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It’s been three long years since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global health emergency. So what can we expect the virus to do next?

World Athletics is set to keep the door open for transgender women to compete at the highest level under a ‘preferred option’ proposal to be voted on in March

What do you think when you hear the word “rabbit”? Does your mind conjure images of cartoon bunnies eating carrots? Or the fluffy tails and floppy ears of pet bunnies? Maybe you think about their incredible ability to reproduce.

Almost half of people also have trouble finding their own reproductive organs

Study also highlights that process of evolution led to the pattern of lactose intolerance seen today

A researcher at Queen’s University in Belfast provided data for the research.

When we think of evolution, we tend to picture slow changes occurring over very long periods of time, typically millions of years. However, evolution can actually happen much faster, over only a few generations: think COVID-19 strains, for example. And this fast evolution isn’t just restricted to viruses and microbes.

Happy gut, happy life

An eastern fence lizard basking in the sun feels a small red ant walk over its back. Not hungry, it ignores the insect. Soon there are lots of ants crawling up its legs, biting the scales that usually protect it and inserting their stingers in its soft underlying flesh.

Changes in your skin could mean a problem with your gut, and wider health worries

An Australian researcher has helped detect a molecular receptor in the colon which could lead to a breakthrough in the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome.