It’s been 30 years since troops rolled into Beijing’s Tiananmen Square killing hundreds, perhaps thousands, of peaceful protesters. Back then it was Chinese workers who joined students in their pro-democracy protests. Today, writes Leïla Choukroune, students have been protesting in solidarity with striking workers. Their goals are similar to 1989 – equality and justice.

Scientists are adding a genetically engineered toxic fungus to the arsenal of weapons that’s wielded to wipe out mosquitoes which carry the malaria parasite. Antonis Rokas says this is a particularly attractive strategy because fungi can infect mosquitoes simply by coming into contact with them and don’t have to be ingested.