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Category: Science
Destructive pest moth stripped of sex appeal by gene ed...
Female beet armyworms with a deleted gene don’t produce sex pheromones, which could be exploited as a way to control numbers of th...
Snow-proof solar panels keep working even in icy weathe...
Snow and ice block sunlight from reaching solar panels and stop energy generation, but a new material can cause them to slide off
Covid-19 news: England activates Plan B to slow omicron...
The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scien...
London cat 'serial killer' was just foxes, DNA analysis...
The discovery of over 300 mutilated cat carcasses in London led to media reports that a serial killer was roaming the streets, but...
Monster cloud of plasma spotted spewing out of a distan...
A coronal mass ejection from the star EK Draconis was 10 times larger than any we have seen on our own sun
High-tech space sleeping bag could stop vision problems...
Long spells in microgravity can alter eyeball shape, but a sleeping bag that applies suction to the lower body could prevent such ...
We failed to prevent omicron – can we stop future varia...
There is a lot more that countries could be doing to reduce the risk of new coronavirus variants arising, but it won't be easy
DeepMind AI helps study strange electrons in chemical r...
Strange so-called fractional electrons are crucial to many chemical reactions, but traditional methods cannot model them – a probl...
Tropical forests can regrow within 20 years on some aba...
In the tropics, trees are cleared to make way for farmland that is abandoned once the soil is no longer productive – but these sit...
Australia’s planned anti-trolling law may silence polit...
A law intended to tackle anonymous trolls on social media is unlikely to stop online bullying, but it could allow Australian gover...
Zebra finch songs alter the behaviour of their chicks' ...
In warm weather, zebra finches sing heat calls to their unborn offspring, and this programs the nestlings to produce less heat ins...
UK celebrates one year of its covid-19 public vaccinati...
A year ago today, Margaret Keenan became the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer/BioNTech covid-19 vaccine outside of ...