Prof Neil Ferguson calls for booster rollout and teenagers’ second jabs to be accelerated to ease NHS pressureCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe distribution of Covid boosters for the most vulnerable people and second shots…
Brain implant relieves patient’s severe depression in “landmark” US study
Device zaps brain when it detects neural activity associated with irrational thoughts.
Russian actor and director arrive at space station to make first film in orbit
Pair likely to beat Hollywood project announced by Tom Cruise, Nasa and Elon Musk’s SpaceXA Russian actor and director have arrived at the International Space Station in an attempt to beat the US and film the first movie in orbit.The Russian crew are l…
NASA likely to move some astronauts off Starliner due to extended delays
Astronauts assigned to Boeing flights may end up on SpaceX’s Crew-5 mission.
Trio of scientists win Nobel prize for physics for climate work
Sykuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann and Giorgio Parisi share award for advancing climate knowledgeThree scientists have won the 2021 Nobel prize in physics for their groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of complex physical systems – including …
Coronavirus live news: California deploys National Guard, Pfizer jab ‘highly effective’ against hospitalisations
Extra help called in for overwhelmed hospitals in California; two doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech are about 90% effective at preventing hospitalisations for at least six months, research reveals; Russia’s daily Covid cases hits highest level in monthsNew …
Biden administration expects J&J boosters in the next few weeks
The FDA has schedule an advisory meeting over the booster ahead of receiving an application.
NASA’s ‘Armageddon’-style asteroid deflection mission takes off in November
NASA has a launch date for that most Hollywood of missions, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, which is basically a dry run of the movie “Armageddon.” Unlike the film, this will not involve nukes, oil rigs or Aerosmith, but instead is a practical test of our ability to change the trajectory of an asteroid in […]
Understanding how we sense touch, temperature earns a Nobel
Discoveries triggered a wave of findings about how we sense our environments.
Scientists are still learning cool new things about gooey hagfish slime
Larger hagfish produce larger, stronger thread cells to better ward off predators.