BBC Science Focus
DOES YOUR DOG REALLY LOVE YOU?
Sure, they wag their tails to greet us and are happy to snuggle up and watch TV in the evening, but are our beloved pooches actually experiencing the same love for us as we feel for them?
9 min |
May 2022
BBC Science Focus
COVID-19 can have long-term impacts on the brain
According to a study on nonhuman primates, effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection on the brain include reduced oxygen flow, neuron damage and bleeding
1 min |
May 2022
BBC Science Focus
Experts call for NHS to provide genetic tests to usher in era of personalised medicine
We must move away from the current "one drug and one dose fits all" model to make treatments safer and more effective
1 min |
May 2022
BBC Science Focus
Huge DNA study reveals new clues about cancer-causing mutations
The findings could lead to better diagnosis and treatments for cancer
1 min |
May 2022
BBC Science Focus
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Products review
3 min |
May 2022
BBC Science Focus
LAB-GROWN MEAT
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT A FUTURE WHERE YOU CAN HAVE YOUR STEAK AND EAT IT…
9 min |
May 2022
BBC Science Focus
NASA to test giant slingshot designed to fling satellites into orbit
NASA has teamed up with private spaceflight company SpinLaunch to trial a unique system designed to send satellites into space using a slingshot-like launcher. The system works by attaching a rocket payload onto one end of a giant spinning arm powered by electric motors, accelerating it to high speeds and then flinging it out into space.
1 min |
May 2022
BBC Science Focus
How to Build the Future of Social Media
At the Polarization Lab in North Carolina, multidisciplinary researchers – including social scientists, statisticians and computer scientists – are breaking apart the social media status quo to rebuild it, one peer-reviewed brick at a time
5 min |
May 2022
BBC Science Focus
W Boson: Is About to Break Physics?
The mass of the W boson, a subatomic particle, appears to be wrong. What could this mean for the Standard Model of particle physics?
3 min |
May 2022
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Rosalind Franklin rover suspended
The consequences of big political shifts on Earth have reached as far as Mars
2 min |
May 2022
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Our experts review the latest kit - FIRST LIGHT
Starbase 80 refractor and mount package - A user-friendly system with an achromatic telescope and portable altaz mount
5 min |
May 2022
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Q&A WITH A PLANETARY RESEARCH SCIENTIST
Research into whether Venus had liquid oceans in its past is giving more insight into how Earth has so far avoided a runaway greenhouse effect
3 min |
May 2022
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Learning about LAYERS
Expert astrophotographer Will Gater provides a beginner's guide to the power of layers-based image editing
8 min |
May 2022
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Artemis I rocket reaches launch pad
Rocket bound for the Moon set for launch rehearsal
1 min |
May 2022
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
INSIDE THE SKY AT NIGHT
Georgina Dransfield visited Antarctica to search for exoplanets and filmed her time there for the April episode of The Sky at Night
4 min |
May 2022
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
From particles to parsecs
Toby Friend considers how the development of astronomy and cosmology on the largest of scales, and particle physics on the very smallest; has often been intertwined
9 min |
May 2022
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
In search of the Belt of Venus
Katrin Raynor-Evans looks at what causes the beautiful atmospheric phenomenon that occurs in the sky opposite a sunset or sunrise
1 min |
May 2022
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Field of View - Poetry in Lunar Motion
Poetry in lunar motion Caroline Burrows spends a month making poetic observations of the Moon
2 min |
May 2022
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Pioneers of Dark Matter
The term 'dark matter' was coined a century ago this month. Govert Schilling selects seven scientists who shed light on astronomy's biggest mystery
8 min |
May 2022
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Welcome to Galaxy Season
For many astronomers, springtime means one thing - galaxies. Stuart Atkinson reveals this season's deep-sky highlights
8 min |
May 2022
BBC Science Focus
MIGRAINES:CAN NEW TREATMENTS HELP EASE THE SUFFERING OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE?
Better understanding of the processes driving migraine pain is leading to promising new remedies
3 min |
April 2022
BBC Science Focus
ARGOS OR AMAZON: WHO DID IT FIRST?
You can thank an in-flight catalogue, not the internet, for the emergence of convenient same-day deliveries
2 min |
April 2022
BBC Science Focus
Can a smartphone be eco-friendly and desirable?
Fairphone has a long history of producing some of the most eco-friendly smartphones around. In fact, it is currently ranked in the top 1 per cent of sustainable companies in the world according to EcoVadis, a sustainability ratings company.
4 min |
April 2022
BBC Science Focus
MALE CONTRACEPTIVE PILL ONE STEP CLOSER
The researchers behind the drug hope it will start human clinical trials later this year
2 min |
April 2022
BBC Science Focus
Are we living in a multiverse?
Are there universes where the laws of physics do not apply, like in the newest Doctor Strange outing?
3 min |
April 2022
BBC Science Focus
WHY I DITCHED MY FITNESS TRACKER
Stop chasing a 10,000-step target - Active 10 is an easier, more effective way to get fit
2 min |
April 2022
BBC Science Focus
FIT TO BURST
INFLATION IS A USEFUL TOOL IN NATURE, ALLOWING ANIMALS TO PROJECT SOUNDS, SCARE OFF PREDATORS OR EVEN ATTRACT A MATE. LET'S BRING ON THE BLOAT!
5 min |
April 2022
BBC Science Focus
COVID RISK: IS IT SAFE FOR ME TO RESUME ALL MY NORMAL ACTIVITIES?
In a restriction-free world, how risky is going to the pub vs going to the supermarket?
3 min |
April 2022
BBC Science Focus
HAPPINESS: IS IT RIGHT TO PURSUE IT AT ALL COSTS?
Research suggests that focusing on your own happiness can end up making you miserable
3 min |
April 2022
BBC Science Focus
THE DNA DETECTIVE
All sorts of mysteries lurk in our family trees, from long-lost relatives to adoptees' hidden heritages. In the new series of DNA Family Secrets, geneticist Prof Turi King sets out to solve them with the help of presenter Stacey Dooley and home genetic testing kits. She talks to Sara Rigby
6 min |