Wetlands under attack

The invasive cordgrass taking over China’s coastal wetlands.

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Red blood cells’ surprising immune function

New research reveals red blood cells form part of the body’s immune defence.

• 27 mins

Can we still avoid climate catastrophe?

The UNEP Emissions Gap Report reveals we need to do more to reach our climate goals.

• 26 mins

Jet fuel from thin air

A solar powered solution to emissions creates aviation fuel from atmospheric gases

• 32 mins

Bambi got Covid

Why the discovery of Covid 19 in white-tail deer has implications for climate policy

• 27 mins

The end for coal power?

The fossil fuel is on target to be replaced with renewables in both India and China.

• 27 mins

Deliberately doomed dart

The sacrificial space mission designed to protect the Earth from asteroid impact.

• 30 mins

Omicron, racism and trust

How the global political response to the new variant is hampering science in Africa

• 29 mins

Can the weather trigger a volcano?

The eruption of Semeru in Java was linked to heavy rain

• 33 mins

Omicron’s rapid replication rate

Omicron replicates seventy times faster than earlier variants.

• 30 mins

Omicron – mild or monster?

Cases of the latest coronavirus variant are mild, so far – but that’s not the whole story

• 28 mins

2021: The year of variants

The year began with Alpha, and ends with Omicron. What have we learnt?

• 27 mins

Corbevax – A vaccine for the world?

Could a cheap and conventional vaccine for Covid-19 end the pandemic?

• 27 mins

Have we got it wrong on Omicron?

It seems to be no more viable than the earlier delta variant

• 28 mins

Tonga eruption – how it happened

Why a small volcanic eruption had a global impact

• 29 mins

The roots of Long Covid

Detecting the early signals for long Covid

• 26 mins

Identifying a more infectious HIV variant

A new form of HIV has been uncovered in the Netherlands.

• 29 mins

Inside Wuhan's coronavirus lab

The inside story of Wuhan’s coronavirus lab

• 30 mins

Bone repair from Covid-19 vaccine technology

Messenger RNA used in vaccines against Covid-19 has been used to encourage bone healing

• 30 mins

Reforming the ‘China Initiative’

US scheme accused of persecuting scientists is to be refocused

• 26 mins

Covid -19 origins

New analysis shows where inside the Wuhan market the virus first showed itself

• 30 mins

Why are Covid-19 cases rising in Hong Kong?

The territory is experiencing a rapid increase in infections and deaths

• 29 mins

Covid in the sewers

Could novel forms of the virus be lurking in wastewater?

• 30 mins

Warming world

Extreme temperatures recorded in Antarctica and the Arctic.

• 32 mins

Radioactive Red Forest

Are Russian troops in forests around Chernobyl receiving a dangerous dose of radiation?

• 29 mins

Tsunami detective in Tonga

What really happened in the cataclysmic eruption of the volcano Hunga Tonga in January?

• 34 mins

How ‘magic mushroom’ chemical treats depression

Brain scanning study reveals how psilocybin can help people with severe depression

• 30 mins

Climate techno-fix would worsen global malaria burden

Solar geoengineering to curb climate change could worsen global malaria burden.

• 33 mins

The Indian subcontinent’s record-breaking heatwave

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

• 31 mins

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

• 29 mins