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Extreme temperatures recorded in Antarctica and the Arctic.
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Long Covid ‘brain fog’
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First images from the James Webb Space Telescope
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The first galaxies at the universe's dawn
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Synthetic mouse embryos with brains and hearts
Researchers make synthetic mouse embryos with brains and beating hearts from stem cells
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Deadly drought
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Surprises from a Martian Lake Bed
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The China heatwave and the new normal
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The genetics of human intelligence
A single gene mutation may have propelled a major leap in human brain development
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Should we mine the deep sea?
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The final moments of DART
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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
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Neurons that restore walking in paralysed patients
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Online harassment of Covid scientists
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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
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Mosquito pesticide failing
The James Webb Space Telescope: The first six months
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One year on from the Tonga eruption
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Atmospheric rivers
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Climate science activism
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Bird flu (H5N1) outbreak in mink
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Cyclone Freddy batters Madagascar
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Drought worsens in East Africa
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Human Genome Editing - Promise and Peril
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Return of Cyclone Freddy
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Animals at the Wuhan Market
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Gene editing breakthrough
New technique to correct gene errors in sick patients
Chasing tornados in the American mid-West
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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
Brightest supernova in a decade
The brightest supernova in a decade springs astronomers around the world into action
Vaccinating condors against bird flu
Endangered condors are being vaccinated to save them from deadly H5N1 bird flu
The beginnings of us
New molecular fossil records shed evidence on the billion-year-old roots of modern life
Oceans in hot water?
A major El Niño is building and heating up the world. What is the forecast?
Human embryo models
Scientists have made human embryo models – or “synthetic embryos” - in the lab.
Preparing for crises
We have entered a state of multiple and entangled crises. How can research help?
Melting of Greenland ice sheet
Record-breaking global temperatures are accelerating Greenland ice melt
Europe’s heatwave death toll
Around 62,000 people died in last year's European heatwave - is this the new normal?
On the edge of a new volcano
A spectacular volcanic eruption hits Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula for the third year
Ocean current collapse
Is the collapse of large system of ocean currents imminent?
Bird Flu is back
H5N1 bird flu is spreading to seabirds, mammals, and household pets
Pandemic surveillance system at risk
One of the most useful scientific tools you’ve never heard of is being paywalled
The science behind the Hawaii fire
The science behind the devastating fires that have consumed Lahaina in Hawaii.
Brain-computer interfaces
Brain to speech translation allows patients to communicate faster and more expressively.
Drowning coastal ecosystems
Coastal ecosystems around the world are at risk of disappearing as sea levels rise
Returning to the North Pole
Ice breaker Polarstern returns to the Arctic visiting sites last explored in 2012.
Deadly floods in Derna
Devastating floods have swept away the banks of Derna, Libya. How did this happen?
More likely, more intense
Extreme flooding in Libya 50 times more likely and 50% more intense due to climate change
Trilobite dinner
What did a 465-million-year-old trilobite eat for dinner? And how can we possibly know?
The best and the worst
From talking to a Nobel prize winner to discussing allegations of scientific misconduct.
Devastating earthquakes hit Afghanistan
Herat has not seen an earthquake for almost 1000 years but now, five have come at once.
Alarm at Campi Flegrei, Italy
Naples is wondering about the next volcanic eruption.
Bird flu reaches Antarctic region
Bird flu continues to spread across the world, putting isolated bird populations at risk.
Climate emergency
Hurricanes, fires and carbon budgets; the impacts of climate change around the world
Sounds of the Cape
Fossil hunting, African penguin rehabilitation and bird bioacoustics on the Western Cape.
Volcanic rumblings in Iceland
Does seismic activity in Iceland suggest the country is entering a new volcanic era?
Fires in the Pantanal wetlands
Brazil’s searing temperatures have scorched the world’s largest tropical wetlands.
All aboard the RRS Sir David Attenborough
The RRS Sir David Attenborough has reached Antarctica for its first full science season.
Can carbon capture live up to its hype?
Climate expert Richard Black discusses the good, the bad and the ugly of carbon capture.
The science of morning sickness
A team of researchers have uncovered what may cause morning sickness in pregnancy.
Volcanic eruption lights up Iceland
Volcanic eruption lights up Iceland.
Following in the footsteps of ancient humans
Roland Pease travels to South Africa to gain a deeper understanding of human origins
Tackling tuberculosis in South Africa
Fighting a disease that has become South Africa's biggest killer
Seeking supernovas
How supernovas – the colossal explosions of stars – can help us decipher the Universe
Swine fever in South East Asia
Swine fever has reached Borneo, devastating the local wild pig populations
Drilling into the past
How scientists can drill into the seabed to find out more about the planet’s deep past
Unethical data gathering in China
Papers containing DNA data gathered from Chinese ethnic minorities are under scrutiny.
Particle physics v climate change
Should we spend $17 billion on a new atom smasher whilst the world literally burns?
Climate scientist wins defamation case
Will this serve as a warning against politically motivated attacks on climate scientists?