BBC Science Focus
YVONNE TEVLIN, VIA EMAIL: HOW CAN I BEAT COMPASSION FATIGUE?
There are plenty of claims about the “best” sleep position — for example, it’s often thought that sleeping on your left side aids digestion.
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July 2025
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HEADSCRATCHERS
Seeking answers to your science questions? Ask our resident expert
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July 2025
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Hedy Lamarr
Peter Gallivan, author of The Hidden Heroes of Science, shines a spotlight on a star inventor.
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July 2025
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SCIENCE FACT OR SCIENCE FICTION?
Scientists serve up a robot cake
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July 2025
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Puppets fight for action
From 27 to 29 June, a herd of life-sized animal puppets will be trooping through the streets of London.
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July 2025
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Sharks inspire new tec
Aeroplanes coated in a material inspired by shark skin could stop airlines from burning billions of litres of fuel each year.
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July 2025
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Create your own alien language
Use machine learning to train a computer and control an alien creature.
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July 2025
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3D-printed bike with no wheels
A British inventor has attracted a lot of attention for his newest creation: a bike that doesn't have any wheels.
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July 2025
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Nectar on the rising tide
Farmers have found a sweet solution that saves coastal wetlands.
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July 2025
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NATURE'S BAD GUYS
Ciaran Sneddon meets the greatest “villains” of the animal world.
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July 2025
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MONKEYS: OUR PRIMATE FAMILY
In just a few days, an exciting exhibition about primates will open at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. Primates are an order of mammals including apes, monkeys and humans.
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July 2025
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Can humans live without plastic?
Plastic makes life a lot more convenient in many different ways, but it comes at a cost.
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July 2025
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The riddle of the dino grave
About 72 million years ago, around 10,000 dinosaurs died instantly in a relatively small area in Alberta, Canada, and scientists are unsure why.
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July 2025
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Wildlife watch
I'm Dr Alexander Krajete, and I help make our planet a healthier place. Together with my amazing team, I've created a special kind of filter that can clean dirty air. That means fresher, cleaner air for everyone and our ecosystem.
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July 2025
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Penguin poo helps form clouds over Antarctica
Penguin poop may help clouds form in Antarctica, according to a new study.
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July 2025
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Sci-fi hoverbike takes to the sky
A Polish company has produced a Star Wars-style hover bike.
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July 2025
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A massive Moon mystery explained
Space scientists now understand why the Moon's faces look so different.
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July 2025
How It Works UK
HOW PARACHUTES WORK
There's much more to this essential piece of flight safety equipment than a simple tug on a rip cord
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China and Russia to build a power plant on the Moon
Russia has signed a deal with China to build a nuclear power plant on the Moon.
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WHAT IS A STARQUAKE?
Neutron stars can suffer quakes far more powerful than anything on Earth
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EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD REVEALS WHAT DROVE EARLY HUMANS OUT OF AFRICA
A core of rock and sediment drilled from the bottom of Lake Chala, a crater lake on the border of Tanzania and Kenya, contains records of wobbles in the planet’s magnetic field.
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Does launching rockets harm the environment?
In theory, yes. There are various ways a rocket launch can cause environmental damage, but in practice they make a very minor contribution to such damage compared to things we do in our everyday lives.
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A groundbreaking amplifier could make the internet ten times faster
Scientists have developed a new type of laser amplifier that can transmit information ten times faster than current technology. Laser amplifiers boost the intensity of light beams.
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NORWAY AIMS FOR A “SAFE, PEACEFUL AND PROSPEROUS FUTURE IN SPACE”
55 nations have now penned their commitment to NASA’s Artemis Accords. NASA announced Norway’s decision to sign up for a “safe, peaceful and prosperous future in space”, as the space agency’s website phrases it.
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1940s Ford car found on a wartime US carrier wreck
Researchers exploring the wreck of an American aircraft carrier have discovered what's left of a wood-paneled Ford automobile from the 1940s in the ship's hanger bay.
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HOW TO EXPLORE IMPOSSIBLE DEPTHS
Crabster is built to crawl across the ocean floor, reaching locations off limits to other submarines
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RAPID EVOLUTION IN ACTION
We think of evolution as a slow, gradual process, but that’s not always the case. Some species undergo a rapid transformation
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ON BOARD AN OCEAN RESEARCH VESSEL
The OceanXplorer is one of the world's most advanced research vessels, sailing the seas in the name of scientific discovery
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HOW TO PICK A POPE
Follow the Vatican's journey to appoint the next direct successor of Saint Peter
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WHAT DO YOU WEIGH ON OTHER WORLDS?
Scientists distinguish between weight and mass, which may seen pedantic until you see what happens on a world where gravity is radically different to Earth's
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