Reality Check

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Beaver culling: How will it affect rewilding plans? © Alamy

Should we cull the beaver? A legal case at the heart of the rewilding debate

How has lockdown affected our memories? © Getty Images

Reality Check How has lockdown affected our memories?

Larks vs owls: Are early risers really happier? © Getty Images

Early risers and night owls: A neuroscientist explains who is happiest

COVID booster shots: Will we need them to protect us against future variants? © Getty Images

COVID booster shots: How do they work and when will we need them?

Is BMI a useful measure of healthy weight? © Getty Images

Reality Check Is BMI a useful measure of healthy weight?

Is there a physical limit to how much food you can eat in one sitting? © Stan Honda/AFP/GettyImages

Reality check Is there a physical limit to how much food you can eat in one sitting?

Microplastics: Are they harming me, and can I do anything about it? © Getty Images

Microplastics: Are they harming me, and can I do anything about it?

Spiders: Should I be worried about being bitten by a false widow? © Alamy

Reality Check Spiders: Should I be worried about being bitten by a false widow?

Reality Check: Can the new UK climate targets get us to net-zero? © Getty Images

Reality Check: Can the new UK climate targets get us to net-zero?

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?

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?

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?