ACL injuries are a growing problem

And one that particularly afflicts women

2d

Coelacanths live for as long as people

And their young have a five-year gestation period

3d

A midsummer bug hunt

Every June 21st sees a census of the world’s urban microbes

3d

Betelgeuse’s great dimming

Last year’s supernova false alarm explained

4d

Strenuous exercise is linked to motor-neuron disease

A new study shows why the illness is more common in professional athletes

4d

A new weapon in the war against SARS-CoV-2 has been found

It is expensive, though, and in short supply

4d

Business is booming as regulators relax drone laws

Uncrewed aerial vehicles get more freedom to fly

6d

Laysan albatross have only two main nesting sites

Conservationists hope to change that

2w

Quantum weirdness helps design better accelerometers

The fact that atoms are also waves can have important applications

2w

Jeff Bezos’s flight of fancy

Blue Origin’s first crewed mission will have the boss on board

2w