Science
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
Josh Smalley
Meet the chemist who loves to experiment in the kitchen.
3 min |
April 2025
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
MASTER THE UNIVERSE
Stuart Dredge tells the blockbusting story of the computer game Minecraft, and discovers how its creators put the power to create epic worlds at your fingertips.
6 min |
April 2025
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
Pioneering therapies set to change lives
The first treatments that use gene editing are being trialled.
2 min |
April 2025
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
M.G. Leonard
Meet the bug-crazy children's author whose love of nature began with reading.
3 min |
March 2025
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
A "BOOMLESS" CRUISE
For the first time in 22 years, a civilian (non-military) aircraft has broken the sound barrier.
1 min |
March 2025
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
THE WORLD'S WEIRDEST MUSEUMS
Jenny Ackland takes a whirlwind tour of some of the oddest exhibitions on the planet.
5 min |
March 2025
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
Skydiving salamanders grip with toes
A new study has found that wandering salamanders pump blood in and out of their toes to help them grip.
1 min |
March 2025
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
Searching for Planet X
Is there an undiscovered planet playing hide-and-seek beyond Neptune?
3 min |
March 2025
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
TOUGH TADPOLES
This picture shows a swarm of western toad tadpoles in a lake in Vancouver Island, off the coast of Canada.
1 min |
March 2025
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
People wiggle ears to hear
Can you wiggle your ears? It’s a trick only some people can do, but it turns out that the muscles used to do it also activate when humans are trying to listen to something.
1 min |
March 2025
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
Ancient scroll decoded
Scientists have found a way to “digitally unroll” a scroll that was burnt to a crisp nearly 2,000 years ago.
1 min |
March 2025
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
Could we use volcanoes to make electricity?
Find out if people could tap into Earth's fiery depths to generate energy.
2 min |
March 2025
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
Wildlife watch
As spring begins, Jenny Ackland shows you how to experience nature waking up.
2 min |
March 2025
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
WEIRD SCIENCE
A round-up of the strangest science stories from around the world.
1 min |
March 2025
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
A pie for Pi Day
Celebrate this mathematical holiday with a deep-fill dessert.
1 min |
March 2025
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
Building blocks of life discovered in asteroid
Dust from a distant space rock could hold the secret to life on Earth.
2 min |
March 2025
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
The happiest time of day
A study at University College London (UCL) has found that mornings are the happiest time of day for most people.
1 min |
March 2025
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
Turning waste to wealth
Meet the planet heroes fighting plastic pollution and poverty.
2 min |
March 2025
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
LIVING ORBS
At most exhibitions, you’re told not to touch the artworks.
1 min |
March 2025
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
HEADSCRATCHERS
Seeking answers to your science questions? Ask our resident expert, Peter Gallivan
3 min |
March 2025
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
Counting tiny sea creatures from space
Scientists are using satellites to count Antarctic krill from space.
1 min |
March 2025
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
BOUNCING BACK
Claire Karwowski tells the terrific, turnaround tales of the endangered creatures that are making a comeback from the very brink of extinction.
6 min |
March 2025
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
WE COULD BE HEROES
Meet the young people just like you who are doing amazing things to help save the world.
4 min |
February 2025
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
Space probe "touches" the Sun
NASA's Parker Solar Probe made history on 24 December 2024 with the closest-ever approach to the Sun.
1 min |
February 2025
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
Asel Sartbaeva
Meet the researcher whose work will save lives around the world.
3 min |
February 2025
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
Loch Ness Monster
Can new studies of Loch Ness finally unlock the secrets of Nessie?
2 min |
February 2025
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
Pangolin preservation
Meet the puppy protectors helping to save a threatened animal.
1 min |
February 2025
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
Mice wear VR goggles
Scientists at Cornell University in the US have built virtual reality (VR) goggles for mice.
1 min |
February 2025
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
10-year-old wins award
A woman who had bowel cancer is now cancer-free after receiving a liver transplant.
1 min |
February 2025
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
A life-saving liver transplant
A woman who had bowel cancer is now cancer-free after receiving a liver transplant.
1 min |