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Covid origins: A detailed look at the coronavirus’s first days at a Wuhan market

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Three recent studies give a detailed picture of how the coronavirus pandemic began and strengthen the case that the virus came from animals at the Huanan seafood market Health | Analysis 28 February 2022 By Michael Le Page Members of the Wuhan Hygiene Emergency Response Team leave the closed Huanan seafood market in January 2020 … Read more

How a disappearing ear bone turned bats into masters of echolocation | Science

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Bats use sound to hunt a dizzying array of prey. Some zero in on flowers to sip nectar, whereas others find cattle and suck their blood. Many nab insects midflight. One species of bat senses small fish beneath the water and snatches them as osprey do. Now, scientists have discovered an anatomical quirk in the … Read more