Heat death by volcano and other stories

New insights into Tonga’s cataclysmic volcanic eruption revealed

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Should we worry about the latest Omicron subvariants?

Two recent subtypes of the Omicron virus are much better at evading our immune defences.

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Body scan reveals HIV's hideouts

A medical scan which reveals where HIV and other viruses hide in the body.

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Thirty years after the Earth Summit

Thirty years on, we ask what has the Earth Summit in Rio achieved?

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Monster microbe

Gigantic bacterium discovered in the Caribbean. It’s the size and shape of an eyelash.

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Extreme heat death risk in Latin America

New study reveals risk of death as temperatures rise in Latin American cities

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Long Covid ‘brain fog’

New insights into the cause of Long Covid ‘brain fog’

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First images from the James Webb Space Telescope

A sensational new view of the universe from the James Webb Space Telescope.

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Heat waves in the Northern Hemisphere

Heat waves in the Northern Hemisphere - how and why more frequent and more extreme?

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The first galaxies at the universe's dawn

James Webb Space Telescope expands our view of the universe ever deeper back in time

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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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Icelandic volcano erupts again

Science in the heat of Iceland's new volcanic eruption.

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Deadly drought

The gloomy predictions for East Africa’s long running drought

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Surprises from a Martian Lake Bed

The latest analysis of Nasa’s perseverance discoveries confounds scientists’ expectations

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The China heatwave and the new normal

The record-breaking heatwave in China and its connection to extreme weather elsewhere

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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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Science and the causes behind Pakistan’s floods

A new report demonstrates the impact of global warming on flooding in Pakistan.

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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.

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The final moments of DART

Reflections on NASA’s latest mission as it hits an asteroid 11 million km from earth

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Nobel Prize 2022: The science behind the winners

We meet the winners behind this week’s Nobel Prize announcements

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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

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The most powerful explosion ever recorded

A celestial explosion has produced the brightest beam of light ever observed

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Seismic events on Mars

New data from Nasa reveals information on Mars’ origin and evolution.

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What peat can tell us about our future

Peat can offer us early alarm bells to climate change tipping points.

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Neurons that restore walking in paralysed patients

Neurons that restore walking in patients with spinal cord injuries have been identified

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Online harassment of Covid scientists

Virologists studying Covid-19 have been subject to online threats

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A distant planet’s atmosphere

The chemical composition of planet WASP-39b's atmosphere, 700 light years away

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COVID spreads in China

COVID spreads in China

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Ancient warmth in Greenland

Climate change in the Arctic

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Fusion milestone

Fusion milestone - the science behind the headlines

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Mosquito pesticide failing

Mosquito pesticide failing

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The James Webb Space Telescope: The first six months

What have scientists learned since Nasa launched its revolutionary telescope?

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One year on from the Tonga eruption

We take a look at everything we’ve learnt since the Tonga volcano erupted a year ago.

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Atmospheric rivers

The phenomenon driving California’s extreme weather

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Climate science activism

What happens when climate scientists take to the streets?

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Bird flu (H5N1) outbreak in mink

A review of the first mammal to mammal transmission of avian flu, observed in Spain

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Science on ice

The different forms of frozen water from ice made in labs to Jupiter’s icy moons

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Turkey-Syria earthquake

Turkey’s most powerful earthquake on record

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CRISPR & bioethics

He Jiankui refuses to talk about his controversial genome editing of twin babies in 2018

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Cyclone Freddy batters Madagascar

Cyclone Freddy batters Madagascar and threatens Mozambique and South Africa.

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Drought worsens in East Africa

Why the long rains in East Africa are forecast to fail again.

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Human Genome Editing - Promise and Peril

Human Genome Editing: curing genetic disease and ensuring it's safe and available to all.

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Return of Cyclone Freddy

Record-breaking Cyclone Freddy devastates Mozambique for the second time in one month.

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Animals at the Wuhan Market

What does animal DNA from the Wuhan Market reveal about the start of the pandemic?

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Gene editing breakthrough

New technique to correct gene errors in sick patients

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Chasing tornados in the American mid-West

Chasing tornados in the American mid-West – the science behind the current outbreaks.

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Bird flu: The global threat

H5N1 avian flu is racing across the world. What can be done to control it?

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Africa moves towards creating and manufacturing its own vaccines

Africa moves towards creating and manufacturing its own vaccines

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The truth about the Sudan biolab

Khartoum’s National Public Health Laboratory is caught up in the Sudanese conflict.

