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
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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
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
Artificial rope bridges help stop rare primates jumping to extinction
15 October 2020
A landslide created a perilously wide gap in the forest canopy on China’s Hainan Island, so researchers made rope bridges to help the endangered Hainan gibbons get across
Exclusive: Concerns raised about vital UK covid-19 infection survey
15 October 2020
A covid-19 infection survey by the UK Office for National Statistics is seen as the gold standard for tracking the coronavirus, but response rates have plummeted, which risks the results being unreliable
The moon had a magnetic field that helped protect Earth's atmosphere
14 October 2020
Some 4 billion years ago, the moon may have had a magnetic field that combined with Earth’s to create a powerful magnetic shield that protected our planet’s atmosphere
Ivory Coast’s elephant populations are now in catastrophic decline
14 October 2020
Named for its elephants, Ivory Coast once had one of the largest elephant populations in West Africa. Now there are just hundreds left
