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The timeline for developing coronavirus vaccines has been rapid, but safety was never compromised the head of the Global Vaccine Alliance (Gavi) has said. Speaking to BBC Hardtalk Dr Seth Berkley described the progress as “extraordinary”, explaining that he thought the development of Covid vaccines would take around 18 months to two years. “We squeezed…

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has said it will work with Japan “before, during and after” the country’s plan to release one million tonnes of contaminated water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea. The director general Rafael Mariano Grossi told BBC World News that whatever option was taken it was about…

A commercial laser cutter has been transformed from a 2D machine to a 3D all-in-one assembler capable of creating devices which can fly straight off the factory line. LaserFactory is designed to create functional devices and robots, Martin Nisser, PhD student at MIT CSAIL said. “We wanted to be able to fabricate something which required…

Team BRIT is a motorsport team made up of six disabled drivers who use adapted cars to compete in races against non-disabled drivers equally. BBC Click’s Paul Carter went to visit the team to find out more about the car and the team’s hopes for the future. See more at Click’s website and @BBCClick

BBC Click’s LJ Rich looks at some of the best technology news stories of the week including: Apple unveils a new iPad and colourful iMacs containing its new M1 chip Instagram says it will let users filter out abusive messages using a new tool Software which helps scientists quickly develop DNA-based structures complete with rotors…

A Malian woman has recently given birth to nine babies – five girls and four boys at a clinic in Casablanca, Morocco. The nonuplets will have to spend “two to three months” in incubators, a director of the clinic has said, but both the mother, Halima Cissé, and her children are said to be doing…