A star on the brink of explosion will be visible from Earth. But not for long.
A rare glimpse into the lives of the ancestors moving from Africa to the whole world.
Will 2024 be another record-breaking year for the climate?
Astronomers think they have seen glow the first generation of stars after the Big Bang
US researchers aim to sample genomes from one million diverse people but concerns raised
A monumental study of 99 million vaccinated people shows how rare adverse effects are.
Will this serve as a warning against politically motivated attacks on climate scientists?
Should we spend $17 billion on a new atom smasher whilst the world literally burns?
Papers containing DNA data gathered from Chinese ethnic minorities are under scrutiny.
How scientists can drill into the seabed to find out more about the planet’s deep past
Swine fever has reached Borneo, devastating the local wild pig populations
How supernovas – the colossal explosions of stars – can help us decipher the Universe
Fighting a disease that has become South Africa's biggest killer
Roland Pease travels to South Africa to gain a deeper understanding of human origins
Volcanic eruption lights up Iceland.
A team of researchers have uncovered what may cause morning sickness in pregnancy.
Climate expert Richard Black discusses the good, the bad and the ugly of carbon capture.
The RRS Sir David Attenborough has reached Antarctica for its first full science season.
Brazil’s searing temperatures have scorched the world’s largest tropical wetlands.
Does seismic activity in Iceland suggest the country is entering a new volcanic era?
Fossil hunting, African penguin rehabilitation and bird bioacoustics on the Western Cape.
Hurricanes, fires and carbon budgets; the impacts of climate change around the world
Bird flu continues to spread across the world, putting isolated bird populations at risk.
Naples is wondering about the next volcanic eruption.
Herat has not seen an earthquake for almost 1000 years but now, five have come at once.
From talking to a Nobel prize winner to discussing allegations of scientific misconduct.
What did a 465-million-year-old trilobite eat for dinner? And how can we possibly know?
Extreme flooding in Libya 50 times more likely and 50% more intense due to climate change
Devastating floods have swept away the banks of Derna, Libya. How did this happen?
Ice breaker Polarstern returns to the Arctic visiting sites last explored in 2012.
Coastal ecosystems around the world are at risk of disappearing as sea levels rise
Brain to speech translation allows patients to communicate faster and more expressively.
The science behind the devastating fires that have consumed Lahaina in Hawaii.
One of the most useful scientific tools you’ve never heard of is being paywalled
H5N1 bird flu is spreading to seabirds, mammals, and household pets
Is the collapse of large system of ocean currents imminent?
A spectacular volcanic eruption hits Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula for the third year
Around 62,000 people died in last year's European heatwave - is this the new normal?
Record-breaking global temperatures are accelerating Greenland ice melt
We have entered a state of multiple and entangled crises. How can research help?
Scientists have made human embryo models – or “synthetic embryos” - in the lab.
A major El Niño is building and heating up the world. What is the forecast?
New molecular fossil records shed evidence on the billion-year-old roots of modern life
Endangered condors are being vaccinated to save them from deadly H5N1 bird flu
The brightest supernova in a decade springs astronomers around the world into action
The record-breaking heat behind the destructive North American wildfires
The Pangenome project captures human diversity with 47 new genomes
The exclusion of Darwinism from the curriculum prompts protests in India
Khartoum’s National Public Health Laboratory is caught up in the Sudanese conflict.
Africa moves towards creating and manufacturing its own vaccines
H5N1 avian flu is racing across the world. What can be done to control it?
Chasing tornados in the American mid-West – the science behind the current outbreaks.
New technique to correct gene errors in sick patients
What does animal DNA from the Wuhan Market reveal about the start of the pandemic?
Record-breaking Cyclone Freddy devastates Mozambique for the second time in one month.
Human Genome Editing: curing genetic disease and ensuring it's safe and available to all.
Why the long rains in East Africa are forecast to fail again.
Cyclone Freddy batters Madagascar and threatens Mozambique and South Africa.
