Doctors race to identify poison affecting former Russian spy
6 March 2018
The substance that left Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia Skripal in intensive care in hospital was either delivered in a massive dose, or is a rapidly-acting poison
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Australia’s cervical cancer vaccine might eradicate the disease
6 March 2018
A national school-based vaccination programme has seen the number of young women with human papillomavirus (HPV) infections fall from 22.7 to 1.5 per cent
Google's 72-qubit chip is the largest yet
6 March 2018
Google has announced Bristlecone, a 72-qubit quantum computer that may be the first to kickstart a new computing era by achieving quantum supremacy
A twist in graphene lets you switch superconductivity on and off
5 March 2018
Two atomically thin layers of graphene can be misaligned just slightly to produce a superconductive material for super-efficient energy delivery
Fossil shows a parent caring for its young 520 million years ago
5 March 2018
Rare remains show a primitive shrimp-like creature apparently caring for four juveniles – the oldest example of parental care in the fossil record
A mountain range on Saturn’s moon Iapetus may be a former ring
2 March 2018
Falling space debris should make craters on rocky surfaces. But on Saturn’s moon Iapetus, it might have created a belt of mountains around the equator
We’ve evolved to sleep less and that may be causing Alzheimer’s
2 March 2018
Humans sleep less than any other primate and spend less time in deep, non-REM sleep – which may cause a high risk of Alzheimer’s
Automated dance teacher tells you when your moves are wrong
2 March 2018
Strictly and Dancing with the Stars judges could be replaced by a robot judge called HappyFeet. It can watch people dance and rate their moves
A weird underground plant has been rediscovered after 151 years
2 March 2018
A species of subterranean plant was only seen once, in 1866, and was assumed to be extinct – until researchers stumbled across living specimens in Borneo
Biggest ever family tree shows when cousins stopped having sex
1 March 2018
A family tree of 13 million people has been built using data from an ancestry website, and it reveals when and why people started avoiding marrying close relations
