Yuan Zheng/FeatureChina via AP Images/Alamy Yes, it really has been five years. On 7 January 2020, we published an article with the headline “Doctors scramble to identify mysterious illness emerging in China”. By then, at least 59 people had been...
It has been just over five years since the beginning of covid-19 The coronavirus behind covid-19 has infected most people in the world, killing around 15 million people and leaving about 400 million individuals with long-term health problems. It also...
Joby Aviation is developing an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraftDavid Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images Flying taxis may finally arrive this year, thanks to the development of a new breed of electric aircraft that are much quieter than...
African wildcats seem to have been part of the human diet in the Levant 10,000 years agoNSP-RF/Alamy About 10,000 years ago, foxes and wildcats made up a notable part of people’s diets in what is now Western Galilee in Israel....
Imagine that the next time you catch a stomach bug and antibiotics fail to work, you knock back a vial of clear liquid. The solution teems with bacteriophages, viruses resembling tiny rocket ships. These benign microbes exclusively dock onto and...
December 31, 20244 min readSome of These Whales May Live to 150—Double the Age Previously ThoughtBowhead whales were known to live up to 200 years, and a new study finds that southern right whales may live up to age 150...
Ever since humans started gazing at the heavens through telescopes, we have discovered, bit by bit, that in celestial terms we’re apparently not so special. Earth was not the center of the universe, it turned out. It wasn’t even the...
The Digit robot made by Agility Robotics is already working in warehousesAgile Robotics Humanoid robots are poised to enter warehouses, automotive factories and even some homes in growing numbers in 2025 – but whether they can really take hold remains...
Ancient human remains are rare and don’t necessarily contain DNAShutterstock/Microgen It was an otherwise ordinary day in 2015 when Viviane Slon had her eureka moment. As she worked at her computer, the results revealed the sample she was examining contained...
Blinking may do more than just keep our eyes healthygaiamoments/Getty Images Blinking serves a crucial physiological function, by clearing debris from our eyes and keeping them lubricated. But now, scientists have found it may also have a cognitive role. In...
