23 February 2022
As the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change prepares to release a major report on adapting to climate change, Adam Vaughan visits the site of 2021's deadly floods in Ahr, Germany, to discover how locals are rebuilding
23 February 2022
The legal requirement for people in England with covid-19 to self-isolate will end on 24 February, but will remain part of country's guidance. Widespread free PCR and lateral flow testing will stop in April
23 February 2022
Increasing success unravelling the causes of long covid may signal a new approach to mysterious, long-neglected conditions from chronic fatigue syndrome to fibromyalgia
23 February 2022
Almost 200 people died in the German floods of 2021 because experts couldn’t convince them of impending danger. We must rethink how to get through to the public, says hydrologist Hannah Cloke
23 February 2022
A global summit on clearing up the oceans has produced big promises – is it just blah, blah, blah, or can we make the future of plastic fantastic, asks Graham Lawton
22 February 2022
Experiments will soon explore ways to emulate the fertilising effect of whale waste, which fuels blooms of algae that feed fish and lock away carbon
21 February 2022
Rats trained to leave 3.2 seconds between presses of a lever or to hold it down for this length of time seem able to judge whether they were accurate enough to have earned a reward
18 February 2022
A survey of more than 1500 people in the US found that people who are morally opposed to abortion would help a close friend or family member seeking the procedure
18 February 2022
A simple, cheap technology could help to boost food production and possibly allow crops to be grown in different places in order to cut down on food miles
18 February 2022
As more money pours into cryptocurrency crimes and scams, government agencies are increasingly cracking down, as the launch of dedicated Department of Justice and FBI enforcement teams demonstrates
