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England’s decision to lift the last COVID restrictions suggests the pandemic is over. But the clue’s in the phrase – “living with COVID”. It’s here, with us, forever. We’ll never be without it again.
Coexisting with the virus requires changes. Better surveillance worldwide to see when and where new outbreaks are cropping up. Vaccines for everyone globally. More funding for health systems. And emergency plans for if the virus starts getting out of hand. Truly, we aren’t ready to live with COVID. But if we take the right steps, we could be.
The hardship of living in Ukraine’s separatist regions – Donetsk and Luhansk – didn’t begin with Russia’s recent military deployment. These areas have been cut off from Ukraine for years, with the population, jobs and education all dwindling, as these on-the-ground interviews reveal. It seems likely a Russian invasion will only further these regions’ declines.
Forgetfulness is a sign that you’re getting older, but it might not mean your brain is losing its edge. Instead, scientists think it could show your memory is getting cluttered.
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Rob Reddick
Commissioning Editor, COVID-19
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Christina Pagel, UCL
There is no going back to a pre-pandemic normal – only forward to a new one.
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Residents of Donetsk have been evacuated in recent days.
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Brienna Perelli-Harris, University of Southampton; Theodore Gerber, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Yuliya Hilevych, University of Groningen
Vladimir Putin has sent troops into the eastern Ukraine regions known as the Donbas. Here’s what life has been like for people living in the separatist territories.
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Alexander Easton, Durham University
Forgetfulness is often regarded as a sign of old age. But what exactly is going on in the brain that makes it more difficult for older people to remember things?
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Politics + Society
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Arik Burakovsky, Tufts University
Approximately 69% of Russians approve of President Vladimir Putin. But a costly war is likely to chip away at his popularity, history and data tell us.
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Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou, University of Liverpool
The Council of Europe aims to promote human rights, democracy and the rule of law, but it hasn’t moved to suspend Russia over its actions in Ukraine.
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Olivia Durand, University of Oxford
The Russian leader’s assertion that Ukraine is an ‘artificial construct’ is not borne out by the historical record.
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Orlaith Darling, Trinity College Dublin
The ‘world of superlatives’ occupied by Waugh and the Bright Young Things is alive and well today in Westminster.
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Environment
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Sasha Engelmann, Royal Holloway University of London; Sophie Dyer, Harvard University
With an antenna, a laptop and some software, you can take a picture of Earth from space.
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Tim Birkhead, University of Sheffield
No animals were more exposed to storms Dudley, Eunice and Franklin.
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Denise Baden, University of Southampton
If characters on TV consumed less, research has found it can have an impact on the environmental behaviour of audiences
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Science + Technology
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Mark Lorch, University of Hull
The story of the groundbreaking history behind your flatscreen TVs, mobiles and tablets – and the ingenious scientist who made it possible.
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Paul Norman, University of Birmingham; Lee Packer, Culham Centre for Fusion Energy
Fusion produces more energy per gram of fuel than any other process that could be achieved on Earth.
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