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China has for the first time become the world’s leading producer of high-quality scientific research, according to a Japanese study. 

Academics on the left have joined the anti-lockdown chorus. Yet their Covid theories rely on a travesty of the facts, says activist and author Richard Seymour

Four big asteroids hit Earth in the past million years alone, according to a new study, suggesting that the space-rock danger is higher than previously thought. But not everyone agrees with the result.

A new thread in the debate over SARS-CoV-2’s origins centers around a dog-like creature from Asia

Some US government agencies think Covid may have originated from a lab leak, but there needs to be far more evidence to really know where pandemic came from, Josh Marcus

Data was released briefly, then rescinded. As NPR reported previously, there is already strong evidence pointing to these animals in the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan.

Analysis of gene sequences by international team finds Covid-positive samples rich in raccoon dog DNA

Data from an old NASA spacecraft reveals a volcano erupted on the surface of Venus in 1991, a new study in Science says.

Recent reports that Department of Energy and FBI officials think the COVID-19 pandemic originated with a so-called lab leak appear to have provided all the “evidence” many require. As a scientist who has led or contributed to several peer-reviewed studies that tell a very different story, I’ve looked on with…

Scientists lean towards a natural spillover from animals, but China’s opacity means a lab leak can’t be ruled out.

The astoundingly intricate diagram is a significant advancement in neuroscience.