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Icelandic volcano erupts again
Science in the heat of Iceland's new volcanic eruption.
Deadly drought
The gloomy predictions for East Africa’s long running drought
Surprises from a Martian Lake Bed
The latest analysis of Nasa’s perseverance discoveries confounds scientists’ expectations
The China heatwave and the new normal
The record-breaking heatwave in China and its connection to extreme weather elsewhere
The genetics of human intelligence
A single gene mutation may have propelled a major leap in human brain development
Science and the causes behind Pakistan’s floods
A new report demonstrates the impact of global warming on flooding in Pakistan.
Should we mine the deep sea?
A new license for deep sea mining could change the way we harvest rare earth minerals.
The final moments of DART
Reflections on NASA’s latest mission as it hits an asteroid 11 million km from earth
Nobel Prize 2022: The science behind the winners
We meet the winners behind this week’s Nobel Prize announcements
Inserting human neurons into the brains of rats
Fusing the brain of a human with a rat could offer insight into neurological disorders
The most powerful explosion ever recorded
A celestial explosion has produced the brightest beam of light ever observed
Seismic events on Mars
New data from Nasa reveals information on Mars’ origin and evolution.
What peat can tell us about our future
Peat can offer us early alarm bells to climate change tipping points.
Neurons that restore walking in paralysed patients
Neurons that restore walking in patients with spinal cord injuries have been identified
Online harassment of Covid scientists
Virologists studying Covid-19 have been subject to online threats
A distant planet’s atmosphere
The chemical composition of planet WASP-39b's atmosphere, 700 light years away
COVID spreads in China
Ancient warmth in Greenland
Climate change in the Arctic
Fusion milestone
Fusion milestone - the science behind the headlines
Mosquito pesticide failing
The James Webb Space Telescope: The first six months
What have scientists learned since Nasa launched its revolutionary telescope?
One year on from the Tonga eruption
We take a look at everything we’ve learnt since the Tonga volcano erupted a year ago.
Atmospheric rivers
The phenomenon driving California’s extreme weather
Climate science activism
What happens when climate scientists take to the streets?
Bird flu (H5N1) outbreak in mink
A review of the first mammal to mammal transmission of avian flu, observed in Spain
Science on ice
The different forms of frozen water from ice made in labs to Jupiter’s icy moons
Turkey-Syria earthquake
Turkey’s most powerful earthquake on record
CRISPR & bioethics
He Jiankui refuses to talk about his controversial genome editing of twin babies in 2018
Cyclone Freddy batters Madagascar
Cyclone Freddy batters Madagascar and threatens Mozambique and South Africa.
Drought worsens in East Africa
Why the long rains in East Africa are forecast to fail again.
Human Genome Editing - Promise and Peril
Human Genome Editing: curing genetic disease and ensuring it's safe and available to all.
