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Monster microbe
Gigantic bacterium discovered in the Caribbean. It鈥檚 the size and shape of an eyelash.
Thirty years after the Earth Summit
Thirty years on, we ask what has the Earth Summit in Rio achieved?
Body scan reveals HIV's hideouts
Science news and highlights of the week
Should we worry about the latest Omicron subvariants?
Two recent subtypes of the Omicron virus are much better at evading our immune defences.
Heat death by volcano and other stories
New insights into Tonga鈥檚 cataclysmic volcanic eruption revealed
Death in the rainforest
Climate change may have doubled the death rate of rainforest trees over the last 50 years
Portrait of the monster black hole at our galaxy鈥檚 heart
Astronomers image the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way galaxy
Mekong Delta will sink beneath the sea by 2100
Vietnam鈥檚 vast Mekong Delta is set to sink beneath the sea by the end of the century
The Indian subcontinent鈥檚 record-breaking heatwave
The Indian subcontinent is roasting in a prolonged heatwave. Is climate change to blame?
Climate techno-fix would worsen global malaria burden
Climate techno-fix would worsen global malaria burden
