BBC Science Focus - 2021-09-08

• MYSTERIES OF THE ABYSS
• FROM THE EDITOR
• Can a corpse filled with trapped gas explode when cremated?
• REALITY CHECK
• REALITY CHECK
• ALEKS KROTOSKI
• MICHAEL MOSLEY
• POPCORN SCIENCE
• INNOVATION­S
• ONLY IN YOUR WILDEST DREAMS
• FASTER THAN THE SPEED OF SOUND
• Crypto cash
• Saving lives with virtual reality
• “The next two decades are particular­ly critical”
• What’s Ape: Chimps say hello and goodbye when they meet, just like us
• Babylonian­s were using Pythagoras’ Theorem over 1,000 years before he was born
• Fasting may help protect against infection
• Bizarre ‘alien simulation’ study shows how COVID panic-buying was a natural response
• Rise in childhood short-sightednes­s linked to increase in screen time and time spent indoors during COVID-19
• MENTAL HEALTH: HOW CAN WE HELP ELITE SPORTS COMPETITOR­S STAY WELL?
• 4 WILL THE CLIMATE CRISIS CHANGE THE DEEP SEA?
• HOW TO HAVE MORE LUCID DREAMS
• CAN YOU CHANGE CAREERS IN YOUR 30S?
• FIVE TIPS TO OPTIMISE ONLINE LEARNING DURING COVID-19
• HOW CAN I SEE CYGNUS?
• WERE THE DINOSAURS COLD-BLOODED?
• WHY DOES THIS OPTICAL ILLUSION MESS WITH MY BRAIN?
• WHY ARE SEEDS SUCH DIFFERENT SIZES?
• QUESTION OF THE MONTH
• THE EXPLAINER WHAT IS LIGHT?
• WHY CAN’T HUMANS SEE ALL LIGHT?

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