Further intel on a mistruth being spread by social media - that COVID-19 vaccines can cause both male and female infertility. With males, the COVID disease can cause infertility, the COVID vaccines do not. The false claim about female infertility was that the vaccine would make the woman’s own immune system attack her natural proteins. No studies have proved this claim.

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Infertility and COVID-19 vaccines Part 2

We have several pretty good COVID-19 vaccines. They have enormously reduced the risks against getting sick, or dying from COVID. So why are people saying “no” to COVID vaccines? It seems the main reason for avoiding the very protective vaccines is wave after wave of misinformation and dis-information in social media. Let's make some aspects easier to understand.

Infertility and COVID-19 vaccines Part 1

Science is meant to be about data and logic, and yet that doesn't always stop it from being discriminatory. Women in science don't always get the recognition they deserve, but they have made extraordinary contributions.

Hidden Figures: the extraordinary women in science

If an equinox is truly equal, it should fall on a day when there's just as much darkness as there is daylight. But that's not always exactly the case, so what's going on?

How equal is an equinox?

What happens when two stars eat each other to death? And does one get the last laugh in this tale of cosmic cannibalism?

Cosmic cannibalism

Ever wondered how in Western gunfights, the person who is first to draw their gun is the first to get shot? It turns out that under threat, our muscles work faster than normal.

Reaction Faster Than Action

Our long-held beliefs about metabolism - you know that thing supposedly responsible for making you put on weight with age - might be wrong.

Metabolism Mysteries

For most of us, travelling by plane means boarding and buckling in. But Wing Walkers don't stop there - they venture outside of the plane too.

Wing Walking: a sport not for the faint-hearted

Can you tell someone is sick just by looking at them? It turns out many of us can.

Our Sixth Sense: the Sick Sense

There are mysteries all around us, but here's one that might just be the next Big Breakthrough of Physics! The Muon Magnetic Anomaly.

The Muon Magnetic Anomaly: The Land of the Unknown Unknowns

Muon Mystery Part 2: The 'Jewel of Physics' becomes a duel with physics

The Muon Magnetic Anomaly: A Quantum Mystery!

Is it true that Big Agriculture has totally ruined our soil, and used up practically all of its goodness, so there’s barely any nutrition left in our food? Well, no - but like all good myths, there is a small grain of truth.

The Dirt On Food

There's a lot of claims out there about the benefits of taking collagen supplements. Last week we spoke about the structure of collagen and what it does in the body. So what happens when you eat or drink it as a supplement?

Collagen Pt 2: a complex and wonderous protein

One thing that we are quite confident about is that collagen is part-and-parcel of having healthy and glowing skin. But what about the claim that if you eat or drink it, the molecules will magically make their way to exactly where they are needed to smooth out that wrinkle on your face?

Collagen Pt 1: can you really eat or drink your way to smoother skin?

From the ground breaking and life saving to the wacky and implausible, Dr Karl Kruszelnicki reveals some of the best moments in science.

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