Short Stories

In a first, a person’s immune system fought HIV and won

A new device can produce electricity using shadows

A giant underground motion sensor in Germany tracks Earth’s wobbles

Ancient DNA suggests Vikings may have been plagued by smallpox

Human sperm don’t swim the way that anyone had thought

Fish eggs can hatch after being eaten and pooped out by ducks

Closest images of the sun ever taken reveal ‘campfire’ flares

Superblack fish disappear into the darkness of the deep sea

Bizarre caecilians with venomous bites

An asteroid impact, not volcanism, may have made Earth unlivable for dinosaurs

This is the oldest known string. It was made by a Neandertal

Collisions reveal new evidence of ‘anyon’ quasiparticles’ existence

Two primate lineages crossed the Atlantic millions of years ago

When snakes strutted the Earth

Can fabric masks stem the corona-virus spread?

A strange dream I never had in my life

Mars: The Life Giver

Burning desires and purpose - Being Human