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
15 March 2021
Our early human ancestors ate more meat than their hominin forerunners – and some researchers think their hunting strategies offer a clue to how we evolved our intelligence
15 March 2021
An estimate of the number of interstellar objects passing through the solar system suggests we should expect seven visitors a year, and some - three per century - could even be from another galaxy
15 March 2021
The Pacific hemisphere is losing heat from Earth's interior faster than the opposite hemisphere, probably because of where the Pangaea supercontinent was located millions of years ago
