Biology What made the development of the COVID-19 vaccine unique in history January 13, 2021 - Updated on May 6, 2023
Animals ‘Extinction: The Facts’: Attenborough’s new documentary is surprisingly radical September 16, 2020
Environment Air pollution can contaminate your heart cells with metal nanoparticles from infancy July 6, 2020
News Half a year into the pandemic, there are still people who haven’t heard of it — and it’s bad for everyone June 26, 2020
Animals Human activity might undo more than 50 billion years of evolution May 26, 2020 - Updated on May 30, 2020
Environment We could see up to 1.3m of sea-level rise by 2100 if we don’t take action now May 11, 2020
Health Health experts are calling Trump’s slashing of WHO funding “dangerous, politically-motivated” April 19, 2020
Health Sweden didn’t impose a lockdown. It might be paying a heavy price April 16, 2020 - Updated on May 5, 2020
Health Japan is racing to test Avigan against COVDI-19 — and it’s offering the drug for free to virus-hit countries April 8, 2020 - Updated on July 19, 2020
Health Only around 6% of coronavirus infections worldwide are detected so far, German researchers estimate April 7, 2020
Animals Coronavirus has finally made us recognise the illegal wildlife trade is a public health issue April 6, 2020
Climate California, and the world at large, will contend with longer, hotter, drier wildfire seasons April 3, 2020
Biology UK researchers map “profound long‐term changes” in plankton populations around their island April 2, 2020
Health Taiwan has valuable coronavirus lessons, but the World Health Organization continues to shun it April 1, 2020
Health Quarantine, school closure, and social distancing could reduce the spread of COVID-19 by 70% March 26, 2020 - Updated on May 4, 2020
News A nuclear war is enough to destroy the world. Even a small one, study shows March 19, 2020 - Updated on May 4, 2020
News Masks and gloves won’t keep you from getting infected — save them for the doctors March 18, 2020
Biology At least 26% of the ocean needs to be relegated to conservation to prevent marine collapse February 25, 2020
News US and Chinese researchers develop cheap solar still to produce drinking water February 18, 2020
Environment The key to avoiding massive wildfires? Small, strategic controlled fires January 20, 2020
Health Global diets are converging, and that’s good news for our health and the environment January 13, 2020
Health Obesity and undernutrition now come together — over 1 in 3 poor and middle-income countries struggle with both December 17, 2019
Climate An Exxon subsidiary figured out how to stop climate change 30 years ago — and we’re not even close December 12, 2019
News Women in Nepal are forced to sleep in ‘menstruation huts’, and we need to talk about this December 10, 2019
Environment We’re still not talking about the most effective individual steps to tackle climate change September 5, 2019
