Why the Covid lab-leak theory must be formally investigated
A year and a half into the pandemic, we still do not know exactly where the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes Covid-19, came from. The...
First human-monkey embryos create a small step towards a huge ethical problem
Scientists have created the world’s first monkey embryos containing human cells in an attempt to investigate how the two types of cell develop alongside each other....
Environmental DNA: how a tool used to detect endangered wildlife is helping fight the coronavirus pandemic
Imagine discovering an animal species you thought had gone extinct was still living – without laying eyes on it. Such was the case with...
The coronavirus mutation is not as scary as it sounds
A new strain of the coronavirus may be responsible for the faster spread of the virus in London and south-east England, it has been announced....
Is laboratory-grown meat good news for animals?
The Singapore Food Agency has approved “chicken bites” containing meat made from real chicken cells that were grown outside of a chicken’s body. Alongside similar news from...