https://www.scmp.com/rss/507283/feed The Conversation Australia and New Zealand is a unique collaboration between academics and journalists that in just 10 years has become the world’s leading publisher of research-based news and analysis. It was founded in Melbourne in 2011. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com The Conversation The Conversation Difficulty: Challenger (Level 2) Have you ever seen images of dolphins jumping out of the waves and performing impressive acrobatics in the air? Or maybe you’ve seen it in real life. When a dolphin jumps, it can launch its whole body out of the water. While it looks like fun, it must also be hard work. So, why do dolphins jump out of the water? There are several possible reasons. Let’s jump in and explore them. To stay in touch Dolphins are social animals and live in groups. But it’s hard to see... https://www.scmp.com/posties/kids/big-read/article/3339690/dolphins-acrobatic-leaps-exploring-reasons-behind-their-jumps?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/posties/kids/big-read/article/3339690/dolphins-acrobatic-leaps-exploring-reasons-behind-their-jumps?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 19 Jan 2026 01:00:12 +0000 The Conversation The Conversation Difficulty: Summiteer (Level 3) The first thing to form in our solar system was the sun. It was created by a cloud of collapsing gas about 4.5 billion years ago. Then the planets began to emerge. Billions of particles of gas and dust left over from the sun’s formation became a flattened disk, known as a protoplanetary disk. This disk was enormous and stretched for billions of miles around the sun. Within the disk, gas and dust particles began to collide, solidify and stick together, like... https://www.scmp.com/posties/kids/big-read/article/3334768/how-did-solar-system-and-all-our-planets-form?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/posties/kids/big-read/article/3334768/how-did-solar-system-and-all-our-planets-form?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 08 Dec 2025 01:00:12 +0000 The Conversation The Conversation Difficulty: Challenger (Level 2) Have you ever wondered why humans do not have thick hair covering our bodies like a dog, cat or gorilla does? We aren’t the only mammals with sparse hair. Elephants, rhinos and naked mole rats also have very little hair. This is also true for some marine mammals, such as whales and dolphins. Scientists think that the earliest mammals, which lived at the time of the dinosaurs, were quite hairy. But over hundreds of millions of years, a small handful of mammals,... https://www.scmp.com/posties/kids/big-read/article/3330770/why-do-humans-have-far-less-hair-gorillas-or-monkeys-do?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/posties/kids/big-read/article/3330770/why-do-humans-have-far-less-hair-gorillas-or-monkeys-do?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 02 Nov 2025 22:00:12 +0000 The Conversation The Conversation Difficulty: Challenger (Level 2) Mind uploading is a way to make a digital copy of the human brain. In this digital world, it could be possible that your mind would live forever. You would still know who you are, remember your past and feel like yourself, but you would not have a physical body. This idea might seem cool, but scientists are not close to making it happen. Many people think the brain is the most complicated object in the universe. Copying all that complexity is a tough task. How to... https://www.scmp.com/posties/kids/big-read/article/3327702/mind-uploading-could-we-live-forever-digital-world?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/posties/kids/big-read/article/3327702/mind-uploading-could-we-live-forever-digital-world?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 12 Oct 2025 22:15:08 +0000 The Conversation The Conversation Difficulty: Summiteer (Level 3) Throughout history, people have learned about nature through their lived experiences. But this understanding of the natural world would not exactly be science. Science is knowledge that is more organised and formal. Scientists use observations and experiments to build theories. Those theories are recorded and passed on to others who may test the ideas and build on them. Babylonian astronomy It is believed that one of the first scientific discoveries was Babylonian... https://www.scmp.com/posties/kids/big-read/article/3324695/what-was-first-scientific-discovery-it-might-have-been-babylonian-astronomy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/posties/kids/big-read/article/3324695/what-was-first-scientific-discovery-it-might-have-been-babylonian-astronomy?