BBC Focus - 04.2020_

06 EYEOPENER

Incrediblescientificimages

from around the world.

12 CONVERSATION

Yourletters,emails, texts

and tweets.

14 DISCOVERIES

Allthemonth’sbiggest

sciencenews.Inthisissue:

ratlegtransplants;ghost

shipwasheduponIrish

coast;coronavirusupdates;

oceanplasticssmelllike

foodtoturtles;Heathrow

airportexpansionstopped,

and much more.

30 REALITYCHECK

Thesciencebehindthe

headlines.Thismonth:

Doeshandwashingreally

preventusfromgetting

infectedwithcoronavirus?

Whatis herdimmunity and

canit helpusfight

coronavirus?

CONTENTS

36 INNOVATIONS

Thelatesttech news and

gadgetry.

71 MICHAELMOSLEY

Howtostayyoung by

eating less.

72 ALEKSKROTOSKI

Whatanunexpected

pandemicinWorldOf

Warcraftcanteachus

about coronavirus.

81 Q & A

Ourexpertsansweryour

questions. Thismonth:

WhydoesBolognesesauce

stainplasticcontainers?

Canwebringbackan

extinct species?

90 BOOKSMART

Feastyoureyesonour

brandnewsection,and

don’tmissthelaunchof

ournewScience Focus

Book Club!

96 NEXTMONTH

A sneakpeekat

what’sinnextmonth’s

BBC Science Focus.

96 CROSSWORD

Inlockdown?Tryourtricky

crypticcrosswordtoget

those brain cells working.

98 ASCIENTIST’S

GUIDETOLIFE

Howtomakethemostof

your (very long ) solo runs.

REGULARS

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EATINGGREEN...THEDIRTYTRUTH

Istherea wayforustoenjoya varieddiet

perhapswitha littlebitofmeatanddairy – and

still keep our carbon footprint low?

26 30

DISCOVERIES REALITY CHECK

Followa teamofresearchersas

theyexplorea cavetofind a new

species of blind fish.

Howeffectiveis handwashingat

stoppingthespreadof infections

like coronavirus?