Scientists have uncovered more than a dozen genetic quirks that may explain why some people are more vulnerable to severe Covid than others. Up to 16 changes to DNA were found in patients critically ill with the virus, many of which are involved
Now MOTHS are racist! Scientists officially rename gypsy moth as ‘Spongy Moth’ because its old moniker was a ‘derogatory term for Romani people’ The Entomological Society of America unanimously voted to adopt the moniker ‘Spongy Moth’ for the Lymantria dispar moth The
Scientists in Canada say they have detected the first probable case of a deer transmitting Covid to a human. The suspected infection happened last November in Ontario and involved an unnamed person who had ‘close contact with deer’. It was revealed in
Diabetes warning over e-cigarettes: Vaping devices could raise risk of high blood sugar, scientists say Vaping devices are 22% more likely to have high blood sugar, scientists warn This is known as prediabetes and there is a call to discourage people using
Thousands of Russian scientists and journalist have condemned Vladimir Putin’s ‘senseless’ invasion of Ukraine. In an open letter to the increasingly isolated dictator, they said there was no ‘rational justification for this war’ and warned the country was ‘doomed to isolation’. Russian science
Scientists did not have accurate Covid data when they predicted that 500,000 people could die if the UK took no action during the first wave of the pandemic. Modelling from Professor Neil Ferguson and colleagues at Imperial College London published on March
Now scientists accuse Chris Whitty of betraying immunocompromised to die by standing alongside Boris
Sir Chris Whitty was last night accused of allowing the Government to ‘abandon’ vulnerable people under Boris Johnson’s ‘living with Covid’ blueprint. Angry scientists claimed England’s chief medical officer had endorsed ‘bad public health’ and questioned why he hadn’t done ‘more’ to
Fears raised over mosquito EXPLOSION as scientists struggle to contain flesh-eating disease Residents in Melbourne have been warned to be on alert for mosquito diseases Disease is mosquito spread and wet weather is expected to increase populations Essendon, Moonee Ponds, Brunswick West residents
The Daily Mail is today launching a campaign to Back British Tech and for Arm to return to the London stock market. The tech group’s billionaire owner plans to float the company in New York in a blockbuster listing. But demands are
Orcas – also known as killer whales – are hunting down and killing blue whales, the largest mammal to have ever lived on Earth, according to experts. Staff at the Cetacean Research Centre in Western Australia spotted orcas hunting and killing an