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Darwin dumped from Indian classrooms

The exclusion of Darwinism from the curriculum prompts protests in India

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Human genome goes global

The Pangenome project captures human diversity with 47 new genomes

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Return of the Wildfires

The record-breaking heat behind the destructive North American wildfires

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Brightest supernova in a decade

The brightest supernova in a decade springs astronomers around the world into action

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Vaccinating condors against bird flu

Endangered condors are being vaccinated to save them from deadly H5N1 bird flu

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The beginnings of us

New molecular fossil records shed evidence on the billion-year-old roots of modern life

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Oceans in hot water?

A major El Niño is building and heating up the world. What is the forecast?

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Human embryo models

Scientists have made human embryo models – or “synthetic embryos” - in the lab.

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Preparing for crises

We have entered a state of multiple and entangled crises. How can research help?

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Melting of Greenland ice sheet

Record-breaking global temperatures are accelerating Greenland ice melt

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Europe’s heatwave death toll

Around 62,000 people died in last year's European heatwave - is this the new normal?

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On the edge of a new volcano

A spectacular volcanic eruption hits Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula for the third year

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Ocean current collapse

Is the collapse of large system of ocean currents imminent?

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Bird Flu is back

H5N1 bird flu is spreading to seabirds, mammals, and household pets

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Pandemic surveillance system at risk

One of the most useful scientific tools you’ve never heard of is being paywalled

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The science behind the Hawaii fire

The science behind the devastating fires that have consumed Lahaina in Hawaii.

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Brain-computer interfaces

Brain to speech translation allows patients to communicate faster and more expressively.

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Drowning coastal ecosystems

Coastal ecosystems around the world are at risk of disappearing as sea levels rise

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Returning to the North Pole

Ice breaker Polarstern returns to the Arctic visiting sites last explored in 2012.

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Deadly floods in Derna

Devastating floods have swept away the banks of Derna, Libya. How did this happen?

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More likely, more intense

Extreme flooding in Libya 50 times more likely and 50% more intense due to climate change

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Trilobite dinner

What did a 465-million-year-old trilobite eat for dinner? And how can we possibly know?

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The best and the worst

From talking to a Nobel prize winner to discussing allegations of scientific misconduct.

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Devastating earthquakes hit Afghanistan

Herat has not seen an earthquake for almost 1000 years but now, five have come at once.

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Alarm at Campi Flegrei, Italy

Naples is wondering about the next volcanic eruption.

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Bird flu reaches Antarctic region

Bird flu continues to spread across the world, putting isolated bird populations at risk.

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Climate emergency

Hurricanes, fires and carbon budgets; the impacts of climate change around the world

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Sounds of the Cape

Fossil hunting, African penguin rehabilitation and bird bioacoustics on the Western Cape.

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Volcanic rumblings in Iceland

Does seismic activity in Iceland suggest the country is entering a new volcanic era?

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Fires in the Pantanal wetlands

Brazil’s searing temperatures have scorched the world’s largest tropical wetlands.

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All aboard the RRS Sir David Attenborough

The RRS Sir David Attenborough has reached Antarctica for its first full science season.

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Can carbon capture live up to its hype?

Climate expert Richard Black discusses the good, the bad and the ugly of carbon capture.

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The science of morning sickness

A team of researchers have uncovered what may cause morning sickness in pregnancy.

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Volcanic eruption lights up Iceland

Volcanic eruption lights up Iceland.

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Following in the footsteps of ancient humans

Roland Pease travels to South Africa to gain a deeper understanding of human origins

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Tackling tuberculosis in South Africa

Fighting a disease that has become South Africa's biggest killer

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Seeking supernovas

How supernovas – the colossal explosions of stars – can help us decipher the Universe

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Swine fever in South East Asia

Swine fever has reached Borneo, devastating the local wild pig populations

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Drilling into the past

How scientists can drill into the seabed to find out more about the planet’s deep past

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Unethical data gathering in China

Papers containing DNA data gathered from Chinese ethnic minorities are under scrutiny.

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Particle physics v climate change

Should we spend $17 billion on a new atom smasher whilst the world literally burns?

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Climate scientist wins defamation case

Will this serve as a warning against politically motivated attacks on climate scientists?

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Largest ever covid safety study

A monumental study of 99 million vaccinated people shows how rare adverse effects are.

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One million genomes in two dimensions

US researchers aim to sample genomes from one million diverse people but concerns raised

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The first stars in the universe

Astronomers think they have seen glow the first generation of stars after the Big Bang

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Impacts of global warming

Will 2024 be another record-breaking year for the climate?

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Out of Africa

A rare glimpse into the lives of the ancestors moving from Africa to the whole world.

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Star for a day

A star on the brink of explosion will be visible from Earth. But not for long.

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Earthquake in Taiwan

A powerful earthquake in Taiwan demonstrates the country’s preparedness.

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Bird flu in Antarctica

Highly pathogenic bird flu has been detected along the Antarctic coast

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