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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.
Why are Covid19 cases rising in Hong Kong?
The territory is experiencing a rapid increase in infections and deaths
Covid in the sewers
Could novel forms of the virus be lurking in wastewater?
Radioactive Red Forest
Are Russian troops in forests around Chernobyl receiving a dangerous dose of radiation?
Tsunami detective in Tonga
What really happened in the cataclysmic eruption of the volcano Hunga Tonga in January?
How ‘magic mushroom’ chemical treats depression
Brain scanning study reveals how psilocybin can help people with severe depression
Climate techno-fix would worsen global malaria burden
The Indian subcontinent’s record-breaking heatwave
The Indian subcontinent is roasting in a prolonged heatwave. Is climate change to blame?
Mekong Delta will sink beneath the sea by 2100
Vietnam’s vast Mekong Delta is set to sink beneath the sea by the end of the century
Portrait of the monster black hole at our galaxy’s heart
Astronomers image the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way galaxy
Death in the rainforest
Climate change may have doubled the death rate of rainforest trees over the last 50 years
Heat death by volcano and other stories
New insights into Tonga’s cataclysmic volcanic eruption revealed
Should we worry about the latest Omicron subvariants?
Two recent subtypes of the Omicron virus are much better at evading our immune defences.
Body scan reveals HIV's hideouts
Science news and highlights of the week
Thirty years after the Earth Summit
Thirty years on, we ask what has the Earth Summit in Rio achieved?
Monster microbe
Gigantic bacterium discovered in the Caribbean. It’s the size and shape of an eyelash.
Extreme heat death risk in Latin America
New study reveals risk of death as temperatures rise in Latin American cities
Long Covid ‘brain fog’
New insights into the cause of Long Covid ‘brain fog’
First images from the James Webb Space Telescope
A sensational new view of the universe from the James Webb Space Telescope.
Heat waves in the Northern Hemisphere
Heat waves in the Northern Hemisphere - how and why more frequent and more extreme?
