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Omicron could fuel largest wave of pandemic, government advisers warn

A ‘very stringent response’ may be needed if the new variant is found to significantly escape immunity and drive infections over winter, Sage experts said

Nigeria Says It Found First Case Of Omicron Variant In November

Nearly 20 countries have recorded the variant, triggering travel bans across the world.

Stonehenge builders ‘may have eaten mince pie-style winter pastries’

English Heritage conjures images of acorn pastry and neolithic ‘energy bars’

Space Junk Too Risky For Astronaut, Spacewalk Delayed

It’s the first time a spacewalk has been canceled because of threat from space junk.

Sir David Attenborough steps in personally to correct fake quote on shopping centre plaque

The quote on bees has previously been attributed to several iconic figures, including Albert Einstein

Are We At The Dawn Of A Nuclear Energy Renaissance?

We’ve heard these claims before. But the mounting scale of the climate and energy conundrum is fueling more money and favorable policies into atomic power.

‘The ice sheet is in for a wild ride’: Greenland is seeing record ice loss

Greenland lost a net total of 166 gigatons of ice from September 2020 through August 2021. Overall, this loss is on par with recent decades – but the factors affecting that final number are more unusual, writes Kasha Patel

Albatross ‘Divorces’ May Be Climbing Because Of Climate Change

A new study found that warmer sea temperatures may be driving albatross breeding pairs to split up at higher rates.

Neanderthal fossil may be earliest evidence of disease jumping from animals to humans

Scientists find evidence of brucellosis in the most studied Neanderthal fossil to be unearthed

Scientists perplexed by flesh-eating ‘vulture bees’ that have quit pollen to feed on dead bodies

Such bees enter into ‘novel associations’ with acid-loving bacteria, similar to those seen in vultures

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