Stonehenge tale gets ‘weirder’ as Orkney is ruled out as altar stone origin
The plot has thickened on the mystery of the altar stone of Stonehenge, weeks after geologists sensationally revealed that the huge neolithic rock had...
New hope on heart disease as science offers early detection and prevention
Scientists say they are moving towards earlier indentification and prevention of heart disease. The development is the result of a programme that monitored thousands...
US repeating Covid mistakes with bird flu as spread raises alarm, experts say
The US is making the same mistakes with the H5N1 bird flu virus as with Covid, even as the highly pathogenic avian influenza continues...
‘You don’t need animals to make real meat’: the man who grows chicken in a lab
I’m looking at the future. I have to squint: it’s a slight opaqueness on the surface of a conical flask of clear liquid, being...
Bacteria helping to extract rare metals from old batteries in boost for green tech
Scientists have formed an unusual new alliance in their fight against climate change. They are using bacteria to help them extract rare metals vital...
Africa to finally receive first batch of vaccines for deadly mpox virus
Africa’s first batch of mpox vaccines will this week finally reach the continent, weeks after they have been made available in other parts of...