Science Features

Europe needs investment on a ‘wartime footing’

The pandemic has shone a light on the structural inequality in food distribution and production

AI can encode human biases, with implications for how we handle the pandemic

Llamas, new research has revealed, may be harbouring an immune trick that is a potent therapy for Covid-19...

Researchers in Western Australia have created a buzz about how honeybee venom kills breast cancer cells...

We can programme plants to grow biomolecules. Is farming the future of vaccines?

How heatwaves endanger our health and our work

The world is in the grip of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. What advances have we made against the threat?

How coronavirus is amplifying sex differences in medicine

When you're sedated, there are radical changes to the architecture of your brain...

Two emerging routes to a new pancreas

Turning dairy waster into useful products

Air pollution and brain development: when does the damage start?

Quiet and green air travel that uses hydrogen as a fuel

Automated shipping could solve labour shortages

Antibiotic alternatives based on bacterial war tactics

Garden cuttings, food waste, and even human sewage to make coal

Antibodies to other human coronaviruses are gone within a year of infection, so what is the prospect for long-term...

A Q&A with mental health expert Professor David Baldwin

How rapidly is Covid-19 mutating, and what do these mutations mean for the future of the pandemic?

Cheaper, lighter, and more energy-dense: the future of batteries?

On the deck of the Bliss, beyond the reach of cellphone coverage, I sailed into my life before the Internet...

The global food system is responsible for 37% of greenhouse gas emissions: how do we feed cities sustainably?

Can our feline friends contract and transmit the Covid-19 coronavirus?