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8 articles from Guardian Unlimited Science

Coronavirus: Brazil evacuates 34 nationals from Wuhan

Group will be held in quarantine on an airbase in the mid-western state of GoiásBrazilian nationals evacuated from Wuhan, the city at the centre of the coronavirus crisis, will land shortly in national territory and will be taken to an airforce base where they will be quarantined for 18 days.The rescue comes after a video plea made to the far-right president Jair Bolsonaro last week. One of those...

Physicist Brian Greene: ‘Factual information is not the right yardstick for religion’

The theoretical physicist on distinguishing between fact and opinion, why he’d travel forward in time instead of back, and the value of religionBrian Greene, 56, is director of Columbia University’s centre for theoretical physics. His work on string theory has focused on the forms that extra dimensions may take. His latest book is Until the End of Time: Mind, Matter and Our Search for Meaning...

Madonna in full meltdown a moment to be cherished | Rebecca Nicholson

The Palladium paid a ripe price for bringing down the curtain on her showMadonna’s Madame X era is the gift that keeps on giving. On Wednesday night, her residency at the London Palladium descended into the kind of chaos that turned it into one of those gigs you can only have dreamed of being at, like Bob Dylan at the Newport Folk Festival or the Sex Pistols at Manchester’s Lesser Free Trade...

'Contact is limited': inside the world's coronavirus quarantines – video

People who are being held in facilities in dozens of countries explain what daily life is like and their hopes for returning home soon. China's Hubei province, where the coronavirus originated from, is under lockdown to limit spreading. The death toll has risen to 724, with 86 more people dying in mainland China, according to officials. This is the highest one-day jump so farCoronavirus: two...

If China valued free speech, there would be no coronavirus crisis

Country could have contained spread of disease if only it had learned lessons from Sars outbreak The death of the whistleblower Chinese doctor Li Wenliang has aroused strong emotions across China. Social media is awash with posts mourning the death of a martyr who tried to raise alarm over the coronavirus but was taken into a police station instead for “spreading false rumours” and...

What is coronavirus and how worried should we be?

What are the symptoms caused by the virus from Wuhan in China, how does it spread, and should you call a doctor?Find all our coronavirus coverage hereHow to protect yourself from infectionIt is a member of the coronavirus family that has never been encountered before. Like other coronaviruses, it has come from animals. Many of those initially infected either worked or frequently shopped in the...

China's ghost cities: fear of coronavirus leaves streets deserted

Residents say they are trapped in their own homes as the country grapples with the expanding outbreakConstruction workers are putting together the final touches on the Changying coronavirus isolation ward in Beijing, drilling holes in a brick wall for a heavy gate and setting up CCTV cameras trained on each of the units – small rectangular rooms with a bathroom and a window. It took a week to...

Coronavirus: Australians stranded in Wuhan after evacuation flight delayed

Those waiting to board sent home from airport as China withholds ‘official clearance’ to land Australians seeking to leave the Chinese city where the corona virus outbreak began may not be allowed to board a Qantas flight out of the country if they have a temperature, according to reports.The remaining Australians stranded in Wuhan had been scheduled to fly overnight on Friday from locked down...