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 14 Sep 2025 22:00:11 +0000 The Conversation The Conversation Difficulty: Challenger (Level 2) How do scientists figure out how big and heavy a dinosaur was? And what were the largest dinosaurs to have ever existed? New discoveries happen all the time. So, who knows? The next dinosaur to be discovered could turn out to be the biggest, longest or heaviest of them all. Calculating dinosaur size If you had a dinosaur’s complete skeleton, then calculating its size would be easy. But unfortunately, it is not that simple. Palaeontologists are scientists who... https://www.scmp.com/posties/kids/big-read/article/3322371/giant-ancient-reptiles-what-was-biggest-dinosaur-ever-existed?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/posties/kids/big-read/article/3322371/giant-ancient-reptiles-what-was-biggest-dinosaur-ever-existed?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 24 Aug 2025 22:15:08 +0000 The Conversation The Conversation Difficulty: Challenger (Level 2) Mythological creatures fascinate us; they are intriguing, magical and sometimes frightening. Yet they all have one thing in common: they are not real. One example is the legend of the Loch Ness monster. The Loch Ness legend Loch Ness is a freshwater lake located in northern Scotland in the United Kingdom. “Loch” is pronounced “lock”. The word means “lake” in the Scottish language. Loch Ness is quite large – roughly 37 kilometres long, 1,600 metres wide and up to... https://www.scmp.com/posties/kids/big-read/article/3318987/legend-loch-ness-monster-story-mythological-nessie?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/posties/kids/big-read/article/3318987/legend-loch-ness-monster-story-mythological-nessie?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 27 Jul 2025 22:15:08 +0000 The Conversation The Conversation Difficulty: Challenger (Level 3) Mermaids – underwater creatures that are half fish and half human – do not exist except in people’s imaginations. Scientists who study the ocean have investigated their possible existence and say no evidence of mermaids has ever been found. But even though mermaids are not real, that does not mean they are not meaningful. Mermaids, or merfolk as they are sometimes called, have a long history and are known all over the world – the same way dragons, fairies and... https://www.scmp.com/posties/kids/big-read/article/3318419/fascinating-stories-mermaids-mythology?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/posties/kids/big-read/article/3318419/fascinating-stories-mermaids-mythology?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 20 Jul 2025 22:15:11 +0000 The Conversation The Conversation Difficulty: Challenger (Level 2) What does it take to be a scientist? They need to be good at asking questions and finding answers by investigating the world. They must remember that no matter how much they know, there is always more to learn. Asking questions Most scientists want to understand how things in the world work. That means they start by asking questions. The questions might be driven by curiosity about something amazing in nature, like “Why do stars look like they’re twinkling?” or... https://www.scmp.com/posties/kids/big-read/article/3310600/how-scientists-uncover-worlds-secrets-through-curiosity-and-investigation?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/posties/kids/big-read/article/3310600/how-scientists-uncover-worlds-secrets-through-curiosity-and-investigation?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 25 May 2025 22:15:09 +0000 The Conversation The Conversation Difficulty: Summiteer (Level 3) Music can help you feel good – and it can even be helpful when you are studying. Research shows that music can increase your focus and motivate you. Some types of music work better Numerous studies have discovered how music affects study and work habits. Listening to instrumental music or songs you are already familiar with competes less with studying than music with lyrics or unfamiliar songs. Instrumental music appears to have less of an impact on tasks that... https://www.scmp.com/posties/kids/big-read/article/3306860/discover-how-music-can-boost-your-focus-and-motivation-while-studying?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/posties/kids/big-read/article/3306860/discover-how-music-can-boost-your-focus-and-motivation-while-studying?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 27 Apr 2025 22:00:12 +0000 The Conversation The Conversation Difficulty: Challenger (Level 2) Why do plastic bags look and feel so different to plastic containers, such as soft drink bottles or yogurt tubs? The difference is because there is more than one type of plastic. Plastic is usually classified into seven main types. However, many more types also exist. What is plastic? Plastic is almost always made of fossil fuels. But these days, people can also make plastic from plants like corn. Plastic is synthetic, which means it is not natural. Long chains... https://www.scmp.com/posties/kids/big-read/article/3305611/why-some-plastics-are-easier-recycle-others?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/posties/kids/big-read/article/3305611/why-some-plastics-are-easier-recycle-others?