Australian election 2022: What will the outcome mean for the climate?:
Australia’s targets for cutting carbon emissions are among the weakest in developed nations, but a new government could accelerate the transition to renewable energy
Covid-19 vaccines may ward off long covid even if given post-infection:
Researchers compared the rate of long covid among people who were vaccinated after catching covid-19 with those who developed long covid before being vaccinated
Tracking sleep disruptions could improve nerve pain treatments:
After sustaining nerve injuries, mice wake up more often during non-REM sleep – a sign that sleep disruption could help identify nerve pain and the best treatments for it
Robot can fly, swim or hitch a ride by sticking to other objects:
An amphibious drone that can attach itself to other objects with a suction cup could be used to track marine animals such as whales
Young wasps routinely eat their own siblings in the nest:
Isodontia harmandi wasps make nests and leave food for their young in bamboo canes. When that food runs out, the larvae turn to cannibalism
Covid-19 rebound seen in some people after taking Pfizer drug Paxlovid:
Pfizer’s Paxlovid can prevent severe covid-19 in vulnerable people when taken as a five-day course at home, but the medicine may not eradicate the virus in everyone
Europe must tackle its energy crisis now or face a very painful winter:
With energy prices set to rise, European governments must act immediately to reduce consumption and turbocharge renewables
Zero-covid strategies are being ditched, but they were the best option:
Several countries are now abandoning their goal of reducing the coronavirus's spread as much as possible, but the evidence shows this was the best route to have taken, says Michael Marshall
Online Safety Bill: Will UK’s new law protect people from harm online?:
The final draft of legislation designed to protect people from "harmful content" online goes before Parliament today, but critics warn it is likely to have unintended negative consequences
We mustn’t let the billionaire rocket men decide what happens in space:
Right now, very few of us have a say in how humans get to space or what we do there. That has to change, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein