The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
On the hunt for UFOs
Is there such a thing as an unidentified flying object? What are they and who is responsible?
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The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
London environment hero wins big award
A nine-year-old who is passionate about the environment has been honoured for his efforts to inspire others.
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Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka
Meet the vet helping to protect endangered mountain gorillas.
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The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
Robot pets
How much is that robot doggy in the window?
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The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
What comes after space?
Space seems to go on and on, but where does it end?
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BBC Wildlife
Female of the Species - Bonobo
Lucy Cooke on the great apes forming a powerful sisterhood
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September 2023
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
The Big Poo Review
Hold your nose for some super-stinky science.
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SCIENCE WORLD
Join in with super competitions, fun festivals, brilliant museums and great games this month.
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HEADSCRATCHERS
Seeking answers to your science questions? Ask our resident expert
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The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
What is hydroelectric energy and how does it work?
Find out how electricity is generated from flowing water.
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GET STUFFED!
Dare you discover the fascinating - and sometimes foul - truth about fast food? Ciaran Sneddon serves up a feast of facts.
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Alom Shaha
Meet the teacher on a mission to make physics easy to understand.
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The Beast of Exmoor
Investigate the case of the mysterious big cat roaming the English countryside.
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RAIDERS OF THE BACK YARD
The fictional adventures of Indiana Jones are legendary. Expert archaeologist Mary-Ann Ochota goes in search of the real-life treasure-hunters.
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Should people learn to love wasps?
Some people think that these pesky insects deserve to be treated more kindly.
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BBC Science Focus
MEDICINE : SCIENTISTS PRODUCE THE FIRST CELLULAR MAP OF THE HUMAN INTESTINE
Fluorescent antibodies reveal the atlas of cell that cooperate to protect you 'neighbourhoods'
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August 2023
BBC Science Focus
ASTRONOMY : RARE 'ULTRACOOL' BROWN DWARF STAR FOUND EMITTING RADIO WAVES
Unusual radio signals have led astronomers to a surprising astronomical object
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August 2023
BBC Science Focus
PRIMER : DEEP-SEA MINING
Why the next gold rush is happening at the bottom of the ocean
4 min |
August 2023
BBC Science Focus
LIVE FACIAL RECOGNITION: THE MET POLICE'S CONTROVERSIAL NEW TECH
It has already been used at high-profile events, despite concerns about the privacy, accuracy and bias of this Al-driven system
3 min |
August 2023
BBC Science Focus
SAY AHHH
EVERY LIVING THING HAS TO EAT SOMEHOW... WHATEVER TYPE OF MOUTH IT MIGHT HAVE. AND THERE ARE SOME TRULY BIZARRE MOUTHS IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM. SOME OF THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY EXAMPLES ARE ENOUGH TO LEAVE YOU SLACK-JAWED
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August 2023
BBC Science Focus
DEAR DOCTOR : WHY DO I CATASTROPHISE SO MUCH AND HOW DO I STOP?
Catastrophe-filled thoughts are common, especially for people prone to anxiety. You might find yourself imagining that your first day at a new job will be an excruciating disaster, that you'll flunk an upcoming exam, or that your flight to New York will crash. These thoughts are unpleasant, but they're essentially your mind working overtime to keep you safe. If you start to act on these catastrophic thoughts, trying to avoid any risk in your life, that's when this thinking style can start to become debilitating.
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August 2023
BBC Science Focus
IS IT TRUE THAT WEARING HEADPHONES INCREASES EAR BACTERIA?
Your ears are already dark, moist and full of oils and dead skin - an all-you-can-eat buffet for many bacteria. Sealing off the entrance with headphones or earphones seems like it could only make that environment more inviting to these microbes.
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August 2023
BBC Science Focus
OBJECTS IN OPPOSITION WHEN: LATE AUGUST - EARLY SEPTEMBER 2023
Opposition describes an object being opposite the Sun in the sky. For some planets this can be a big deal, as the weeks around opposition offer us the best views of them. At opposition a planet is also visible all night long.
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August 2023
BBC Science Focus
A SCIENTIST'S GUIDE TO...PILLOWS
THE RIGHT SUPPORT CAN HELP RELIEVE BACK PAIN
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August 2023
BBC Science Focus
WHAT IS BLUE LAVA?
Most people - if they've heard of it at all - are aware of 'blue lava' thanks to the otherworldly photographs of French photographer Olivier Grunewald. The images, which Grunewald captured at the Kawah Ijen volcano on the island of Java in Indonesia, seem to show rivers of electric-blue lava, incandescent against a black velvet night.
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August 2023
BBC Science Focus
VIROLOGY : NEW AI COULD IDENTIFY VIRAL 'DARK MATTER' OF NEXT PANDEMIC
The early warning system is based on machine learning and could have predicted the emergence of the COVID variants
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August 2023
BBC Science Focus
Show your stripes
Pictures may tell a thousand words, but this one goes even further. These stripes appeared along Dover's White Cliffs on 21 June, as the iconic landmark was gradually turned into a scientific graphic.
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August 2023
BBC Science Focus
Let's work together
There's a reason they call the ocean Earth's unexplored frontier. Dive into any of this planet's waters and you soon discover an entirely different ecosystem, populated with strange and unexpected species.
1 min |
August 2023
BBC Science Focus
PALEO IS A FLINTSTONE FANTASY
'Big farmer' has changed our digestive capabilities... and that's just one of the reasons why you can't eat like a caveman
3 min |
August 2023
BBC Science Focus
WHAT SHOULD I DO IF I GET STRANDED ON SNAKE ISLAND?
Just off the coast of southern Brazil lies the island of Queimada Grande, known as 'Snake Island'. Covering just 43 hectares (106 acres), this rocky island is home to between 2,000 and 4,000 highly venomous golden lancehead vipers (Bothrops insularis), which can grow to 70cm (just over 2ft). The snakes were trapped there around 11,000 years ago, at the end of the last ice age, when rising sea levels cut them off from the mainland.
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