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 13 Apr 2025 22:15:15 +0000 The Conversation The Conversation Difficulty: Challenger (Level 2) If we want to add up how much money there is in the world, a good place to start would be counting all the notes and coins out there – in people’s wallets, money boxes and cash machines. How much money is out there? Let’s start with the yuan. There is about ¥9,616 billion in Chinese money out there in coins and notes. There’s also £84 billion in British money, US$2,236 billion in US money and €1,578 billion in the money of the European Union. This does not... https://www.scmp.com/posties/kids/big-read/article/3286209/how-much-money-really-out-there-more-you-think?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/posties/kids/big-read/article/3286209/how-much-money-really-out-there-more-you-think?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 17 Nov 2024 22:15:12 +0000 The Conversation The Conversation Difficulty: Challenger (Level 2) Toothpaste makes your mouth smell fresh and feel clean. Brushing your teeth two times a day with toothpaste also helps prevent cavities, which are holes in your teeth. Some toothpaste ingredients mix with saliva to make a foam, which turns into a slimy slop that you spit out. Many toothpastes remove plaque, which are sticky globs that grow on your teeth and form cavities (see graphic). Toothpaste may contain special ingredients that prevent holes from forming,... https://www.scmp.com/posties/kids/steam-studio/article/3281632/how-modern-toothpastes-keep-our-teeth-clean-and-why-we-no-longer-use-pee-brush?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/posties/kids/steam-studio/article/3281632/how-modern-toothpastes-keep-our-teeth-clean-and-why-we-no-longer-use-pee-brush?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 13 Oct 2024 22:45:08 +0000 The Conversation The Conversation Difficulty: Summiteer (Level 2) A passenger jet flies at about 925km/h once it is high in the air. That is nearly nine times faster than a car might typically be driving on the road. So why does a flying plane look like it is just inching slowly across the sky? In reality, looks can deceive us about how fast an object is moving. Gauging a plane’s speed If you watch a plane accelerating towards take-off, it appears to be moving quickly. It is not until the plane is high in the air that it appears... https://www.scmp.com/posties/kids/big-read/article/3278157/why-do-planes-look-so-slow-when-we-look-them-ground?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/posties/kids/big-read/article/3278157/why-do-planes-look-so-slow-when-we-look-them-ground?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 15 Sep 2024 22:00:13 +0000 The Conversation,Doris Wai The Conversation,Doris Wai Difficulty: Challenger (Level 2) We know your skin wrinkles as you age or if you pinch it. But why does skin get wrinkly and change colour after taking a bath or spending too much time in the pool? People assume these wrinkles form when the skin absorbs water. Scientists have found this is not the case. To explain what is happening, you need to know about the autonomic nervous system. This part of the body works without you thinking about it. For example, your heart keeps beating even when... https://www.scmp.com/posties/kids/steam-studio/article/3272478/why-your-fingers-get-wrinkly-after-long-bath-or-swim-pool?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/posties/kids/steam-studio/article/3272478/why-your-fingers-get-wrinkly-after-long-bath-or-swim-pool?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 04 Aug 2024 22:45:09 +0000 The Conversation The Conversation Difficulty: Summiteer (Level 3) Humans have long been puzzled by the existence of different languages. In the past, people made up stories to explain this. You might know the tale of the Tower of Babel. In this Christian story, humans originally spoke a single language. But God got angry when people tried to build a tower to heaven. As punishment, he made humans speak different languages and scattered them across the Earth. A story from the Indigenous Absaroka people in the United States says... https://www.scmp.com/posties/kids/big-read/article/3270922/why-people-speak-different-languages-and-stories-about-how-they-formed?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/posties/kids/big-read/article/3270922/why-people-speak-different-languages-and-stories-about-how-they-formed?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 21 Jul 2024 22:00:11 +0000 The Conversation The Conversation Difficulty: Challenger (Level 2) Why do some farts smell and some don’t? When you digest food, your intestines produce gas as part of the process of breaking it down. Gases like carbon dioxide, nitrogen, hydrogen and methane don’t smell at all. That is why sometimes, you can fart without anyone noticing. But there is one gas found in some farts that is really, really smelly. It’s called hydrogen sulphide. It is nicknamed “rotten egg gas” because that is exactly what it smells like. This is why... https://www.scmp.com/posties/kids/steam-studio/article/3269709/science-behind-farts-and-why-some-smell-way-worse-others?