Science
BBC Earth
Ancient ‘Pac-Man' Frog May Have Dined On Dinosaurs
Paleontology
1 min |
March 2018
BBC Earth
Seven Earth-Sized Exoplanets Found
The system of planets found orbiting nearby dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 may be our best chance yet of finding alien life.
3 min |
June 2017
BBC Earth
Biochemistry
Chemists have added synthetic letters to bacterial DNA. Study leader Prof Floyd Romesberg explains how this could expand the genetic code to make proteins never before seen in nature.
2 min |
June 2017
BBC Earth
NASA To Explore Metal Asteroid For The First Time
Consider us psyched. NASA will be sending a probe to a distant metal asteroid for the first time ever. The mission was selected from five finalists as part of NASA’s Discovery Program.
2 min |
June 2017
BBC Earth
City Slickers
With the help of Singapore’s residents, smooth-coated otters have returned to the heart of the city. Katie Stacey went to find out how they were enticed back.
8 min |
June 2017
BBC Earth
01 Experiment With Our Food
Want to cook up a delicious meal? It’s not just about the food. We chat to psychologist Prof Charles Spence about the strange science of gastrophysics.
3 min |
June 2017
BBC Earth
Miniaturised Wacky Races
Forget Formula 1 – cars the size of molecules came to France to race on a track made of gold. Rob Banino sizes up the competition
3 min |
December 2016
BBC Earth
Robin Ince on… Comedy and Mental Health
“Some Believe That if You’re Joking About Something, You Haven’t Come to Terms With It ”
2 min |
December 2016
BBC Earth
Nasa's Mining Bot Gets Rolling
We definitely dig this. NASA has started testing the Regolith Advanced Surface Systems Operations Robot (RASSOR).
1 min |
January 2017
BBC Earth
Canberra, Australia's Charming Capital City
What was once known as a sheep town has now transformed into a scenic hinterland, filled with superb monuments and galleries for both educational and leisure purposes
3 min |
January 2017
BBC Earth
This Viral Immunotherapy Appears To Be More Potent Than Others That Have Been Before
A team has created designer viruses that help the immune system target tumours. One of the researchers, Prof Daniel Pinschewer, describes this new approach to cancer therapy
2 min |
October 2017
BBC Earth
This Queen Has Had No Equal On This Earth For 500 Years
She was one half of a 15th-century power couple that united Spain and helped propel the west towards global dominance. Of all Europe’s queens, argues Giles Tremlett, surely none had a greater impact than Isabella of Castile
7 min |
October 2017
BBC Knowledge (Asia Edition)
Where Are All The Habitable Planets?
The number of known planets is increasing all the time, but how soon can we expect to find life? Stuart Clark takes a closer look.
7 min |
September 2015
BBC Earth
The Cholesterol Drug Controversy
THE DEBATE ABOUT STATINS SHOWS THAT SCIENCE CAN’T ALWAYS SUPPLY EASY ANSWERS
3 min |
September 2017
BBC Earth
My Life Scientific
This month, volcanologist Prof Twnsin Mather talks to Helen Pilcher about getting up close and personal with one of most destructive forces
2 min |
September 2017
BBC Earth
Meet The Plant Messiah
Carlos Magdalena is on a mission to save the plants. From his base at Kew Gardens, he travels the world to rescue tropical species from extinction. The botanical horticulturalist talks to James Lloyd
3 min |
September 2017
BBC Earth
What Causes Turbulence?
“PLANES CAN COPE WITH TURBULENCE, SO ALTHOUGH MY TEA MIGHT GET SPILT, THERE’S LITTLE DANGER”
3 min |
September 2017
BBC Earth
Can We Trust Artificial Intelligence?
Deep learning is used in everything from speech recognition software to the assessment of mortgage applications. The only trouble is, we don’t really know how it works…
7 min |
March 2018
BBC Earth
Celebrate Our Pets
It seems we can’t get enough of our animal companions. But why do we keep pets at all? John Bradshaw argues that the answer can be found deep in our evolutionary past.
3 min |
January 2018
BBC Earth
Meet Your Second Brain
Decision-making, mood, disease… scientists are discovering that the network of neurons in our gut is involved in a lot more than just digestion .
6 min |
March 2017
BBC Earth
Winston Churchill: Atomic Warrior, Nuclear Peacemaker
At the dawn of the Cold War, Churchill was one of the west’s leading champions of the atomic bomb. But, as Britain found itself in the crosshairs of a Soviet attack, his attitude changed – and that, writes Kevin Ruane, set him at odds with the United States.
8 min |
March 2017
BBC Earth
Scientists Reverse Signs Of Ageing
New genetic treatment using stem cells suggests we can trun back the clock on old age.
2 min |
March 2017
BBC Earth
Go Wild In Australia
Experience close encounters with Australia’s extraordinary wildlife renowned around the world
6 min |
August 2017
BBC Earth
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 min |
August 2017
BBC Earth
How Africa Is Learning to Cope With Drought
New technologies are helping ethiopians to stave off famine
3 min |
August 2017
BBC Earth
Where Does Time Come From?
US physicist Prof Richard Muller thinks that new chunks of time could be created as the universe expands. And he wants to peer into the heart of colliding black holes to prove it…
6 min |
July 2017
BBC Earth
The Six Wives In A Different Light
From the scheming sophisticate who lost her head, to the hapless ‘mare’ who repulsed the king, the reputations of Henry VIII’s spouses are secure. But do the stereotypes stand up to scrutiny? Lucy Worsley investigates
6 min |
July 2017
BBC Earth
Dinosaurs - The First Dinosaurs Could Have Come From Britain
Revolutionary new research may mean we have to redraw the dinosaurs’ family tree.
1 min |
July 2017
BBC Earth
Dr John Roberts: When Top Gear Was Looking to Recreate the Car Chase in the Italian Job, They Came to Me
Engineer Dr John Roberts talks to Helen Pilcher about rollercoasters, Top Gear stunts and his latest design project, the British Airways i360.
2 min |
October 2016
BBC Knowledge (Asia Edition)
Where Are All the Clones?
It’s 20 years since scientists in Edinburgh cloned Dolly the sheep. Commentators at the time promised us a world overrun by cloned animals and humans. So where are they?
7 min |