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Breast cancer: Early screening 'could save up to 400 lives a year' © Getty Images

Breast cancer: Early screening ‘could save up to 400 lives a year’

COVID-19: Children play 'limited role' in coronavirus pandemic (Children maintain social distancing measures while taking part in a lesson at Earlham Primary School © Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)

COVID-19 Children play 'limited role' in coronavirus pandemic

Ancient galaxy quite chill, actually © ALMA/ESO/NAOJ/NRAO

Ancient galaxy is quite chill, actually

Coronavirus: American vaccine produces 'robust immune response' in human trials © Getty Images

Coronavirus American vaccine produces 'robust immune response' in human trials

COVID-19: Older patients' symptoms 'atypical' © Getty Images

COVID-19 ‘Atypical symptoms’ common in care home patients

Evolution of primate larynx faster than in other mammals © Getty Images

Evolution of primate larynx faster than in other mammals

COVID-19: Psychological 'nudges' change intentions but not behaviour © Getty Images

COVID-19 Psychological 'nudges' change intentions but not behaviour

New species of dinosaur discovered on Isle of Wight (Artists impression of the dinosaurs final moments c Trudie Wilson/PA)

New dinosaur species discovered on the Isle of Wight a relative of Tyrannosaurus rex

Science history: Does renaming a building rewrite its past? © Alamy

Reality Check Does renaming a building rewrite its past?

Pheromone products help dogs and cats be friends © Getty Images

Pheromone products help dogs and cats be friends

Bird behaviour revealed using Alan Turing's mathematical models © Getty Images

Bird behaviour revealed using Alan Turing’s mathematical models

Nation's favourite cod and chips at climate change risk © Getty Images

National favourite, cod and chips, at climate change risk

Sea swimmers could 'carry potentially deadly antibiotic-resistant bacteria' © Getty Images

Sea swimmers could ‘carry potentially deadly antibiotic-resistant bacteria’

COVID-19: Face shields alone 'unlikely' to offer effective protection © Robin Utrecht/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

COVID-19 Face shields alone ‘unlikely’ to protect hairdressers and barbers

Climate change: Record-breaking summers ‘a danger to human health’ © Getty Images

Climate change Record-breaking summers ‘a danger to human health’