Omicron latest: Omicron comes to Mexico
Jan 21st 2022IF THERE IS one lesson the covid-19 pandemic has taught the world, it is that acting early pays off. So when news…
Babies learn about the world by looking at who shares saliva
Jan 22nd 2022THE COMPLEXITIES of human relations are difficult enough for adults to navigate—and they have at least some idea…
Illuminating fishing nets may reduce by-catch
Jan 22nd 2022SMALL-SCALE fisheries supply many people with food. Almost all of those who ply them rely on gillnets to trap their…
Omicron latest: China stands alone in its attitude towards the pandemic
Jan 18th 2022IF THERE IS one lesson the covid-19 pandemic has taught the world, it is that acting early pays off. So when news…
A $3bn bet on finding the fountain of youth
Jan 19th 2022STARTUPS COME and startups go. But few startups start with $3bn in the bank. Yet that is the fortunate position in…
A field test for malaria resistance
Jan 19th 2022AN ARMS RACE between pharmacologists and malaria parasites has been going on since the mid-19th century, when widespread…
The world’s biggest fish hatchery
Jan 15th 2022THIS IS A part of the largest fish-breeding ground yet discovered. It occupies more than 240km2 of the floor of the…
The science behind the first successful pig-to-human heart transplant
Jan 15th 2022ON JANUARY 7TH David Bennett became the first person to have a heart transplanted successfully into him from a pig….
Predicting earthquakes is not possible. Yet
Jan 12th 2022ONE OF the questions most frequently asked of the United States Geological Survey is whether earthquakes can be predicted….
The case for updating covid-19 vaccines for the Omicron variant
Jan 12th 2022VARIANTS VARY, but how much? Since SARS-CoV-2 was first sequenced at the beginning of 2020 dozens of versions have…