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Covid -19 – Mutations are normal
Viral mutations happen all the time but we still need to be wary of their impact.
A year with Covid -19
Looking back on how the virus emerged and the scientific response
Coping with Covid
Making sense of a year of confusion
New variants of SARS-Cov2
SARS-Cov2: UK and South African new variants
Gravitational waves and black holes
Gravitational waves from colliding supermassive black holes
Saving the Northern White Rhino
Bringing back the Northern White Rhino from extinction
Mixing Covid vaccines
Can Covid vaccines be mixed?
Perseverance approaches Mars
How Perseverance will land on Mars
Weird weather
Why is there snow in Texas?
Waste not, want not
Novel recycling to make new products
Uncovering history with Little Foot's skull
Scanning Little Foot’s skull at the Diamond Light Source.
22/03/2021 GMT
Science news and highlights of the week
Africa’s oldest burial
A fossilised child reveals an ancient caring society
Covid and clean air
How improving indoor air quality can prevent illness from many viruses
Robot revolution
The robot arm that comes with feelings
Nyiragongo Eruption
Understanding ‘ The world’s most dangerous volcano’
Insects in incredible detail
Insects; climate change & the law; missions to Venus; masks with Covid detecting sensors
Record-shattering weather
Why we should expect more sudden extreme temperatures
Methane - a climate solution?
Can reductions in this potent greenhouse gas help keep global temperature rises down?
Keep most fossil fuel in ground to meet 1.5 degree goal
90% of coal and 60% of oil and gas must remain untouched for world to meet climate target
Ebola can remain dormant for five years
Ebola infections can re-emerge after five years, and cause new outbreaks
New evidence for SARS-CoV-2’s origin in bats
Study of bats in Laos has identified viruses with a similar spike protein to SARS-CoV-2
Drug resistant malaria found in East Africa
The spread of resistance to one of the most important anti-malarials
Youngest rock samples from the moon
Youngest samples from lava flows on the moon returned by Chang’e-5 mission
Wetlands under attack
The invasive cordgrass taking over China’s coastal wetlands.
Red blood cells’ surprising immune function
New research reveals red blood cells form part of the body’s immune defence.
Can we still avoid climate catastrophe?
The UNEP Emissions Gap Report reveals we need to do more to reach our climate goals.
Jet fuel from thin air
A solar powered solution to emissions creates aviation fuel by extracting gases from air
Bambi got Covid
Why the discovery of Covid 19 in white-tail deer has implications for climate policy
The end for coal power?
The fossil fuel is on target to be replaced with renewables in both India and China.
Deliberately doomed dart
The sacrificial space mission designed to protect the Earth from asteroid impact.
