Will 2022 be the year we start taking online privacy seriously?
Governments are drafting new laws to protect your privacy online, but are people even that bothered about companies using their data? Technology 28 December 2021...
Dolphins may communicate by changing the volume of their whistles
Common bottlenose dolphins identify themselves with a unique call, but these whistles may carry extra information through variations in volume Life 28 December 2021 Bottlenose...
The mummy of Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep I has been digitally unwrapped
Amenhotep I ruled Egypt from around 1525 to 1504 BC and his pristine mummy has never been unwrapped, but CT scans have now allowed us...
The James Webb Space Telescope is finally on its way into orbit
After numerous delays, the biggest space telescope ever has blasted off on Christmas Day, and will begin its science mission in mid 2022 Space 25...
2021 in review: Taliban’s takeover gutted science in Afghanistan
Academics in Afghanistan were thriving before the shock takeover by the Taliban this year, which saw many researchers leave the country and universities closed Humans...
UK has begun using drugs for covid-19 cases before they become severe
Prescriptions of pills that can be taken at home could help prevent people developing severe covid-19Backyard Productions / Alamy People in the UK who are...
Will there be a ‘Santa Claus rally’ in the stock market this year?
In 1897, the American newspaper editor Francis Pharcellus Church penned a famous reply to a young reader who wrote in with doubts about the existence...
Covid-19 news: Myocarditis more common after infection than vaccines
Latest coronavirus news as of 1pm on 15 December Huge study finds myocarditis is at least four times more likely to occur after a covid-19...
don’t be surprised if there’s more turbulence to come
Until the Omicron variant hit the headlines, the signs were that 2021 was going to close with a stellar stock-market performance. Most markets have been...
Lakes freezing later in winter leads to less algae in the spring
A unique experiment in a Canadian lake has found that the timing of when ice forms can have a big impact on the organisms that...
Risso’s dolphins have invented rapid spin-dive technique for hunting
A species of dolphin that hunts prey living 600 metres below the surface spins its body as it dives so it can drill down through...
Extinct New Zealand bird hunted like an eagle and ate like a vulture
The Haast’s eagle had a beak and talons suited for capturing live prey, but its skull was adapted for ripping out organs Life 1 December...