He Jiankui refuses to talk about his controversial genome editing of twin babies in 2018
Turkey’s most powerful earthquake on record
The different forms of frozen water from ice made in labs to Jupiter’s icy moons
A review of the first mammal to mammal transmission of avian flu, observed in Spain
What happens when climate scientists take to the streets?
The phenomenon driving California’s extreme weather
We take a look at everything we’ve learnt since the Tonga volcano erupted a year ago.
What have scientists learned since Nasa launched its revolutionary telescope?
Mosquito pesticide failing
Fusion milestone - the science behind the headlines
Climate change in the Arctic
COVID spreads in China
The chemical composition of planet WASP-39b's atmosphere, 700 light years away
Virologists studying Covid-19 have been subject to online threats
Neurons that restore walking in patients with spinal cord injuries have been identified
Peat can offer us early alarm bells to climate change tipping points.
New data from Nasa reveals information on Mars’ origin and evolution.
A celestial explosion has produced the brightest beam of light ever observed
Fusing the brain of a human with a rat could offer insight into neurological disorders
We meet the winners behind this week’s Nobel Prize announcements
Reflections on NASA’s latest mission as it hits an asteroid 11 million km from earth
A new license for deep sea mining could change the way we harvest rare earth minerals.
A new report demonstrates the impact of global warming on flooding in Pakistan.
A single gene mutation may have propelled a major leap in human brain development
The record-breaking heatwave in China and its connection to extreme weather elsewhere
The latest analysis of Nasa’s perseverance discoveries confounds scientists’ expectations
The gloomy predictions for East Africa’s long running drought
Science in the heat of Iceland's new volcanic eruption.
Researchers make synthetic mouse embryos with brains and beating hearts from stem cells
James Webb Space Telescope expands our view of the universe ever deeper back in time
Heat waves in the Northern Hemisphere - how and why more frequent and more extreme?
A sensational new view of the universe from the James Webb Space Telescope.
New insights into the cause of Long Covid ‘brain fog’
New study reveals risk of death as temperatures rise in Latin American cities
Gigantic bacterium discovered in the Caribbean. It’s the size and shape of an eyelash.
Thirty years on, we ask what has the Earth Summit in Rio achieved?
A medical scan which reveals where HIV and other viruses hide in the body.
Two recent subtypes of the Omicron virus are much better at evading our immune defences.
New insights into Tonga’s cataclysmic volcanic eruption revealed
Climate change may have doubled the death rate of rainforest trees over the last 50 years
Astronomers image the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way galaxy
Vietnam’s vast Mekong Delta is set to sink beneath the sea by the end of the century
The Indian subcontinent is roasting in a prolonged heatwave. Is climate change to blame?
Solar geoengineering to curb climate change could worsen global malaria burden.
Brain scanning study reveals how psilocybin can help people with severe depression
What really happened in the cataclysmic eruption of the volcano Hunga Tonga in January?
Are Russian troops in forests around Chernobyl receiving a dangerous dose of radiation?
Extreme temperatures recorded in Antarctica and the Arctic.
Could novel forms of the virus be lurking in wastewater?
The territory is experiencing a rapid increase in infections and deaths
New analysis shows where inside the Wuhan market the virus first showed itself
US scheme accused of persecuting scientists is to be refocused
Messenger RNA used in vaccines against Covid-19 has been used to encourage bone healing
The inside story of Wuhan’s coronavirus lab
A new form of HIV has been uncovered in the Netherlands.
Detecting the early signals for long Covid
Why a small volcanic eruption had a global impact
It seems to be no more viable than the earlier delta variant
Could a cheap and conventional vaccine for Covid-19 end the pandemic?
The year began with Alpha, and ends with Omicron. What have we learnt?
Cases of the latest coronavirus variant are mild, so far – but that’s not the whole story
Omicron replicates seventy times faster than earlier variants.
