Covid-19
> What the Diamond Princess taught us about Covid-19
At one time it was the world's worst Covid-19 outbreak outside China, now disease modellers are scouring data from the ship.
> How the UK's coronavirus testing regime unravelled
The government's ability to scale up and co-ordinate testing has faced criticism from scientists, including those directly involved with the work.
> Scientists scan for weaknesses in the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein
The spikes that cover the virus's surface are primed to infect us - but we are slowly learning which antibodies might be able to disrupt them.
News exclusives
> Honeybees recruited to detect plant viruses
An innovative project in Australia uses DNA sampling of beehives to find early signs of plant pathogens in the environment.
> Police want AI to predict violent crime
I reveal "NDAS" - an AI tool being developed by British police to help stop violent crime and modern day slavery.
> AI doctor analyses hospital heart scans
Artificial intelligence for medical images is a hot research topic but I found a string of hospitals already using the tech to process patients' heart scans.
> New species of monkey discovered
Scientists scouring the Amazon make a rare discovery - a new species of marmoset living in an isolated area.
> Synthetic wine made without grapes
A team of entrepreneurs plans to launch a strange new product - wine made by mixing compounds together in a lab.
> 'How Ashley Madison affected me'
After a dating site for people planning an affair is hacked and its data leaked, two women tell their stories.
Features
> Yemen's deadly ghost ship
Off the coast of Yemen lies a floating bomb - a rusting oil storage ship filled with more than a million barrels of crude.
> Tech bugs could be killing thousands in hospitals
Equipment flaws and computer bugs kill thousands of inpatients every year - but no-one knows exactly how many.
> Why pollution increases lightning strikes
Evidence suggests that tiny particles in the air, a form of pollution, increase the frequency of lightning.
> Encryption wars
Governments want to be able to read encrypted messages on our smartphones - should they be given access?
> Haulin' data: Truckers and workplace surveillance
Some US truckers are unhappy about the rise of new devices that record detailed data on their driving.
Long reads
> Saving fragments of civilisation from the big melt
I visited Norway to meet ice patch archaeologists who resuce priceless artefacts from melting glaciers.
> How going hungry affects children for their whole lives
In Scotland I met Kerry, a mother of three who starved herself to feed her children. She now worries about their mental wellbeing.
> The billionaire vs the fly
Environmentalists are concerned that a planned Scottish golf course could harm local species - including a very rare fly.
