New coronavirus may be much more contagious than initially thought
29 January 2020
The new coronavirus is spreading faster than SARS - and it may be because it can be passed on before a person shows any sign of symptoms
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Fast action will be key to containing new coronavirus from China
29 January 2020
As the new virus that emerged in China spreads rapidly around the world, the reaction of national and international health agencies will be key to stopping it
Figuring out what the Milky Way looks like is akin to a murder mystery
29 January 2020
How can we get a picture of the whole Milky Way if we are inside it? Good sleuthing is needed to combine all the clues, writes Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
Human genes have been added to pigs to create skin for transplants
29 January 2020
The race to create pigs organs for human transplants is hotting up. Three teams have each added human genes to pigs to try to create rejection-proof skin
Getting Brexit done: Six huge science issues the UK must resolve
29 January 2020
The UK is finally set to leave the European Union, but big questions on science, health and the environment remain
Problems in social science are being used to discredit climate science
28 January 2020
A US conference may be using the reproducibility crisis in the social sciences in an attempt to discredit climate science, and scientists question whether to attend and push back
Animal DNA is full of viral invaders and now we've caught them at it
28 January 2020
We know viruses invaded animals’ genomes in the ancient past, but only now have we actually witnessed it happening and the DNA being passed to offspring
UK government approves Huawei 5G deal despite security fears
28 January 2020
Chinese telecomms firm Huawei will be allowed to provide technology for key parts of the UK's super-fast 5G infrastructure, prime minister Boris Johnson has said, despite opposition from the US
A skull suggests humans have been getting piercings for 12,000 years
27 January 2020
The teeth of a man who lived in prehistoric Africa are worn in a way that suggests he had three facial piercings, the second oldest such find in the world
NHS may use people's phone data to predict mental health issues
27 January 2020
A National Health Service trust has partnered with telecoms firm Telefonica to trial an algorithm that can identify people at risk of mental health crisis. A next step could see mobile phone data being used to make predictions