The eruption of Semeru in Java was linked to heavy rain
How the global political response to the new variant is hampering science in Africa
The sacrificial space mission designed to protect the Earth from asteroid impact.
The fossil fuel is on target to be replaced with renewables in both India and China.
Why the discovery of Covid 19 in white-tail deer has implications for climate policy
A solar powered solution to emissions creates aviation fuel from atmospheric gases
The UNEP Emissions Gap Report reveals we need to do more to reach our climate goals.
New research reveals red blood cells form part of the body’s immune defence.
The invasive cordgrass taking over China’s coastal wetlands.
Youngest samples from lava flows on the moon returned by Chang’e-5 mission
The spread of resistance to one of the most important anti-malarials
Study of bats in Laos has identified viruses with a similar spike protein to Sars-CoV-2
Ebola infections can re-emerge after five years, and cause new outbreaks
Unexploited oil, gas and coal reserves must stay in the ground to avert temperature rise
Climate change increases the havoc caused by Hurricane Ida across parts of the US.
Authorities in India approve a new type of needle-free triple-dose vaccine
Is there more to come from the Haitian earthquake fault system?
Can reductions in this potent greenhouse gas help keep global temperature rises down?
Why we should expect more sudden extreme temperatures
Do rocks found in Canada show animal life 350 million years older than any found before?
DeepMind publishes 350,000 of the structures which make all living things tick.
The UK Government’s cap on Official Development Aid, and its consequences for science.
The record-breaking recent Pacific North-West heatwave is attributable to humans.
New technology gives intricate 3D scans of insects
A virologist uncovers more dots to join in the hunt for Covid’s origins.
Nasa scientists find a doubling of our planet’s net solar energy absorption in 15 years
Researchers describe mechanisms by which the virus variants are tricking our cells.
Researchers map where the riskiest areas are for viruses to jump from bats into humans.
Understanding the world’s "most dangerous volcano"
The robot arm that comes with feelings
How improving indoor air quality can prevent illness from many viruses
A fossilised child reveals an ancient caring society
Melting glaciers, warming coffee and a Dragonfly on Titan.
What’s behind the soaring numbers?
Can more money speed up rollout?
Scientists in the EU and the UK are looking out for rare blood clots in vaccinated people.
A third of people hospitalised for covid are readmitted sometime after discharge.
Fagradalsfjall, hints of leptoquark, and the 2020 rise of the preprint
International research collaborations feel the pinch of UK cap on development spending
A rare type of meteorite lands next to a rural UK house, and is now in professional hands
Neanderthal hearing, CO2 emissions in 2020, the Brazilian variant and scanning Little Foot
Novel recycling to make new products
Why is there snow in Texas?
How Perseverance will land on Mars
Can Covid vaccines be mixed?
Next-generation of RNA vaccine
Bringing back the Northern White Rhino from extinction
Gravitational waves from colliding supermassive black holes
SARS-Cov2: UK and South African new variants
Making sense of a year of confusion
Looking back on how the virus emerged and the scientific response
Viral mutations happen all the time but we still need to be wary of their impact.
Around three-quarters of the Brazilian city’s population are thought to have been infected
This year has seen record-breaking Atlantic hurricanes, and now an Australian heatwave
The problems with incomplete or contradictory trial data published by press release.
After infection or vaccination immunity to the virus may be long lasting
The virus spread amongst recruits despite a range of thorough precautions
What does transmission of coronavirus from mink to humans mean for the future vaccine?
Successful closure of lid on Osiris Rex spacecraft
Osiris Rex probe touches asteroid Bennu to sample secrets of the early solar system
Why is there such a range in the number of deaths from Covid -19 between countries?
Results from the most detailed investigation to date into SARS –CoV-2 virus mutations
The world’s largest study of Covid-19 transmission shows children have a major role.
They are only designed to prevent disease developing, none have been tested against spread
Discovered in East Africa, the finding holds promise for completely new treatments.
