BBC Focus - Science & Technology
Covid-19: Why Is It So Difficult To Figure Out Which Animal It Came From?
Was it bats? Was it pangolins? Was it both? Was it something else? Finding the origin of SARS-CoV-2 is vital for fighting future epidemics
3 min |
May 2021
BBC Focus - Science & Technology
Why Do Some People Experience More Vaccine Side Effects Than Others?
Vaccines work by showing the body a microbial mugshot of a tiny perpetrator (such as a virus or bacterium) that is a threat to your body.
1 min |
May 2021
BBC Focus - Science & Technology
Should We Be Worried The Speed Of Earth's Rotation Is Changing?
We define a day as 86,400 seconds, or 24 hours – the time it takes for Earth to rotate once.
1 min |
May 2021
BBC Focus - Science & Technology
How Wildlife Vaccines Will Prevent The Next Human Pandemic
The coronavirus vaccines currently being injected into arms across the world are our escape route to normality. But keeping deadly viruses at bay and maintaining our freedoms in the future may require brand-new mass vaccination programmes that look very different to the ones currently taking place
9 min |
May 2021
BBC Focus - Science & Technology
THE WOMEN IN HISTORY WE DON'T TALK ABOUT
Beyond the exceptional talents of Marie Curie, Rosalind Franklin and Ada Lovelace, it’d be easy to think that women didn’t used to participate in science. But as science historians Leila McNeill and Anna Reser reveal to Sara Rigby, women have contributed to our understanding of the world, stretching all the way back to antiquity
7 min |
March 2021
BBC Focus - Science & Technology
OBESITY: COULD A NEW APPETITE-CONTROLLING DRUG BE THE TREATMENT WE'VE BEEN CRAVING?
In a large trial, people injected with semaglutide lost significant amounts of weight. Could this drug help tackle the obesity epidemic?
3 min |
March 2021
BBC Focus - Science & Technology
RATS: ARE WE REALLY SEEING PLAGUES OF RODENTS IN OUR CITIES DURING THE PANDEMIC?
As if COVID-19 wasn’t stressful enough, some outlets have claimed that rodents are now taking over our empty offices and cities. But is this really the case?
4 min |
March 2021
BBC Focus - Science & Technology
KNOW YOUR HEART RATE
With a few simple calculations, you can easily figure out how healthy your heart is
2 min |
March 2021
BBC Focus - Science & Technology
ENDANGERED FERRET CLONED FROM SPECIMEN FROZEN FOR 30 YEARS
The healthy young kit may help to save the species from extinction
2 min |
March 2021
BBC Focus - Science & Technology
EMBRACE A SNOW DAY
This last year has been tough on everyone. We should make the most of an opportunity to frolic in the snow (or veg out on the sofa)
2 min |
March 2021
BBC Focus - Science & Technology
How To Look After Your Teeth
Brush. Floss. Repeat. Brush. Floss. Repeat. This month, we ask dentist hannah woolnough how best to manage your dental health
3 min |
March 2021
BBC Focus - Science & Technology
Eating Spinach Could Protect Astronauts From Space Radiation
“We need to understand the impact of space-induced disease and how to protect our bodies from it,”
1 min |
March 2021
BBC Focus - Science & Technology
How To Build A Martian Mega City
With more missions reaching the red planet, a human landing glints on the horizon. But what could the first permanent mars metropolis look like? Welcome to nüwa city
6 min |
March 2021
All About Space
A New View Of The Milky Way
A Dynamic, Complicated, Bubble-blowing Wild Child: Meet Our Galaxy All Over Again
10 min |
Issue 113
BBC Focus - Science & Technology
ONLINE JUNK FOOD ADS: COULD A BAN CUT OBESITY?
The UK government has proposed a ban on internet ads for junk food. Could it improve the nation’s health?
