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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
A distant planet's atmosphere
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 6 months
NASA's James Webb Telescope: science in the images
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
What are the benefits and limitations of gene editing?
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?
Coronation exploration
Why are rituals so important to humans - and why do they often involve precious objects?
Co-operation and cohesion
Social cohesion, cellular cohesion and glue. Science stories inspired by election news
Signals, seaweed and space
The anniversary of the telegraph sparks an unexpected conversation about bioelectricity.
Migrate ideas
The science behind migration, a wall of wind and the real life human labour ing AI
