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A puncture on the final lap. Nine weeks after the first commercial rocket to carry astronauts was launched to the International Space station, the mission was completed when the craft splashed down in the gulf of mexico. Its the first space capsule to land in water in 45 years, ending a test flight for the new Astronaut Taxi Service provided by the californian firm, space x. Our science correspondent Rebecca Morelle reports. 200 metres. Brace for splashdown. Copy, braced for splashdown. History ...

Huge die-offs of elephant seals occurred after the virus gained nearly 20 troublesome new mutations, scientists found. Elephant seals in South America died...

Huge die-offs of elephant seals occurred after the virus gained nearly 20 troublesome new mutations, scientists found. Elephant seals in South America died...

Avian flu virus in cattle highlights urgent need for ramped up efforts to prevent spillover of viruses from animals to people

Avian flu virus in cattle highlights urgent need for ramped up efforts to prevent spillover of viruses from animals to people

H5N1, an avian flu virus, has killed tens of thousands of marine mammals, and infiltrated American livestock for the first time. Scientists are working...

The version of bird flu currently racing across the world emerged in Europe in 2020 and spread quickly to Africa and Asia.

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the range of clinical outcomes for individuals infected with SARS-CoV-2 varied widely, from showing no symptoms to succumbing to the disease. A research team from the Institut Pasteur, the CNRS, and the Collège de France collaborated with international scientists to

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the clinical spectrum observed among people infected with SARS-CoV-2 ranged from asymptomatic carriage to death. Researchers at the Institut Pasteur, the CNRS and the Collège de France, in collaboration with researchers around the world , have investigated the extent and drivers of differences in immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 across populations from Central Africa, Western Europe and East Asia. They show that latent cytomegalovirus infection and human genetic fact...

The former president of Chile, Michelle Bachelet, and Professor Simon Schama were among those given honorary degrees at Oxford University’s recent…