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A recent study of hundreds of white-tailed deer (Bambi’s species) in Iowa found that 80% of them had an active COVID infection. The fact that the deer were infected with different variants suggests that humans passed the virus on to the unfortunate ungulates more than once. How this happened remains a mystery.
There is a credible risk of the virus mutating in the deer and being passed back to humans. Thankfully, there is no evidence that this has occurred yet. Scientists will be keeping a close eye on the situation.
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Graeme Shannon, Bangor University; Amy Gresham, Bangor University; Owain Barton, Bangor University
In a sample of white-tailed deer, 80% were found to have an active COVID infection.
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Brad Gibson, University of Hull
It can get very cold in space.
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Toby James, University of East Anglia
The government has U-turned on a controversial plan to reform the independent parliamentary watchdog but it remains on course to take control of the independent body that runs elections in the UK.
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Renaud Foucart, Lancaster University
Paterson has now resigned but the damage caused by MPs voting to block an independent decision has already been done.
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Ra Mason, University of East Anglia
Since 1945, Japan’s constitution has barred the country from possessing an army, navy or air force. All that could soon change.
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Olalekan Adekola, York St John University
A report found the amount of funding needed to adapt to climate change exceeds what has so far been delivered by 80%.
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Failures to respond adequately to the floods that hit Germany and Luxembourg in July 2021 must teach us how to prepare for future climate disasters.
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