{"id":10951,"date":"2022-03-16T01:00:59","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T00:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/?p=113763"},"modified":"2022-03-16T01:14:12","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T00:14:12","slug":"new-issue-the-productive-brain","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/rss_feed\/new-issue-the-productive-brain\/","title":{"rendered":"New issue: The productive brain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Sara Rigby\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Wednesday, 16 March 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> 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Dr Kaeli Swift tells us more.<\/p>\n<h2>An immune system for the planet<\/h2>\n<p>Can we build a global defence system that could help protect us when the next pandemic arrives?<\/p>\n<h2>Plus:<\/h2>\n<ul><li><strong>Innovations:<\/strong> the latest tech and gadget news<\/li>\n<li><strong>Q&amp;A:\u00a0<\/strong>our experts answer this month\u2019s tricky questions<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2 style=\"&quot;text-align:\" center=\"\">Issue 375 on sale 16 March 2022<\/h2>\n<h2 align=\"&quot;center&quot;\"><strong><a href=\"\/\/www.buysubscriptions.com\/print\/bbc-science-focus-magazine-subscription?promo=SFWEB370&amp;utm_medium=brandsite&amp;utm_source=sciencefocus.com&amp;utm_campaign=save50_SFWEB370&amp;utm_content=magazine-page&amp;style=brand&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\">Subscribe to\u00a0<em>BBC Science Focus Magazine<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Don\u2019t forget that\u00a0<em>BBC Science Focus<\/em>\u00a0is also available on all major digital platforms. 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