Covid: We’ll throw everything at booster campaign, says PM
Boris Johnson says there needs to be “another great surge” against coronavirus and the new variant.
Think Climate Change Is Messy? Wait Until Geoengineering
Someone's bound to hack the atmosphere to cool the planet. So we urgently need more research on the consequences, says…
The Watch That Made Everything Now
When the Pulsar debuted in 1972, the first digital watch offered a new concept of time—and foreshadowed our fraught relationship…
Channel migrants: France to propose deal with UK
The French PM will write to Boris Johnson without tweeting the letter, the interior minister said.
TSB to close another 70 branches by July
The bank had 475 branches just over a year ago, but a fresh round of closures will leave it with…
Online Gaming Is the New Therapist’s Office
Plenty of us play to let off steam, but online multiplayer and single-player gaming can be healing in the hands…
Europe Went Bananas for Gorillas. Then Its Workers Rose Up
The delivery app raced to a $1 billion valuation, promising to transform a problem-prone industry. Striking riders say it’s no…
An AI Finds Superbug-Killing Potential in Human Proteins
A team scoured the human proteome for antimicrobial molecules and found thousands, plus a surprise about how animals evolved to…
London Underground: Entire Tube line may close, mayor warns
A funding gap of nearly £2bn could send transport services “back to the 1970s”, Sadiq Khan says.
EasyJet says Omicron has weakened bookings
But the airline’s boss says it is early days and that summer bookings are close to pre-pandemic levels.