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The American space agency has successfully flown a small helicopter on Mars. The drone, called Ingenuity, was airborne for less than a minute, but Nasa is celebrating what represents the first powered, controlled flight by an aircraft on another world.more

Why don't some people develop infectious diseases, such as COVID-19, or have it much milder than others? It is influenced not only by immunity provided by vaccines or prior exposure to a given virus, but also by lifestyle, chronic diseases, and sometimes also by genetic conditions.more

The biggest concern in the world is three widespread and more infectious variants of the coronavirus, first detected in the UK, South Africa and Brazil. Among other potentially dangerous variants are the Californian, Nigerian and Filipino varieties.more

Scientists in Spain have successfully grown monkey embryos containing human cells for the first time — the latest milestone in a rapidly advancing field that has drawn ethical questions.more

The UK variant of the coronavirus, which is dominant in many countries, is easier to spread, but among people admitted to hospital, it does not cause COVID-19 more severely, according to a study by University College London specialists.more

Roche Holding AG said Monday that a Phase 3 trial involving casirivimab and imdevimab to cut risk of symptomatic Covid-19 infections yielded positive results, meeting primary and key secondary endpoints. more

It has not yet been confirmed that there is a link between cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) and the use of AstraZeneca against COVID-19, but more and more observations indicate it, British experts report on the BBC News.more

The US National Institutes of Health announced the commencement of research into the risk of allergic reactions to Pfizer and Moderna's COVID-19 vaccines.more

People diagnosed with Covid-19 in the previous six months were more likely to develop depression, dementia, psychosis and stroke, researchers have found. A third of those with a previous Covid infection went on to develop or have a relapse of a psychological or neurological condition.more

A group of scientists from the University of Cambridge has created a website for games, emojify.info, where users can try out the emotional recognition function using computer cameras. The aim of the experiment is to raise awareness of the risks associated with artificial intelligence.more

The head of the European Medicines Agency's (EMA) vaccine evaluation team, Marco Cavaleri, said that "it is now becoming increasingly difficult to argue that there is no causal link between AstraZeneki (against Covid-19) and very rare unusual cases of blood clots."more

A biotech start-up from Oxford is creating vaccines that will immunize against various strains of viruses in the future. British company Baseimmune uses artificial intelligence to design vaccines against Covid-19, malaria and HPV.more

The design of the Bank of England's new £50 note, featuring the computer pioneer and codebreaker Alan Turing, has been revealed. The banknote will enter circulation on 23 June, which would have been the mathematician's birthday.more

Nasa has given Earth the all clear on the chances of an asteroid called Apophis hitting our planet any time in the next century, having worried space scientists for over 15 years.more

The manufacturer of the vaccine against Covid-19, AstraZeneca announced on Tuesday that it will update data on preliminary results of clinical trials of the preparation in the US within 48 hours. Earlier, the American regulator expressed concern about the already announced results, accusing them of being out of date.more

"Covid fog", delirium, dementia symptoms, behavioral changes, post-traumatic stress disorder - these are problems related to the functioning of the brain that can be faced by people who have undergone COVID-19 - indicates the president-elect of the Polish Psychiatric Association, prof. Dominika Dudek.more

The Institute of Environmental Protection - National Research Institute has prepared a report that answers the questions of what the Polish winters will look like until 2100. As climate forecasts show, this year's winter is more the exception than the weather standard we can expect for decades to come.more

Canadian biotechnology company Sanotize announced yesterday that it has obtained conditional approval from the Israeli government to sell a nitric oxide-based nasal spray designed to prevent and help treat Covid-19.more

The Covid-19 pandemic may last even until 2024 if the rich countries do not significantly support the poorer ones, said Prof. Michael Toole, global health expert at Burnet Institute in Melbourne. more

A meteorite that fell from the fireball that lit up the sky over the UK and northern Europe last month has been found and identified as a type which has never fallen anywhere in Britain beforemore

The American Perseverance rover made its first ride on the surface of Mars: 6.5 meters in 33 minutes, the US space agency NASA reported yesterday. Perseverance landed on the Red Planet two weeks ago.more

The UK has started recruiting studies to show how immunocompromised people, such as patients being treated for cancer, are protected by vaccination against COVID-19.more

According to the virologist, member of the Scientific Council, immunity due to vaccination and the number of people infected “commence” to have an impact on the Covid-19 epidemicmore

New Covid vaccines to fight variants like the one from Brazil can be fast-tracked through the approval system, says the UK's regulator the MHRA.more

An extreme plunge in atmospheric oxygen levels will in a billion years' time will wipe out most of the life on the Earth, a study has predicted.more