchers are working on a way to train people to be better at spotting fake news.
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Environment + Energy
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Cecilia Alda Vidal, University of Manchester; Alison Browne, University of Manchester; Ruby Smith, University of Manchester
With fewer people commuting, home water use changed radically overnight in March 2020.
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