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Science

  • An electron microscope image of coronaviruses.

    Coronavirus
    Covid immune response study could explain why some escape infection

    Subjects who kept virus at bay showed rapid response in nasal immune cells and more activity in early-alert gene
  • An elderly man holding a walking stick

    Parkinson's disease
    AI-enhanced blood test may detect disease years before onset

  • A gassy disc of glowing orange light, with a bright white spot in the centre, in space

    Black holes
    Astronomers detect sudden awakening of black hole 1m times mass of sun

  • Overhead view of an urn with reddish-brown liquid in it

    Archaeology
    Oldest wine ever discovered in liquid form found in urn with Roman remains

  • Woman tearing a picture of herself and an ex-boyfriend in half

    Neuroscience
    Electrical brain stimulation can ease heartbreak, study finds

  • St Mary's Lighthouse is silhouetted against the sky

    Starwatch
    Noctilucent clouds are a great summer spectacle

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News

  • Two male Rhesus macaques

    Animal homosexual behaviour under-reported by scientists, survey shows

  • The Prince Charles Cinema in central London.

    London premiere of movie with AI-generated script cancelled after backlash

  • People walk past a billboard with a message about ebola in Freetown, on November 7, 2014. West Africa's regional bloc on November 7 called for international help to go beyond immediate medical care for Ebola-hit nations, warning that lives had been blighted by the epidemic. AFP PHOTO/ FRANCISCO LEONGFRANCISCO LEONG/AFP/Getty Images

    Global failure to prepare for pandemics ‘gambling with children’s future’

  • Working with image data from Nasa’s Cassini mission, researchers found that Saturn’s moon Enceladus may have tipped over, reorienting itself. These maps look towards its southern hemisphere.

    Is there life on one of Saturn’s moons? Scientists plan a mission to find out

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Coronavirus

  • A galaxy (Photograph: ESO/M. Kornmesser/PA Wire)

    A black hole awakens and why some people avoid Covid: the week in science – podcast

  • Natacha Gray sitting in her wheelchair.

    ‘A 30-second walk would exhaust me beyond reason’: Natacha’s life with long Covid

  • A child under a duvet in pyjamas

    Concern over children with long Covid and theories on its cause

  • Toby sits on his bed with a stuffed Bagpuss and toy dog on either side behind him

    Childhood, interrupted: 12-year-old Toby’s life with long Covid

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Opinion

  • John Naughton

    How’s this for a bombshell – the US must make AI its next Manhattan Project

    John Naughton
  • David Hone

    The super-rich are buying up dinosaur bones – and now they want our near-perfect Stegosaurus

    David Hone
  • Arwa Mahdawi

    A male birth control gel is one step closer to reality, and that’s worth celebrating

    Arwa Mahdawi
  • Coco Khan

    A dialogue with your pets? Do you really want a cat to say you look dog-rough today?

    Coco Khan
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Science Weekly podcast

  • Sunrise over Walney Offshore Wind Farm off the Cumbrian Coast in the UK

    What are the main UK parties promising on climate and is it enough? – podcast

  • Pedestrians shelter underneath a union jack umbrella on a wet Westminster Bridge in London

    Are cold and wet UK summers here to stay? - podcast

    Ian Sample talks to Matt Patterson, postdoctoral research scientist in the Department of Meteorology at the University of Reading, to find out what’s causing the chilly weather, whether it’s really as unusual as it seems, and whether any sun is on the horizon for the UK
  • lab grown meat

    Slaughter-free sausages: is lab-grown meat the future? – podcast

    Ian Sample hears from Linda Geddes about her recent trip to the Netherlands to try cultivated meat sausages, courtesy of the company Meatable. Advocates say that cultivated meat could be the future of sustainable and ethical meat production. Linda explains how they’re made, how their carbon footprint compares with traditional meat and most importantly … what they taste like!
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Key issues

  • Dr Joseph Cotter with the UK's first commercial quantum accelerometer for navigation.

    Physics
    ‘It’s the perfect place’: London Underground hosts tests for ‘quantum compass’ that could replace GPS

  • Two male Rhesus macaques

    Biology
    Animal homosexual behaviour under-reported by scientists, survey shows

    • Space
      A black hole awakens and why some people avoid Covid: the week in science – podcast

    • Genetics
      The big idea: can you inherit memories from your ancestors?

    • Medical research
      A black hole awakens and why some people avoid Covid: the week in science – podcast

    • Psychology
      One night I’m a murderer, the next my husband’s having an affair. Why do we have the dreams that we do?

Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle

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    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Did you solve it? Do you think like an engineer?

  • Pythagoras of Samos around 570 BC - 510 BC according to Metaponto in the Basilicata. Image shot 2012. Exact date unknown.<br>CW1WFW Pythagoras of Samos around 570 BC - 510 BC according to Metaponto in the Basilicata. Image shot 2012. Exact date unknown.

    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Can you solve it? Do you think like an engineer?

  • Stock images at a Coles supermarket. Fruit. Green apples. Melbourne. Australia. generic. oz stock. Groceries.

    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Did you solve it? How do you like them apples?

  • Matt Damon in Good Will Hunting (1997)

    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Can you solve it? How do you like them apples?

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Multimedia

  • Boeing's Starliner spacecraft lifts off carrying two Nasa astronauts to ISS – video

  • Gliese 12b is the size of Earth, or slightly smaller, like Venus. And its surface temperature is estimated to be a balmy 42C

    Australian student helps discover potentially habitable planet the size of Earth – video

    Gliese 12b is the size of Earth, or slightly smaller, like Venus. And its surface temperature is estimated to be a balmy 42C
  • A swirling purple and green aurora above silhouetted trees

    Northern lights illuminate skies in US and Canada – in pictures

    Rare sightings of aurora borealis in North America as atmospheric phenomenon fills overnight skies from California to Ontario
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