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

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

Coronavirus vaccine: is it safe? © Getty Images

Coronavirus vaccine: Is it safe?

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'?

Hedgehogs: Are they really going extinct in the UK? © Alamy

Reality Check Are hedgehogs really going extinct in the UK?

Plug-in hybrid cars: Are they really the eco-friendly choice? © Getty Images

Reality Check Are plug-in hybrid cars really the eco-friendly choice?

COVID-19: How many people have died? © Getty Images

COVID-19 How many people have died because of the pandemic?

No, an asteroid probably won’t smash into Earth the day before the US elections, and here’s why © Getty / Mark Wilson

Reality Check No, an asteroid probably won’t smash into Earth the day before the US elections, and here’s why

COVID-19: Should we infect people with it for vaccine research? © Getty Images

Reality Check Should we infect people with COVID-19 for vaccine research?

COVID-19: Have we been treating the disease wrong?

Reality Check Have we been treating COVID-19 wrong?

Can mindfulness and meditation be harmful ©Getty

Reality Check Can mindfulness and meditation be harmful?

Badger culls: do they stop the spread of tuberculosis? © Seth Jacksonuse

Reality Check Do badger culls stop the spread of bovine TB?

Could honey help cure a cold? © Getty Images

Reality Check Can honey really help cure a cold?