Does covid-19 affect pregnancies?
The coronavirus has been linked to adverse pregnancy outcomes, but vaccines help to keep mothers and babies safe, reports .
Overcoming your inner goblin
A rise in antisocial behaviour indicates covid-19 lockdowns disrupted our cultural evolution, says .
Covid-19's impact on the gut
The coronavirus is increasingly being linked to gastrointestinal symptoms, but how the infection affects the gut - or how to treat it - is unclear, reports .
Stress can biologically age you, but the effect isn't permanent
Covid-19 pandemic linked to antibiotic resistance in pneumonia bacterium
How covid-19 affects the brain
The coronavirus can cause neurological symptoms. Research is starting to reveal how they occur and if they are treatable, reports .
The next covid-19 vaccines
Global vaccine inequality, waning immunity and evolving variants mean jabs are still needed, but new ones are unlikely in 2023, says .
Subvariant 'soup' may drive wave
The coronavirus subvariants BQ.1.1 and XBB may spread more readily than the original omicron variant and could evade prior immunity to some extent, writes .
Monkeypox threat could worsen
A more deadly variant of the virus is circulating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and there are fears it could go global, reports .
Monkeypox failings
More could have been done to prevent a global emergency.
Put yourself to the test
The past 12 months have seen the invasion of Ukraine, the spread of the omicron coronavirus variant, an energy crisis and heatwaves around the world. But there were also lots of weird and wonderful science stories. is here to see what you recall.
Covid-19 responses shift gear
From zero covid to "living with the virus", strategies varied around the world.