3 min |
January 2021
BBC Focus - Science & Technology
THE SEASONS OF YOU
THE CALENDAR YEAR FOLLOWS THE PATTERN OF SPRING, SUMMER, AUTUMN, WINTER. BUT PERHAPS IT SHOULDN’T…
8 min |
January 2021
BBC Focus - Science & Technology
DON'T BLOW YOUR TOP
It’s vital to keep your blood pressure healthy. This is how I keep an eye on mine
2 min |
January 2021
BBC Focus - Science & Technology
LET'S REWRITE THE FUTURE
By repeating the mistakes of the past, we’re dooming the future. It’s time to come up with some new ideas
2 min |
January 2021
BBC Focus - Science & Technology
MYSTERIES OF THE UNIVERSE
In the last decade, we’ve taken photos of a black holes, peered into the heart of atoms and looked back at the birth of the Universe. And yet, there are yawning gaps in our understanding of the Universe and the laws that govern it. These are the mysteries that will be troubling physicists and astronomers over the next decade and beyond
10 min |
January 2021
BBC Focus - Science & Technology
BEAT THE BURNOUT
HOW SCIENCE CAN HELP YOU GET THE BETTER OF PANDEMIC FATIGUE
10 min |
January 2021
BBC Focus - Science & Technology
A Scientist's Guide To Life How To Concentrate
This month, we tackle… oh, hang on, wait a minute, I just need to let the dog out, now what was it again? Psychologist Dr Nick Perham from Cardiff Metropolitan University explains how to concentrate
2 min |
January 2021
BBC Focus - Science & Technology
SWARM INTELLIGENCE
Small, simple, cheap satellites are being developed to explore and study space in new ways. If we deploy them in vast swarms, these ‘CubeSats’ could change the way we see and protect our planet
8 min |
New Year 2021
BBC Focus - Science & Technology
REWILDING
CAN IT SAVE OUR WILDLIFE AND TEMPER CLIMATE CHANGE?
10+ min |
New Year 2021
BBC Focus - Science & Technology
RISE CLONES
ANIMALS – FROM PETS AND LIVESTOCK TO WORKING DOGS AND EXTINCT SPECIES – ARE BEING CLONED FOR A VARIETY OF PURPOSES. BUT COPYING ANIMALS FROM THEIR GENETIC MATERIAL IS CREATING PROBLEMS AS QUICKLY AS IT’S SOLVING THEM
8 min |
New Year 2021
BBC Focus - Science & Technology
MIND GAMES
Virtual reality is being used to treat a wide range of mental health problems. Meet some of the scientists who are pioneering VR therapy and the people who are benefitting from it
10 min |
New Year 2021
BBC Focus - Science & Technology
The Cracks In Cosmology
In terms of our understanding of the Universe, some things just don’t add up. Which means either our measurements are wrong, or our theories are…
8 min |
New Year 2021
BBC Focus - Science & Technology
THE EXPLAINER
WHAT WAS THE BIG BANG?
3 min |
December 2020
BBC Focus - Science & Technology
UNIVERSE, SAY CHEESE!
IN A CALIFORNIA LAB, SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS ARE PUTTING THE FINISHING TOUCHES TO A COLOSSAL CAMERA THAT COULD CHANGE THE WAY WE VIEW THE COSMOS
5 min |
December 2020
BBC Focus - Science & Technology
SHOULD WE BE SIGNALLING OUR EXISTENCE TO ALIEN LIFE?
Astrobiologist and extraterrestrial researcher Dr Douglas Vakoch speaks to Sara Rigby about transmitting messages into the cosmos in the hope of finding intelligent extraterrestrial life
6 min |
December 2020
BBC Focus - Science & Technology
WHERE ARE THE ALIENS IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM?
A FLEET OF MISSIONS IS SPREADING ACROSS THE SOLAR SYSTEM TO INVESTIGATE OUR NEIGHBOURS FOR SIGNS OF LIFE. HERE’S WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR
10+ min |