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/posties/kids/steam-studio/article/3269709/science-behind-farts-and-why-some-smell-way-worse-others?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 14 Jul 2024 22:45:09 +0000 The Conversation The Conversation Difficulty: Challenger (Level 2) Studying – you know you need to do it, but you just can’t seem to make it a habit. Maybe you forget, become distracted or just don’t feel like doing it. Understanding how to form a habit can help you to study on a daily basis. It can take a few months of practice to make studying into a habit. To help you stick with it, find a study buddy to form the habit with you. You can also use apps to set goals and track your study time so you can watch your habit form and... https://www.scmp.com/posties/kids/big-read/article/3265701/4-tips-help-you-make-studying-daily-habit?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/posties/kids/big-read/article/3265701/4-tips-help-you-make-studying-daily-habit?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 09 Jun 2024 22:15:10 +0000 There has been much talk in recent months about what a possible second Donald Trump presidency in the United States could mean for Europe, Russia’s war in Ukraine, the Israel-Gaza war and China. But there’s one more country closely watching the race: Iran. Another Trump presidency could pose immense risks for the Iranian leadership, especially given the recent tit-for-tat strikes with Israel, the looming threat of a wider Middle East war, and other significant internal challenges. Under such... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3261318/why-iran-worries-about-donald-trump-becoming-us-president-again?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3261318/why-iran-worries-about-donald-trump-becoming-us-president-again?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 04 May 2024 03:00:22 +0000 It has been 10 years since Malaysia Airlines passenger flight MH370 disappeared on March 8, 2014. To this day, it remains one of the biggest aviation mysteries globally. It’s unthinkable that a modern Boeing 777-200ER aircraft with 239 people on board can simply vanish without any explanation. Yet multiple searches in the past decade have still not yielded the main wreckage or the bodies of the victims. At a remembrance event held earlier this week, the Malaysian transport minister announced a... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3254716/can-malaysias-mh370-aircraft-still-be-found-10-years-after-it-disappeared?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3254716/can-malaysias-mh370-aircraft-still-be-found-10-years-after-it-disappeared?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 09 Mar 2024 03:00:16 +0000 About a dozen countries, including the US, suspended funding to UNRWA, the United Nations agency responsible for delivering aid to Palestinian refugees. This follows Israel’s allegations 12 UNRWA employees were involved in the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack. UNRWA responded by dismissing all accused employees and launching an investigation. While the seriousness of the accusations is clear, the US has been downplaying the significance of its funding pause, the action goes against... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3250774/unrwa-funding-cuts-reflect-all-too-familiar-politicisation-refugee-aid?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3250774/unrwa-funding-cuts-reflect-all-too-familiar-politicisation-refugee-aid?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 03 Feb 2024 02:00:16 +0000 Large parts of Australia are currently in the grip of a heatwave, and climate change means we’re in for more frequent and intense heat events into the future. We know extreme heat can pose health risks, especially for vulnerable groups. But increasingly, research is highlighting a relationship between hot temperatures and violence. Our team analysed close to 1 million reported incidents of domestic, non-domestic and sexual assaults over a 13-year period (2006-2018) in New South Wales. We... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3244540/australia-rise-heatwaves-linked-rates-domestic-violence?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3244540/australia-rise-heatwaves-linked-rates-domestic-violence?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 10 Dec 2023 19:00:10 +0000 When leaders of the Brics group of large emerging economies – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – meet in Johannesburg for two days beginning on Tuesday, foreign-policy makers in Washington will no doubt be listening carefully. The Brics group has been challenging some key tenets of the United States’ global leadership in recent years. On the diplomatic front, it has undermined the White House’s strategy on Ukraine by countering the Western use of sanctions on Russia. Economically,... