BBC Science Focus
New frontiers in health
Following the attention focused on weight-loss drug semaglutide in 2023, phase 3 trials of a similar antidiabetic, tirzepatide (Mounjaro), are expected to produce results towards the end of 2024.
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New Year 2024
BBC Science Focus
Tech horizons
Speculations about OpenAI's next projects abound, and - although nothing has been formally announced we'll be expecting updates to its Generative Pretrained Transformer (GPT) models.
1 min |
New Year 2024
BBC Science Focus
HOW TO MASTER YOUR METABOLISM
Ready to welcome a leaner, healthier you? It's time for a metabolic makeover. With a few simple, research-backed changes, you can supercharge your body's calorie-burning
8 min |
New Year 2024
BBC Science Focus
MODELLING COMET IMPACTS COULD HELP US LOCATE LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS
Cosmic snowballs in space may have delivered life-giving molecules to Earth
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New Year 2024
BBC Science Focus
YOU'RE MORE LIKELY TO LOSE WEIGHT IF YOUR DOCTOR IS OPTIMISTIC
When it comes to enrolling people in weight-loss programmes, the doctor's sales pitch is key
1 min |
New Year 2024
BBC Science Focus
THE BEST SCIENCE IMAGES OF 2023
A PIECE OF ROCK BROKEN OFF AN ASTEROID HURTLING THROUGH SPACE, THE FIRST FOOTPRINTS OF HUMANS ARRIVING IN NORTH AMERICA AND A GIANT MEATBALL MADE OUT OF WOOLLY MAMMOTH. THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE IMAGES THAT CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF BBC SCIENCE FOCUS EDITORS THIS YEAR, AND NO, THAT LAST ONE WASN'T A MISTAKE. ENJOY OUR SELECTION OF IMAGES THAT HAD US RUBBING OUR EYES IN DISBELIEF IN 2023.
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New Year 2024
BBC Science Focus
WILL WE EVER CURE CANCER?
One of the most pressing medical challenges facing the world's ageing population is the fight against cancer. But is this a battle that's winnable - and what technologies are being developed to wage the war?
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New Year 2024
BBC Science Focus
WILL SEX BECOME OBSOLETE?
New technologies could reimagine baby-making as we know it. But will they actually replace tried-and-tested (and enjoyable) methods?
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New Year 2024
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LET IT SNOW!
The weather outside may be frightful, but a winter coat is delightful, Tom Jackson discovers how wild animals stay cosy in the cold.
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Victor Glover
Meet an astronaut who will be blasting off to the Moon next year.
4 min |
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The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
New telescope sheds light on dark universe
Euclid is creating the biggest map of the parts of space we can't see.
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The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
Weather may have helped carve Sphinx
The Great Sphinx of Giza is one of Egypt’s most famous landmarks.
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The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
Wildlife watch
Author, TV presenter and vet Jess French shows you what to spot in nature this month.
3 min |
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The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
Teleportation
Could you ever travel across the world in the blink of an eye?
3 min |
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The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
Can a machine be intelligent?
Robots can do amazingly complex tasks, but will they ever be as smart as humans?
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NAUGHTY OR NICE?
He’s making a list, he’s checking it twice, he’s going to find out who’s naughty or nice. Ciaran Sneddon seeks out the science behind Santa’s end-of-year report.
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BBC Science Focus
INTERACTIVE IMAGES COULD REVOLUTIONISE POLICE LINE-UPS AND REDUCE THE NUMBER OF WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS
We're trying to identify criminal suspects all wrong, say psychologists. But new technology could help us catch more bad guys
2 min |
December 2023
BBC Science Focus
IF CONDITIONS ON EARTH CHANGED, IS IT POSSIBLE DINOSAURS COULD EVOLVE AGAIN? WOULD LIFE... FIND A WAY?
Dinosaurs are still with us, in the form of birds. But could the more canonical dinosaurs, like Tyrannosaurus and Triceratops, evolve again, if the climate and temperature switched back to what the conditions were like during the Cretaceous? Probably not.
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December 2023
BBC Science Focus
DEAR DOCTOR
WHY DO! LOVE SPICY FOOD, WHEN IT DOESN'T ALWAYS LOVE ME? WHAT CAN DO?
2 min |
December 2023
BBC Science Focus
Q&A
IS THERE ANY SCIENCE TO LOW-DOPAMINE MORNINGS?
2 min |
December 2023
BBC Science Focus
A DASH OF 'QUANTUM WEIRDNESS' ADDS AN INTRIGUING NEW ASPECT TO THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION
Just suppose survival of the fittest had a quantum element. What would that mean for life on Earth?
3 min |
December 2023
BBC Science Focus
KIDS ARE THE KEY TO UNDERSTANDING OBESITY. BUT WE NEED MORE OF THEIR GENES
We can unravel the role that bodyweight plays in disease, but we need a bigger, more diverse, sample of genetic material to do so
3 min |
December 2023
BBC Science Focus
THE UK'S COUNTRYSIDE IS IN TROUBLE... AND WE NEED TO DO MORE TO HELP IT
Britain’s woodlands, wetlands and wildflower meadows are under threat. But awareness isn't enough to save them
3 min |
December 2023
BBC Science Focus
AUTONOMOUS DRONE COULD REVEAL ANTARCTICA'S SECRETS
Understanding ancient tectonics will improve ice melt predictions
1 min |
December 2023
BBC Science Focus
EMBRYO RESEARCH: WHY SCIENTISTS WANT MORE THAN 14 DAYS TO STUDY EARLY DEVELOPMENT
An extension to the 14-day limit on research has been proposed and has support. But there are moral and ethical questions to consider
4 min |
December 2023
BBC Science Focus
SAD CLOWN PARADOX:WHY TEARS OFTEN LIE BEHIND THE LAUGHS
Mental health issues are common among comedians and performing is just one way they can self-medicate
3 min |
December 2023
BBC Science Focus
INDOOR AIR POLLUTION: HOW COOKING CAN DAMAGE YOUR DNA
From roast dinners to scented candles, there are potentially harmful pollutants lurking in every home
4 min |
December 2023
BBC Science Focus
FARM OF THE FUTURE
Join the BBC's Planet Earth III film crew HED and go behind the scenes in the city farm that's transforming fields into towers and running almost everything with robots
8 min |
December 2023
BBC Science Focus
ALIEN PLANET DEBRIS DISCOVERED DEEP UNDER EARTH'S CRUST
A planetary collision so big that it formed the Moon also left behind remnants that changed Earth's mantle
2 min |
December 2023
BBC Science Focus
SCIENTISTS FINALLY FIND WHERE A STARFISH KEEPS ITS HEAD
Compelling research into their genes sheds light on the echinoderm’s enigmatic physiology
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