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Pangolins were not involved in the transmission of SARS-CoV-2, study suggests © Getty Images

Pangolins were not involved in the transmission of SARS-CoV-2, study suggests

'Virgin birth’ gene identified in honeybees (A 'Super Cape ' worker (black in centre) is nearly as big as a Capensis queen (with white disc). © Professor Benjamin Oldroyd/University of Sydney

‘Virgin birth’ gene identified in honeybees

Promising results from study into coronavirus vaccine's effect in monkeys © Getty Images

Oxford coronavirus vaccine ‘significantly reduces viral load’ in monkeys

Tim Peake's space seeds grow slower when back on planet Earth (Timothy Peake with space seeds on the ISS © ESA/Nasa)

Tim Peake’s space seeds grew slower back on planet Earth

Fossil footprints 'provide a tantalising snapshot of humankind’s earliest days' © William Harcourt-Smith/Lehman College

Fossil footprints ‘provide a tantalising snapshot of humankind’s earliest days’

Feel-good Friday: Positive news from the world of science and tech © Getty Images

Feel-good Friday: Positive news from the world of science and tech – 15 May 2020

Sleep in quarantine: is the lockdown affecting our dreams? © Getty Images

Reality Check Is the lockdown affecting our dreams?

'Heat tolerant' microalgae could save coral reefs from bleaching © Chris Jones

‘Heat tolerant’ microalgae could save coral reefs from bleaching

Cold War atomic bomb tests made the UK rainier © Getty Images

Cold War atomic bomb tests made the UK rainier

'Game changing' prostate cancer test works in 15 minutes © Getty Images

‘Game-changing’ prostate cancer test works in 15 minutes

New coronavirus test 'highly specific and 100 per cent accurate' © Getty Images

New coronavirus test ‘highly specific and 100 per cent accurate’

Sea turtles create ‘decoy’ nests to trick predators and protect eggs © Jack Rawlinson / PA

Sea turtles create ‘decoy’ nests to trick predators and protect eggs

Second wave of coronavirus could be spotted in sewage © Getty Images

Second wave of coronavirus could be spotted in sewage

Dinosaur sex differences 'hard to spot' from fossils alone © Mark Witton

Dinosaur sex differences ‘hard to spot’ from fossils alone

Dogs go through a stroppy teenage phase too © Getty Images

Dogs go through a stroppy teenage phase too