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3231810/views-brics-china-dominated-misplaced-us-needs-focus-more-group?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3231810/views-brics-china-dominated-misplaced-us-needs-focus-more-group?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 21 Aug 2023 13:00:17 +0000 Mountains – their height, their mass, their climates and ecosystems – have fascinated humans for thousands of years. But there is one that holds extra-special meaning for many – Mount Everest, or Chomolungma as the Nepalese Sherpa people call it. A sacred mountain for some, for others the world’s highest peak represents a challenge and a lifelong dream. Seventy years ago, on May 29, 1953, that challenge and dream became reality for two members of a British expedition: New Zealander Edmund... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3222165/everest-challenges-mount-70-years-after-edmund-hillary-and-tenzing-norgay-reached-top?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3222165/everest-challenges-mount-70-years-after-edmund-hillary-and-tenzing-norgay-reached-top?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 29 May 2023 07:25:39 +0000 Japanese authorities are preparing to release treated radioactive waste water into the Pacific Ocean, nearly 12 years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster. This will relieve pressure on more than 1,000 storage tanks, creating much-needed space for other vital remediation works. But the plan has attracted controversy. At first glance, releasing radioactive water into the ocean does sound like a terrible idea. Greenpeace feared the radioactivity released might change human DNA, China and South... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3212529/japans-release-treated-radioactive-waste-water-fukushima-wont-hurt-pacific-ocean?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3212529/japans-release-treated-radioactive-waste-water-fukushima-wont-hurt-pacific-ocean?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 06 Mar 2023 22:00:16 +0000 Climate change is forcing people around the world to abandon their homes. In the Pacific Islands, rising sea levels are leaving communities facing tough decisions about relocation. Some are choosing to stay in high-risk areas. Our research investigated this phenomenon, known as “voluntary immobility”. The government of Fiji has identified around 800 communities that may have to relocate due to climate change impacts (six have already been moved). One of these is the village on Serua Island,... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3206248/why-some-pacific-islanders-are-staying-put-even-climate-change-submerges-their-homes?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3206248/why-some-pacific-islanders-are-staying-put-even-climate-change-submerges-their-homes?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 10 Jan 2023 20:00:10 +0000 The tropical water at the equator is renowned for having the richest diversity of marine life on Earth, with vibrant coral reefs and large aggregations of tunas, sea turtles, manta rays and whale sharks. The number of marine species naturally tapers off as you head towards the poles. Ecologists have assumed this global pattern has remained stable over recent centuries – until now. Our recent study found the ocean around the equator has already become too hot for many species to survive, and that... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3128758/marine-life-flees-cooler-waters-due-global-warming-history-warns?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3128758/marine-life-flees-cooler-waters-due-global-warming-history-warns?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 09 Apr 2021 04:00:14 +0000 At the end of 2020, there was a strong hope that high levels of vaccination would see humanity finally gain the upper hand over Sars-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19. In an ideal scenario, the virus would then be contained at very low levels without further societal disruption or significant numbers of deaths. But since then, new “variants of concern” have emerged and spread worldwide, putting current pandemic control efforts, including vaccination, at risk of being derailed. Put simply,... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3128436/new-coronavirus-variants-have-changed-game-and-vaccines-wont-be?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3128436/new-coronavirus-variants-have-changed-game-and-vaccines-wont-be?