Why it would be utter madness to stop funding mRNA vaccine technology
Moderna’s covid-19 vaccine uses mRNA technology Imago/Alamy This week, researchers in the US were told to remove all references to
Monkeys choose babysitters based on who has more parenting experience
A black-and-white snub-nosed monkey and her infant Minden Pictures/Alamy Snub-nosed monkey mums are picky when choosing a babysitter, permitting experienced
Most quakes on Mars happen during the summer – and we don’t know why
A fracture on Mars’s surface, taken in January 2018 by the European Space Agency’s Mars Express craft ESA/DLR/FU Berlin Thousands
The surprising new idea behind what sparked life on Earth
Sparks between water droplets may have started life as we know it Shutterstock/Perry Correll The first molecules necessary for life
Saturn has 128 new moons – more than the rest of the planets combined
Saturn now has a total of 274 moons NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute A further 128 moons have been discovered orbiting Saturn,
Thousands join Stand Up for Science rallies across the US
Stand Up for Science rally in Washington Square Park in New York City on 7 March James Dinneen Thousands of
Men taking antibiotics could cut rates of bacterial vaginosis in women
Light micrograph of a cervical smear, or pap smear, from someone with bacterial vaginosis DR. Y. BOUSSOUGAN/CNRI/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Women
US scientists rebuild climate risk map deleted from government site
The FEMA map detailed how climate change could affect the risk of various hazards across the US Andrii Biletskyi/Alamy Researchers
We now know how much global warming has delayed the next ice age
Earth during a glacial period Zoonar/Alexander Savchuk/Alamy Without human-induced climate change, Earth may have been on track to plunge into
Big animals have higher cancer risk – but also evolved better defences
African elephants have extra copies of genes that help resist cancer Neil Aldridge/Nature Picture Library/Alamy Bigger animals live longer and