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    The earliest traces of animal life on earth.

    Do rocks found in Canada show animal life 350 million years older than any found before?

  2. Your molecular machinery, now in 3D

    DeepMind publishes 350,000 of the structures which make all living things tick.

  3. Science when the funding dries up

    The UK Government鈥檚 cap on Official Development Aid, and its consequences for science.

  4. Human induced climate change heats up fast

    The record-breaking recent Pacific North-West heatwave is attributable to humans.

  5. Insects in incredible detail

    New technology gives intricate 3D scans of insects

  6. Tales of unexpected DNA data

    A virologist uncovers more dots to join in the hunt for Covid鈥檚 origins.

  7. Doubling Earth鈥檚 energy imbalance

    Nasa scientists find a doubling of our planet鈥檚 net solar energy absorption in 15 years

  8. Evolving viral variant trickery

    Researchers describe mechanisms by which the virus variants are tricking our cells.

  9. Zoonotic hotspots and where to find them

    Researchers map where the riskiest areas are for viruses to jump from bats into humans.

  10. Nyiragongo eruption

    Understanding the world鈥檚 "most dangerous volcano"

  11. Robot revolution

    The robot arm that comes with feelings

  12. Covid and clean air

    How improving indoor air quality can prevent illness from many viruses

  13. Africa鈥檚 oldest burial

    A fossilised child reveals an ancient caring society

  14. Melting glaciers, warming coffee and a Dragonfly on Titan

    Melting glaciers, warming coffee and a Dragonfly on Titan.

  15. Exponential increase in Indian covid cases

    What鈥檚 behind the soaring numbers?

  16. Rolling out the vaccines faster

    Can more money speed up rollout?

  17. On the trail of rare blood clots

    Scientists in the EU and the UK are looking out for rare blood clots in vaccinated people.

  18. Post-Covid outcomes after release from hospital

    A third of people hospitalised for covid are readmitted sometime after discharge.

  19. Science on the side of a new volcano

    Fagradalsfjall, hints of leptoquark, and the 2020 rise of the preprint

  20. International science at sea

    International research collaborations feel the pinch of UK cap on development spending

  21. A shooting star parked on your driveway

    A rare type of meteorite lands next to a rural UK house, and is now in professional hands

  22. Uncovering history with Little Foot's skull

    Neanderthal hearing, CO2 emissions in 2020, the Brazilian variant and scanning Little Foot

  23. Waste not, want not

    Novel recycling to make new products

  24. Weird weather

    Why is there snow in Texas?

  25. Perseverance approaches Mars

    How Perseverance will land on Mars

  26. Mixing Covid vaccines

    Can Covid vaccines be mixed?

  27. New Covid vaccine

    Next-generation of RNA vaccine

  28. Saving the Northern White Rhino

    Bringing back the Northern White Rhino from extinction

  29. Gravitational waves and black holes

    Gravitational waves from colliding supermassive black holes

  30. New variants of SARS-Cov2

    SARS-Cov2: UK and South African new variants

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