Experiments suggest that the subatomic world may be much more complex than we thoughtTo find out how the universe truly works, scientists have for decades worked on the standard model of particle physics. When the Higgs boson was found at the Large Hadron Collider almost a decade ago, it was supposed to be the final piece in the jigsaw at the smallest, subatomic scale. Yet this week came the news...

Space exploration is an incredibly expensive and unnecessary way to ignore the many problems here on earthIt’s been a half century since Gil Scott-Heron recorded the spoken-word poem Whitey on the Moon for his 1970 debut album Small Talk at 125th and Lenox: “I can’t pay no doctor bill/ (but Whitey’s on the moon)/ Ten years from now I’ll be paying still/ (while Whitey’s on the...

Latest updates: Jet2 suspends all holidays over ‘lack of clarity’; transport secretary says he is ‘concerned’ about high cost of ‘gold standard’ PCR testsPeople in England told they can ‘start to think’ about holidays abroadCovid plan for England: trips abroad could be permitted from MayPublish figures to show ‘untold suffering’ of long Covid, MPs urge Coronavirus global...

Tokyo looks to implement emergency measures as cases grow just months before start of Olympics; Australian doctors condemn vaccine ‘farce’ after AstraZeneca reversalCovid plan for England: trips abroad could be permitted from MaySpain, Belgium and Italy restrict AstraZeneca vaccine to older peopleWhat you need to know about the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine 5.19am BST Hello and welcome to...

People in the UK under 30 will be offered an alternative to the AstraZeneca vaccine because of a possible link to rare blood clots. Could the move dent confidence in the widely used jab?The government’s Joint Committee on Vaccines and Immunisation said this week that people aged 18 to 29 who are not at high risk of Covid should have the option of an alternative jab to the AstraZeneca vaccine if...