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 06 Apr 2021 04:55:02 +0000 The Covid-19 vaccine roll-out is now under way in Australia and around the world. It’s incredible we’ve been able to develop and produce safe and effective vaccines so quickly – but the current crop of vaccines might not protect us forever. Fortunately, researchers are already developing and testing booster shots. So what are booster shots, and when might we need them? FIRST A PRIME, THEN A BOOST The first time you give someone a dose of vaccine against a particular infection, it’s called a... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/explained/article/3125828/coronavirus-why-do-we-need-booster-shots-and-could-mixing-covid?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/explained/article/3125828/coronavirus-why-do-we-need-booster-shots-and-could-mixing-covid?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 18 Mar 2021 00:00:18 +0000 Facebook’s decision to ban media organisations from posting links to news articles on the social media giant’s platform comes less than a week before Australia’s Covid-19 vaccine roll-out begins. The ban also prevented many health organisations, government health departments and other organisations from posting links (some, but not all, have now been restored). The combined effect of this could be incredibly damaging. My research is on how poor-quality information and misinformation in online... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3122270/why-facebook-banning-news-days-australias-coronavirus-vaccine?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3122270/why-facebook-banning-news-days-australias-coronavirus-vaccine?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 18 Feb 2021 22:00:20 +0000 New variants of SARS-CoV-2 have now evaded New Zealand’s border protections twice to spread into the community. In the most recent outbreak, which placed Auckland into an alert level 3 lockdown for three days, there were active community cases of the more infectious B.1.1.7 lineage. While we have seen the virus mutate over the entire course of the pandemic, it was not until mid-December 2020 that variants with measurably different behaviour emerged. There are several reasons for this, including... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/explained/article/3122007/why-more-contagious-covid-19-variants-are-emerging?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/explained/article/3122007/why-more-contagious-covid-19-variants-are-emerging?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 17 Feb 2021 06:00:47 +0000 Speculation that China may be seeking to lower the temperature in its fractious dealings with Australia appears to be premature. This follows confirmation that Chinese customers have been advised to defer orders of Australian thermal and metallurgical coal. On top of this, Australian cotton exporters have been advised exports will be cut next year, a blow to a business worth about A$2 billion (US$1.4 billion) annually. Australian mining giant BHP has received “deferment requests” for its coal... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3106095/beijing-ups-ante-hopes-improved-australia-china-relations-dashed?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3106095/beijing-ups-ante-hopes-improved-australia-china-relations-dashed?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 19 Oct 2020 07:01:00 +0000 The coronavirus pandemic has reached a grim milestone: 1 million people have now died of Covid-19. On January 13, we published “Mystery China pneumonia outbreak likely caused by new human coronavirus” by Connor Bamford, a virologist at Queen’s University Belfast. Since then, we have published more than 3,500 articles on the now not-so-novel coronavirus, officially named Sars-CoV-2. Despite this huge output from the world’s leading experts, we have merely skimmed the surface of all there is to... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3103455/coronavirus-death-toll-hits-1-million-seven-experts?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3103455/coronavirus-death-toll-hits-1-million-seven-experts?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 29 Sep 2020 05:00:19 +0000 Production of the reality TV show The Masked Singer was shut down last month after several crew members were infected with Covid-19. It’s one of several examples of Covid-19 transmission associated with singing around the world since March, prompting some jurisdictions to ban group singing altogether. In New South Wales, for example, choral singing is banned and there are “no singing” rules at weddings and nightclubs. Now our new study, which included filming droplets and aerosols emitted when... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3102320/video-shows-just-how-easily-covid-19-could-spread-when?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3102320/video-shows-just-how-easily-covid-19-could-spread-when?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 21 Sep 2020 03:00:11 +0000