Health
Europe can map the mosquito. Controlling it is the harder job
A new ECDC survey finds that surveillance has spread further than control in responding countries, while funding, evidence and responsibility remain uneven. We unpack the numbers behind the shift.
England’s Plan 5 student loan has reached payroll. The balance does not set the deduction
Plan 5 can now appear on a payslip, but only after the repayment start date and when pay crosses the relevant threshold. The outstanding balance works on a different track.
Moon shadow niches may let Earth microbes survive, not grow
A new model finds cold, low-ultraviolet pockets near the lunar south pole where some organisms from Earth might remain viable for a day. It is a contamination question, not evidence of lunar life.
