Scientists say they now have some absolute numbers to describe the internal rock structure of Mars. The data comes from the InSight spacecraft, which has been sensing quakes on the planet since early 2019. The Nasa-led mission reveals the average ...
A longer gap between first and second doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine makes the body’s immune system produce more infection-fighting antibodies, UK researchers have found. Experts say the findings support the UK’s decision on extending do...
Two teen basketball teams in a small Irish coastal town will soon have a spring in their step after securing sponsorship from a US supermodel. Emily Ratajkowski answered a funding appeal for kit for the under-15 and under-16 boys of Bantry Basketbal...
The Australian government and a United Nations body are facing off this week over whether the Great Barrier Reef is “in danger” of losing its “outstanding universal value.” The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNES...
China has rejected terms proposed by the World Health Organization (WHO) to further investigate the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic. WHO head Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called on China to be more co-operative about the early stages of the outbr...
As floodwater crashed through a busy subway station in China on Tuesday, desperate passengers tried to flee while others were swept helplessly off platforms. In one train carriage, water seeped in and rose from ankle, to waist, to neck-height. Panic...
YouTube says it has removed videos posted by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, because they spread misinformation about coronavirus. The tech giant said its decision was not based on ideology or politics, but on its content policies. Since the s...
Joe Biden said that he has felt self-conscious in the role of president, in a town hall hosted by CNN in Ohio. “The first time I walked down the stairs and they played Hail to the Chief I said, ‘Where is he?'” he told a vaccinated crowd on Wednesday...
The US space agency’s Perseverance rover is getting ready to take its first sample of Mars rock. The core, about the size of a finger, will be packaged in a sealed tube for eventual return to Earth. Scientists say their best chance of determining w...
The US says it has reached a deal with Germany to prevent Russia from using its Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline as political leverage over Europe. The near-complete 1,230km (764 miles) pipeline under the Baltic Sea will double Russian gas exports to Ger...
