12 February 2020
No country is fully prepared for a coronavirus pandemic, according to a public health expert. But some countries will be better placed to handle an outbreak than others
12 February 2020
A geopolitical battle is being played out in orbit as countries vie for the best satellite navigation system
12 February 2020
In a universe that unthinkingly follows the rules, human agency is an anomaly. Can physics ever make sense of our power to change the physical world at will?
11 February 2020
The death rate of Covid-19, caused by the new coronavirus, may be lower than some estimates suggest, but the number of cases may be much higher
11 February 2020
A basic rule of quantum physics is that knowing too much about an experiment will break quantum interference, but now physicists have discovered a way to bend that rule
11 February 2020
Weighing around 1270 kilograms, the largest ever firework travelled at more than 480 kilometres and exploded over Steamboat Springs in Colorado
10 February 2020
If the new coronavirus reaches Africa, it could have a huge impact. But the continent is getting ready, and 29 countries will soon be able to test for the infection
7 February 2020
We are increasingly aware that our personal data is a valuable commodity – but just how valuable? A survey has revealed how much people are willing to sell their data for
7 February 2020
23andMe and Ancestry are laying off staff as sales slump – but there’s plenty of profit to be made from their huge DNA databases
6 February 2020
The genomes of 2514 new viruses have been identified in DNA recovered from human and animal cells, many of them belonging to wholly new families
