In this issue

In this issue, we go inside the human brain with Andy Ridgway as we explore a new theory, which suggests that some of the processes from the intriguing field of quantum physics could be involved in how our brains function. It’s the age of information, and access to information of all kinds has become almost too easy. But do we know what we are reading, and where our information is being sourced? Do we fact check data before consumption? Probing into the validity of information, Doctors Saleyha Ahsan and Michael Mosley filter fact from fad around the benefits of the food we consume. With all the conflicting advice shelled out about what we should or shouldn’t be eating, it is important to take a look at the reliable body of research that clearly points to the benefits, or lack thereof, of the food we include in our diet.

Go Wild In Australia

Experience close encounters with Australia’s extraordinary wildlife renowned around the world

6 mins

Antidepressant Could Help Fight Dementia

Researchers have found a drug that reduces brain shrinkage, prevents cell death and improves memory

2 mins

A Brief History Of Hawking

Earlier this year, renowned theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking turned 75. Here’s our pick of his career highlights…

2 mins

Helen Czerski ... How Rain Affects Tyre Noise

“BUT WHY WOULD A CAR ON A WET ROAD SOUND DIFFERENT TO A CAR ON A DRY ROAD?”

3 mins

Positive Effects Of Lactobacillus Casei Strain Shirota on our Immune System

A study conducted at the Department of Public Health and Department of Immunology at the Jutendo University School of Medicine, Japan, sought to study the effects of Lactobacillus casei strain Shirota (LcS) on the immune system of healthy human beings.

3 mins

A Surgeon With A Secret

As part of our occasional series profiling remarkable yet unheralded characters from history, Jeremy Dronfield introduces Dr James Barry, the medical pioneer and eminent surgeon to aristocracy, who was forced to conceal a fundamental fact – that ‘he’ was in fact a ‘she’

4 mins

My Life Scientific

Helen Pilcher chats to Andrew Farke, curator at the Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology, about his two loves: dinos and home brewing

2 mins

How Africa Is Learning to Cope With Drought

New technologies are helping ethiopians to stave off famine

3 mins

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BBC Earth Magazine Description:

A bi-monthly publication containing a feast of information for the curious mind. Every issue is packed with fascinating images, thought-provoking and entertaining articles about the world around us, the natural life that populates it, the history that has shaped our existence upon it, and the science that has driven it and continues to propel us into the future.