World Health Organisation (WHO) scientists will travel to Wuhan in January to investigate the origins of Covid-19 after months of negotiating with China for access. The international mission is expected to go to China in the first week of January to investigate the origins of the virus that sparked the coronavirus pandemic, WHO spokesman Hedinn Halldorsson … Read more
Some scientists have warned that Britons should rethink their Christmas gatherings despite official guidelines allowing families to mix in bubbles over the festive period. Families are allowed to form an exclusive Christmas bubble made up of people from no more than three households between December 23 and 27 across the UK. However the experts – … Read more
Some scientists have warned that Britons should rethink their Christmas gatherings despite official guidelines allowing families to mix in bubbles over the festive period. Families are allowed to form an exclusive Christmas bubble made up of people from no more than three households between December 23 and 27 across the UK. However the experts – … Read more
Scientists are urging children and parents not to try recreating George’s Marvellous Medicine and other home remedies while stuck at home due to Covid-19. UK researchers investigated the effects of the famous potion from the 1981 children’s book by British author Roald Dahl, which protagonist George feeds to his grandma in an attempt to make her … Read more
People who live alone and therefore have little social contact are more likely to have falls in the home, according to new study. UK researchers studied self-reported data on falls and, where available, records of hospital admissions related to a fall from around 13,000 people aged 60 and over. They found almost a 20 per cent … Read more
Fossilised remains of a ichthyosaur species, previously unknown to science and dubbed ‘the sea dragon’, have been detailed in a new research paper. The preserved species, named Thalassodraco etchesi, was found on the Jurassic Coast with squid, likely its last supper, having left its mark inside. Scientists found evidence of the squid’s tentacle hooklets and its … Read more
Scientists say they’ve found a previously unknown whale species – a ‘one tonne’ mammal the size of a horse and may have been on the planet as long as humans. Three specimens of the as-yet-unnamed species, a type of beaked whale, were seen in waters near the San Benito Islands off the coast of Mexico. … Read more
Oxford scientists say the more effective half-dose regimen of their coronavirus vaccine was not given by ‘mistake’. In a hit back against claims that the team had accidentally given people the wrong doses of the vaccine, the researchers said they had known the doses would be smaller because of a manufacturing issue before they injected … Read more
Oxford scientists say the more effective half-dose regimen of their coronavirus vaccine was not given by ‘mistake’. In a hit back against claims that the team had accidentally given people the wrong doses of the vaccine, the researchers said they had known the doses would be smaller because of a manufacturing issue before they injected … Read more
Spit hits the fan: Scientists fill Dutch football ground with aerosol sprays to see how cheering crowds might spread Covid-19 The fine droplets resembling saliva are sprayed from seats at the Dutch stadium Researchers want to find ways to remove the droplets and get fans back inside Tests are ongoing at the Johann Cruyff Arena … Read more