Monitoring spread of Covid-19, harvests in Africa from space, and space junk
Are the politicians finally coming round to the scientist’s views on the way forward?
More than 2 million people live around this volcano, which has become more active
Is convalescent plasma really a ‘tremendous’ treatment for Covid-19?
Has the loss from Greenland’s vast ice sheet reached a tipping point?
Despite widespread alarm, Russia is not about to roll out an untested vaccine.
Huge death toll from rising temperatures projected for century’s end.
NASA 2020 rover launched on fresh search for life on Mars
The challenge of making two billion Covid-19 vaccine doses within the year.
New research on how long our defences against the coronavirus last.
African scientists have developed a reliable, quicker and cheaper mass testing method
Why a minority become gravely ill is still a mystery
Siberia has seen 38 degrees Celsius, 100 degrees Fahrenheit
A readily available drug prevents some deaths, and others may also be useful
Efforts to eradicate locust swarms and save harvests continue despite the pandemic
Understanding viral damage to the brain and heart
The number of cases and deaths may be much higher than official figures show
More than a hundred vaccines are in development to fight the virus
Understanding which situations pose the highest risk for virus transmission is key.
Research from New York shows how our own immune response is responding to Covid 19
Early trials suggest Remdesivir can aid recovery
Why they don’t mix
Tentative steps to relax the lockdown
The impossibility of social distancing and even handwashing in crowded refugee camps
As cases spread in Nigeria, can lessons from Ebola counter covid 19?
Why staying home is the best defence against Covid -19
Research from Italy and China, shows many people have the coronavirus but no symptoms
The pattern of transmission and prospects for drug treatments.
Fires were at least 30% worse due to mankind’s influence on the climate.
More new cases of Covid-19 are now outside China than inside - how can we map the virus?
A new public tool allows anyone to see where the virus is spreading
Could untried drugs developed for Ebola stop the virus?
Analysis of the impact of the new virus
What science can tell us about the emergence of a new virus in China
Why Mount Taal volcano near Manila produces so much ash and lightning
2019 was Australia’s hottest year on record, a major factor behind the continued bushfires
Living with the threat of fires and earthquakes.
Can a role-playing game improve climate negotiation outcomes?
How a relative small volcanic eruption caused a tsunami
Why a small eruption on White Island was so dangerous
Evidence for a series of scientific and ethical errors have emerged
Molecular research opens the way to prevent antimalarial resistance
Satellite data shows this year’s Amazon fires have been the worst since 2010.
To what extent is ‘Bush fire weather’ influenced by climate change?
Inaction on climate change while the impact of air pollution is likened to smoking
How dry land and high winds are fuelling fires in California
Has a new era of computing finally arrived or not, or is it both at the same time?
How malaria jumped from great apes to humans and why Antarctica may hold a new treatment
Nobel Prize wins for a range of well-known discoveries
Despite extreme rainfall, climate scientists predict drought in India within months.
The latest climate report look like earlier ones, where is the call to action?
Why even staying indoors offers no escape from fires across the region
Embryoids from stem cells; water vapour in atmosphere of rocky exoplanet;
An isotopic fingerprint is reported of a nuclear explosion in Russia last month
A 16bit computer processor made of carbon nanotubes is unveiled to the world.
Is it going to be a particularly bad burning season for Brazil’s rainforest?
Scientists investigate the precise physical events around last year’s lethal eruption.
Can science overcome the political impasse in nuclear proliferation policy?
The long term consequences of the intense burning across the region
A global appetite for shark meat and fins threatens these iconic predators
The comet Shoemaker – Levy 9 spectacularly crashed into Jupiter 25 years ago.
The solar panel which simultaneously produces electricity and purifies water
An analysis of weather and climate variables shows global warming had a role
Scientists are unpicking the influence of anthropogenic forces on this event as it happens
What the threat to increase stockpiles of uranium really means
South Asia has experienced record temperatures, is this becoming the new normal?
The Trump administration halts scientific research on tissue derived from human embryos