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Covid-19 impacts on travel habits: New study of 1045 US travellers
How has coronavirus changed travel impacts? This study questioned 1045 US travellers to find out.
Electric scooters to be made legal on roads in the UK from Saturday, but there’s a catch
The move has been made in a bid to ease the pressure on public transport and thus reduce the spread of coronavirus.
New initiative aims to study the effect of coronavirus lockdown on wildlife
The ‘Covid-19 Bio-Logging Initiative’ aims to quantify the effect of reduced human activity (dubbed “anthropause”) on other species.
Go Outdoors: UK’s largest outdoor gear retailer set to go into administration, but there is hope
The owners of Go Outdoors cite the coronavirus lockdown as the principal reason for pushing it to breaking point.
Originally designed to filter air pollution, the G95 Bioscarf is a sustainable alternative to disposable face masks
With a built-in filter that offers better protection against airborne particles than a standard N95-rated mask.
Llandudno goats: Mountain goats ‘take over’ Welsh coastal town during coronavirus lockdown
Taking advantage of town’s deserted streets because of the coronavirus lockdown, the Llandudno goats have even been branded vandals for munching through gardens.
‘Take care of nature’ to prevent pandemics like Covid-19, says expert
Climate change scientist Lee Hannah explains how giving nature space could help curb future disease outbreaks.
How a discussion on Bitcoin Twitter has helped to identify the well-known malaria drug hydroxychloroquine as a possible treatment for Covid-19
What started as a Google doc shared on a niche Twitter thread has led to an open-data repository of clinical trials to test if hydroxychloroquine is an effective treatment for coronavirus.