BBC Science Focus Magazine  |  Jan-22
DISCOVERIES
This month’s science news: NASA’s solar probe ‘touches’ the Sun; elevated heart rates in elderly people may raise risk of dementia; gene editing used to create single-sex litters of mice; palaeontologists figure out how giant pterosaur took off, and more.
REALITY CHECK
The science behind the headlines: how big is my pet’s CO2 ‘pawprint’? Should we be worried about the Omicron variant? What’s causing the mysterious illness known as ‘Havana syndrome’?
ALEKS KROTOSKI
The metaverse: a whole new virtual world in which to play and create, or just another corporate-owned sandbox?
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in BBC Science Focus Magazine Jan-22.