The taste for fermented food goes back a long way
Other primates have it tooMar 23rd 2021Whether it is miso or kimchi in Asia, wines, cheeses and sauerkraut in the West, or cauim…
American officials question AstraZeneca’s vaccine results
Whether the company reported rosier data than it should have is unclearMar 23rd 2021A BAFFLING CONTROVERSY has unfolded over AstraZeneca’s…
Honeybees run vaccination programmes, too
Mar 20th 2021AN OLD SAW has it that there is nothing new under the sun. But it may still come as a surprise that human beings…
A tiny creature illuminates an important biological advance
It helps show how the line leading to humans got goingMar 17th 2021THE ROAD to human beings was long and winding. But a big step…
Extinction looms for a bird that has forgotten how to sing
Male Regent honeyeaters can no longer court females successfullyMar 17th 2021SONGS DON’T work if you sing out of tune. And if…
How to see what is hidden from view
Using walls as mirrors lets cameras look around cornersMar 17th 2021IN A locked room in a busy city, some terrorists are holding…
Small, cheap spy satellites mean there’s no hiding place
Mar 17th 2021LAST SUMMER, Ecuadorians watched with concern as 340 foreign boats, most of them Chinese, fished just outside the…
EU countries pause AstraZeneca’s covid-19 jab over safety fears
Mar 15th 2021IN EUROPE, vaccination against covid-19 is off to a worryingly slow start. Just 11 doses for every 100 people have…
Are vaccine passports a good idea?
ON MARCH 7TH, after six months of selling takeaways, the beer was once more flowing in the pizzeria at Bet Romano in Tel Aviv….
An animal that can regrow its entire body
For some species of sea slug, decapitation is a mere annoyanceMar 8th 2021WHEN A PERSON loses a limb it is a life-changing tragedy….