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COVID-19: Why is it so difficult to figure out which animal it came from? © Dr Libiao Zhang/Guangdong Entomological Institute

Reality Check Will we ever work out where COVID-19 came from?

Will my dog get lonely after I go back to the office after lockdown? © Getty Images

Reality Check Will my dog get lonely after I go back to the office after lockdown?

Illustration of poo in a flask

Reality Check Reality Check: should we be paying more attention to our poo?

Has the pandemic unleashed a plague of rats on our cities? © Getty Images

Reality Check Has the pandemic unleashed a plague of rats on our cities?

Could a new appetite-controlling drug be the answer to obesity? © Alamy

Reality Check Could a new appetite-controlling drug be the answer to obesity?

COVID-19: Can we stop the spread of more coronavirus variants? © Getty Images

Reality Check COVID-19: Can we stop the spread of more coronavirus variants?

Coronavirus vaccine: is it safe? © Getty Images

Coronavirus vaccine: Is it safe?

Plants: are they conscious? © Getty Images

Reality Check Are plants conscious?

Gene editing: Should livestock and crops be genetically engineered in the UK? © Getty ImagesGene editing: Should livestock and crops be genetically engineered in the UK? © Getty Images

Reality Check Should livestock and crops be genetically engineered in the UK?

COVID-19 in 2022: Is there hope for a better tomorrow? © Getty Images

Will COVID-19 be over by 2022?

COVID-19 and the brain: Does the virus cause psychiatric problems? © Getty Images

COVID-19 and the brain: Does the virus cause psychiatric problems?

Online junk food advertising: Could banning it tackle obesity? © Getty Images

Online junk food advertising: Could banning it tackle obesity?

COVID-19: Is the virus mutating? © NIAID Integrated Research Facility, Fort Detrick, Maryland

Reality Check Is the COVID-19 virus mutating?

The K factor: Nevermind R, here’s the number we need to understand © Getty Images

The K factor: Nevermind R, here’s the number we need to understand

Long COVID: Just how common is it? © Getty Images

Reality Check How common is 'long COVID'?