Skin swabs could be the Covid-19 test of the future

Most people find Covid-19 tests — which usually involve a swab in the nose and often the throat — invasive, uncomfortable, and sometimes even painful. Researchers at the University of Surrey think a far less unpleasant testing method could be effective: a…

40°C heat 'virtually impossible' in UK without climate change

The crushing temperatures of recent days would be ‘virtually impossible’ in this country without climate change, experts have said. As the mercury rises above 40°C for the first time in British history, scientists say the writing’s on the wall. London Heathrow became…