New Scientist all-day virtual event: What is the future of healthcare?
7 July 2021
New Scientist's virtual live event transported the audience to the future of healthcare, from microrobot surgery to VR diagnosis and psychedelic therapy
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High vaccination rates no match for delta as covid-19 variant surges
7 July 2021
Restrictions in England are coming to an end as many countries are struggling to control cases of the delta coronavirus variant
Common colds predate farming and may be older than our species
6 July 2021
A virus that causes cold-like symptoms was infecting people 31,000 years ago and may have existed 700,000 years ago – in which case it also plagued other hominins like Neanderthals
Interview: The women behind the Oxford/AstraZeneca covid-19 vaccine
3 July 2021
The Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine has saved 27,000 deaths in England since the beginning of the year. Clare Wilson speaks to some of its creators - Sarah Gilbert, Catherine Green and Theresa Lambe - about the rollercoaster of events that led to this historic...
Mini-heart grown in the lab can pump fluid just like the real thing
1 July 2021
A tiny version of an embryonic heart made using human stem cells can pump fluid around channels on a laboratory slide, and will help researchers study congenital heart defects
Malaria vaccine that combines parasite with treatment shows promise
30 June 2021
A new kind of malaria vaccine involves injecting people with the malaria parasite, then a few days later giving them a medicine that kills the pathogens
