17 March 2021
Former Bank of England governor Mark Carney knows a thing or two about the world’s financial markets. His call for a radical shift in how they work must be heeded for the sake of the planet
17 March 2021
Non-fungible tokens could be a game changer for digital art, but it is hard to tell how much of it is just a financial stunt, writes Annalee Newitz
17 March 2021
Pollinators have a critical, but largely unappreciated, role to play when it comes to climate change, says ecologist Jeff Ollerton
17 March 2021
The US won't be following the UK's example of extending the interval between covid-19 vaccine doses amid concerns it could increase risk of dangerous variants emerging. Meanwhile, Canada increases its interval up to four months
17 March 2021
Globally, since late February, coronavirus infections have started to rise again, mainly linked to the B.1.1.7 variant. The big question is what happens next
16 March 2021
The bodies of people buried in two mass graves in Rennes have been identified as soldiers belonging to opposing armies who fought in the Siege of Rennes in 1491
16 March 2021
More countries suspend the coronavirus jab over fears of blood clots, despite EU regulators remaining firmly convinced that the benefits of the vaccine outweigh any risks
16 March 2021
A key sign of ageing slows right down when ground squirrels are hibernating. This suggests we might be able to induce similar changes to put humans in suspended animation for long-distance space travel
16 March 2021
Genes that affect bioelectric signals in flying fish also give rise to their wing-like fins – and when transplanted into zebrafish they transform its puny fins into wings too
15 March 2021
Industrial automation raises wages for men and women because of productivity increases, but could erode progress made over recent years to narrow the gender pay gap
