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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.
Omicron, racism and trust
How the global political response to the new variant is hampering science in Africa
Can the weather trigger a volcano?
The eruption of Semeru in Java was linked to heavy rain
Omicron’s rapid replication rate
Omicron replicates seventy times faster than earlier variants.
Omicron – mild or monster?
Cases of the latest coronavirus variant are mild, so far – but that’s not the whole story
2021 the year of variants
The year began with Alpha and ends with Omicron, what have we learnt?
CORBEVAX – A vaccine for the world?
Could a cheap and conventional vaccine for Coivd19 end the pandemic?
Have we got it wrong on Omicron?
It seems to be no more viable than the earlier delta variant
Tonga eruption – how it happened
Why a small volcanic eruption had a global impact
The roots of Long Covid
Detecting the early signals for long Covid
Identifying a more infectious HIV variant
A new form of HIV has been uncovered in the Netherlands.
Inside Wuhan's coronavirus lab
The inside story of Wuhan’s coronavirus lab,
Bone repair from Covid-19 vaccine technology
Messenger RNA used in vaccines against Covid-19 has been used to encourage bone healing
Reforming the 'China Initiative'
US scheme accused of persecuting scientists is to be refocused
Covid -19 origins
New analysis shows where inside the Wuhan market the virus first showed itself.
