Science

While the world suffers from the deadly impact of coronavirus, the World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed the first case of another viral infection in West Africa.

The continued spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has spawned a Greek alphabet of variants - a naming system used by the World Health Organization to track concerning new mutations of the virus that causes COVID-19. Some have equipped the virus with better ways of infecting humans or evading vaccine protection.

Female giraffes have evolved to go through the menopause early so they can help care for their grandchildren, a new study reveals. 

US coastlines will face increasing flooding in the mid-2030s thanks to a regular lunar cycle that will magnify rising sea levels caused by climate change, according to research led by Nasa scientists.

The world's largest astronomy museum is opening in Shanghai, and its complex curvilinear shape has been designed to reflect the geometry of the cosmos.

Meals include shredded pork in garlic sauce, kung pao chicken, black pepper beef, pickled cabbage and shredded pork and many more.

Innovative technologies, which provide farmers with plot-specific information on when to apply nitrogen fertilizers, offer a simple solution to fertilizer overuse

The ‘Dragon man’ skull found in a well reveals a new branch of family tree more closely related to modern humans than Neanderthals, writes Ian Sample in The Guardian.

Hugely prestigious event for China as Beijing prepares to mark 100th anniversary of ruling Communist party

Scientists have discovered a massive die-off of sharks about 19 million years ago – twice the number of deaths that occurred during a much earlier mass extinction event that wiped out three-quarters of the plant and animal species on Earth.