28 July 2021
Countries which are partially vaccinated and have high rates of infection find themselves in a dangerous period in which immunity-escaping covid-19 variants are most likely to emerge
27 July 2021
Official figures suggest that UK coronavirus infections have fallen for seven days in a row, but there are many explanations as to why it may not be a genuine drop
26 July 2021
The first analyses of a new and more complete version of the human genome reveal enormous amounts of previously undetected variation that may underlie disease
26 July 2021
Some stars orbiting supermassive black holes are expected to move close to the speed of light, and when they collide they may release more energy than the brightest supernovae
23 July 2021
Microbes isolated from the stomachs of termites can decontaminate timber that has been treated with toxic preservatives, enabling it to be converted into biofuels more easily
23 July 2021
Detecting DNA in air samples could make it much easier to monitor biodiversity around the world and also help in other fields such as atmospheric science
23 July 2021
Red palm weevils are invasive insects known for damaging palm trees – affecting the date, coconut and palm oil industries – but a bit of clove or thyme oil reduced the amount of palm stems they ate by 35 per cent
22 July 2021
The US Federal Aviation Administration has updated its rules on who counts as a commercial astronaut, making it tougher for space tourists to earn official astronaut wings
22 July 2021
Take a trip aboard a research vessel surveying kelp along England's south coast to see if these plants, crucial for locking up carbon and increasing biodiversity, can recover after a trawler fishing ban went into effect in the area
22 July 2021
Deepmind's AlphaFold can predict the shapes of nearly all proteins in the human body, paving the way for the development of new drugs, and the company aims to use this AI to publish the structures of more than 100 million known proteins
