Covid-19

A new test to detect coronavirus in record time

Europe needs investment on a ‘wartime footing’

Also,Covid outbreaks in Britain, and would a baby exposed to 5 languages from birth learn all of them...

New coronavirus restrictions in England include a six-person limit on gatherings. What's the reasoning?

AstraZeneca's Covid vaccine trial was temporarily halted recently. Why? And what does this mean for our chances of...

And are some microbes immune? Also, life on Venus, and same-sex relationships in the animal world...

The pandemic has shone a light on the structural inequality in food distribution and production

Immunologist Clare Bryant joins Chris Smith to answer some of your Covid questions...

Chris Smith speaks to climate scientist Ella Gilbert about climate science in the news this week...

Psychiatrist Paul Blenkiron talks about mental health in the current Covid crisis...

Harvard University human evolution expert Dan Lieberman tells Chris Smith about the origins of exercise...

We're answering your questions, and picking apart the science behind the headlines...

Some COVID patients don't have detectable antibodies - but they do produce immune cells called T cells...

Why AstraZeneca halted their coronavirus vaccine trial, signs vapers are at 5 times the risk, and the role of...

We discuss Covid-19 long haul symptoms, why we've locked down the world, and where new and emerging infections...

AI can encode human biases, with implications for how we handle the pandemic

How can you catch all the false negatives?

Is it a big worry?

The first cases of reinfection of coronavirus have emerged

We take a look at the future of telescopes...

And why does sugar get onion smells off my skin, and are aluminium cooking pots harmful to health...

Llamas, new research has revealed, may be harbouring an immune trick that is a potent therapy for Covid-19...

We discuss why some people with coronavirus have no symptoms, and answer queries about food additives and the edge of...

The first cases were reported in people in the city of Wuhan. Where and how did bats get involved?