Football teams still get home advantage while stadiums are empty:
Lockdown has forced professional sports teams to play in empty stadiums, but home teams still get good results – suggesting "home advantage" isn't down to the roar of the crowd
Living robots made from frog skin cells can sense their environment:
Xenobots, named after the frog species Xenopus laevis that the cells come from, were first described last year. Now the team behind the robots has improved their design and demonstrated new capabilities
As coronavirus variants evolve, how much more dangerous can they get?:
Coronavirus variants are causing a surge of infections globally. In the long-run, is the virus likely to turn into a cold, or evolve into something much deadlier? New Scientist investigates
Covid-19 news: Pfizer vaccine effective in children aged 12 to 15:
The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scientist and essential information about the covid-19 pandemic
Everything you need to know about covid-19 vaccines for children:
Pfizer has announced positive results from its initial covid-19 vaccine trial in children and trials of other vaccines are underway, but whether any are approved for use this year may depend on how the virus behaves
People living 100,000 years ago spent time collecting crystals:
Humans living 100,000 years ago in what is now the Kalahari desert spent time collecting crystals, challenging the idea that human behaviours like symbolism emerged along coasts
Children are getting long covid and being left with lasting problems:
UK officials have called the lack of support for children with long covid a “national scandal” and parents are raising alarms about the risks posed by school reopening
First universal coronavirus vaccine will start human trials this year:
The world is in urgent need of a vaccine that protects against all coronaviruses, even those we've not met yet, warn scientists, as plans for human trials of potential candidates ramp up
Exclusive: On board the mission to one of the world’s largest icebergs:
A vast iceberg which separated from Antarctica in 2017 is now breaking up. Oceanographer Povl Abrahamsen reports from a unique mission to study the impact of its demise using underwater robotic gliders
An unscientific debate over breast milk is spilling into food banks:
An overzealous push for breastfeeding is affecting availability of baby formula in food banks, worsening problems for the poorest people, writes Clare Wilson