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    Online harassment of Covid scientists

    Virologists studying Covid-19 have been subject to online threats

  2. Neurons that restore walking in paralysed patients

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

  3. What peat can tell us about our future

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

  4. Seismic events on Mars

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

  5. The most powerful explosion ever recorded

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

  6. Inserting human neurons into the brains of rats

    Fusing the brain of a human with a rat could offer insight into neurological disorders

  7. Nobel Prize 2022: The science behind the winners

    We meet the winners behind this week鈥檚 Nobel Prize announcements

  8. The final moments of DART

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

  9. Should we mine the deep sea?

    A new license for deep sea mining could change the way we harvest rare earth minerals.

  10. Science and the causes behind Pakistan鈥檚 floods

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

  11. The genetics of human intelligence

    A single gene mutation may have propelled a major leap in human brain development

  12. The China heatwave and the new normal

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

  13. Surprises from a Martian Lake Bed

    The latest analysis of Nasa鈥檚 perseverance discoveries confounds scientists鈥� expectations

  14. Deadly drought

    The gloomy predictions for East Africa鈥檚 long running drought

  15. Icelandic volcano erupts again

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

  16. Synthetic mouse embryos with brains and hearts

    Researchers make synthetic mouse embryos with brains and beating hearts from stem cells

  17. The first galaxies at the universe's dawn

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

  18. Heat waves in the Northern Hemisphere

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

  19. First images from the James Webb Space Telescope

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

  20. Long Covid 鈥榖rain fog鈥�

    New insights into the cause of Long Covid 鈥榖rain fog鈥�

  21. Extreme heat death risk in Latin America

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

  22. Monster microbe

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

  23. Thirty years after the Earth Summit

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

  24. Body scan reveals HIV's hideouts

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

  25. Should we worry about the latest Omicron subvariants?

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

  26. Heat death by volcano and other stories

    New insights into Tonga鈥檚 cataclysmic volcanic eruption revealed

  27. Death in the rainforest

    Climate change may have doubled the death rate of rainforest trees over the last 50 years

  28. Portrait of the monster black hole at our galaxy鈥檚 heart

    Astronomers image the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way galaxy

  29. Mekong Delta will sink beneath the sea by 2100

    Vietnam鈥檚 vast Mekong Delta is set to sink beneath the sea by the end of the century

  30. The Indian subcontinent鈥檚 record-breaking heatwave

    The Indian subcontinent is roasting in a prolonged heatwave. Is climate change to blame?

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