We must hold a steady course on our response to covid-19
21 October 2020
Cutting transmission of the coronavirus is vital to prevent hospitals being overwhelmed and schools shutting, but also to stop it evolving
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Email should be obsolete by now, so why are we still using it?
21 October 2020
Email is often slow, dull and annoying, yet its dogged determination has allowed it to weather dramatic changes in technology over the decades, writes Annalee Newitz
US election 2020: Trump's impact on the environment, health and space
21 October 2020
Whatever the outcome of the US presidential election, Donald Trump is likely to have a lasting impact on the nation's health, environmental regulations and space exploration
Is the coronavirus evolving and will it become more or less deadly?
21 October 2020
So far, we haven't seen much change in the coronavirus, but as we develop more therapies and potentially a vaccine it could mutate
UK trial plans to infect volunteers with the coronavirus in January
20 October 2020
A UK trial that involves intentionally infecting healthy volunteers with the coronavirus will start in January if approved by health authorities. The aim is to establish the minimum infectious dose before testing potential vaccines
India's coronavirus pandemic is leading to many more deaths from TB
20 October 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has made it harder for people in India to access healthcare for tuberculosis and almost 88,000 additional deaths due to TB are expected this year
Should we plan for regular 'circuit-breaker' coronavirus lockdowns?
19 October 2020
Planning regular two-week lockdowns could be better than reacting to changing covid-19 case numbers, some scientists argue – but the UK may have left it too late for this strategy
Historical records hint daughters of older mothers may be less fertile
16 October 2020
A study of women born in the Netherlands between 1812 and 1874 adds to the evidence that the daughters of older mothers may be slightly less fertile
Python tried to eat sleeping woman while being tracked by biologists
16 October 2020
A biologist tracking a 4-metre-long python in Australia warned local residents to be on their guard – but one woman woke to find the snake trying to eat her
Climate change may have driven early human species to extinction
15 October 2020
Sudden climatic changes may have been a significant driver of the extinction of early human species, including the Neanderthals, Homo erectus and Homo heidelbergensis
