Covid variant JN.1 may have become dominant due to just one mutation
JN.1 spread widely despite many people being vaccinated and having previous covid-19 infections Debarchan Chatterjee/NurPhoto/Shutterstock One mutation may have been
Conspiracy theorists may not really believe their outlandish ideas
An anti-lockdown protest in Trafalgar Square, London, in August 2020 Richard Baker/Getty Images Many people who respond to surveys saying
Rollkur: Are horses in equestrian sports being harmed by neck hyperflexion?
A dressage horse iStockphoto During the Olympic equestrian events of dressage, horses display dance-like steps that demand high levels of
Algae transformed into a ‘biofactory’ for green fuel and plastics
Chlamydomonas pacifica algae growing in an outdoor pond João Vitor Dutra Molino A newly discovered species of algae has been
Controversial idea to save corals would replace them with new species
Could drastic action help restore coral reefs? Serge Melesan / Alamy Corals are being hit so hard by global warming
Wafer-thin light sail could help us reach another star sooner
A mission to the sun’s closest neighbouring star, Alpha Centauri, could be made faster thanks to a tiny light sail
Online exercise: If your gym instructor is an iPad, what is lost – and gained?
FRANCK FIFE/AFP via Getty Images I have never attended the same gym as Eric Drinkwater, a sports scientist at Deakin University
Covid-19 hit women harder than men in India, unlike most of the world
New Delhi, India, in March 2020, during a curfew imposed as a preventive measure against covid-19 Yawar Nazir/Getty Images The
In the race to ramp up renewables, we can’t ignore heat storage
Artur Widak/NurPhoto/Shutterstock It is by now well established that to mitigate the worst effects of climate change, we need to
A microscopic diving board can cheat the second law of thermodynamics
Not all diving boards obey the laws of thermodynamics vm/Getty Images A microscopic version of a diving board has been