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Sacrifice: The Story of SARS - Part Two
Kevin Fong continues to explore the personal and medical impact of SARS ten years on.
The Ebola Story
Claudia Hammond looks back at the Ebola epidemic to see why it spiralled out of control.
The birth of a new volcano
A new undersea volcano has appeared off the coast of East Africa
Cracking the case of the Krakatoa volcano collapse
Scientists investigate the precise events around last year’s lethal eruption
Amazonian fires likely to worsen
Is it going to be a particularly bad burning season for Brazil’s rainforest?
Nanotube computer says hello
A 16bit computer processor made of carbon nanotubes is unveiled to the world
New evidence of nuclear reactor explosion
An isotopic fingerprint is reported of a nuclear explosion in Russia last month.
Embryoids from stem cells
Embryoids from stem cells; water vapour in atmosphere of rocky exoplanet
South East Asia choking - again
Why even staying indoors offers no escape from fires across the region
Global climate inaction
The latest climate report look like earlier ones, where is the call to action?
From batteries to distant worlds
Nobel Prize wins for a range of well-known discoveries
Malaria, origins and a potential new treatment
How malaria jumped species and why Antarctica may hold a new treatment
Is quantum supremacy ‘garbage’?
Has a new era of computing finally arrived or not, or is it both at the same time?
Wildfires and winds in California
How dry land and high winds are fuelling fires in California
Climate in crisis
Inaction on climate change while the impact of air pollution is likened to smoking
Australia burning
To what extent is ‘Bush fire weather’ influenced by climate change?
Politics and Amazonia’s fires
Scientists refute government claims that this year’s Amazon fires have been normal
New Malaria target
Molecular research opens the way to prevent antimalarial resistance
CRISPR babies scandal – more details
Science news and highlights of the week
White Island volcano eruption
Why a small eruption on White Island was so dangerous
Understanding the Anak Krakatau eruption
How a relative small volcanic eruption caused a tsunami
Gaming climate change
Can a role playing game improve climate negotiation outcomes?
Adapting California
Living with the threat of fires and earthquakes
Australia’s extreme fire season
2019 was Australia’s hottest year on record, a major factor behind continued bushfires
Mount Taal volcano
Why Mount Taal volcano near Manila produces so much ash and lightning
Wuhan Coronavirus
What science can tell us about the emergence of a new virus in China
Understanding the Wuhan coronavirus
Analysis of the impact of the new virus.
Coronavirus, prospects for treatment?
Could untried drugs developed for Ebola stop the virus?
CoVid-19: Mapping the outbreak
A new public tool allows anyone to see where the virus is spreading.
Monitoring Covid-19, harvests and space junk
Monitoring spread of Covid-19, harvests in Africa from space, and space junk
Tracking coronavirus spread
More new cases of Covid-19 are now outside China than inside - how can we map the virus?
