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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.
Return of Cyclone Freddy
Record-breaking Cyclone Freddy devastates Mozambique for the second time in one month.
Animals at the Wuhan Market
What does animal DNA from the Wuhan Market reveal about the start of the pandemic?
Gene editing breakthrough
New technique to correct gene errors in sick patients
Chasing tornados in the American mid-West
Chasing tornados in the American mid-West – the science behind the current outbreaks.
Bird flu: The global threat
H5N1 avian flu is racing across the world. What can be done to control it?
Africa moves towards creating and manufacturing its own vaccines
The truth about the Sudan biolab
Khartoum’s National Public Health Laboratory is caught up in the Sudanese conflict.
Darwin dumped from Indian classrooms
The exclusion of Darwinism from the curriculum prompts protests in India
Human genome goes global
The Pangenome project captures human diversity with 47 new genomes
Return of the Wildfires
The record-breaking heat behind the destructive North American wildfires
