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Category: Science
Fairywren birds can nest out of breeding season to boos...
Purple-crowned fairywrens are more flexible in their breeding behaviour than we thought, which has helped the bird population to g...
One in 12 new cases of asthma in children linked to NO2...
A US and Canadian team have estimated 1.85 million new childhood asthma cases were linked with exposure to nitrogen dioxide in 201...
Newly identified tree species named in honour of Leonar...
An evergreen tree native to Cameroon’s tropical Ebo forest has been given the scientific name Uvariopsis dicaprio and is the first...
Covid-19 news: Omicron cases hit record highs in Europe
The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scien...
Why is omicron more infectious but less severe? What we...
The omicron variant infects cells in a different way, is present in higher levels in saliva and seems more likely to cause asympto...
GPS software boost lets smartphones pinpoint location t...
The software that allows smartphones to locate themselves is generally accurate only to within a few metres, but UK start-up Naurt...
Covid-19 news: Hospitals in England declare critical in...
The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scien...
Fire at vital tech factory could worsen global computer...
ASML Holding, which supplies a vital technology used in computer chips has reported a fire at a manufacturing plant, but the exten...
James Webb Space Telescope is carrying out its most cri...
The massive space telescope, which launched on Christmas Day, is in the process of deploying its sunshield. If anything goes wrong...
Covid-19: What can we expect from the pandemic in 2022?
In the third year of the coronavirus pandemic, expect more variants, lower death rates and some continuing restrictions
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: How to alter the course of ...
What will it take to bring the pandemic under control? Vaccine equality, social measures and supporting the health workforce, says...
UK police forces have seized more than £300 million in ...
Figures gathered by New Scientist show that UK police forces have seized bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies worth more than £300 m...