BBC Science Focus
UNCORKED POTENTIAL
How much good can ditching drink for a month really do? Answer: a whole lot. In fact, science shows even short-term abstinence could unlock a cocktail of lasting benefits
8 min |
January 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Putting cosmic rays to work
These penetrating interstellar particles have applications from astronomy to archaeology
2 min |
February 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Set up your first imaging sequence
How to automate and coordinate your gear over multiple nights of imaging
3 min |
February 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Seeing in a new light
It's National Astronomy Week this month, so take a tip from Mark Westmoquette and let mindful stargazing change your perspective on your life and problems
2 min |
February 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Spectroscopy
How we learn about stars, nebulae and planets by splitting and analysing their light
3 min |
February 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
The science of SCI-FI
We love a good sci-fi film, but do they get the science right? Amy Arthur picks six of the big mistakes made in space films
7 min |
February 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Q&A WITH A STELLAR ECLIPSE SPECIALIST
Many stars are gravitationally locked inside multi-star systems, but a rare new triple-star system has set a new record for how cosy these clusters can get
3 min |
February 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
GEAR
Charlotte Daniels rounds up the latest astronomical accessories
1 min |
February 2025
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
MAX POWER
From the second you wake up in the morning, your way of life is made possible thanks to the amazing power of electricity.
5 min |
January 2025
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
That's amazing! The best discoveries, inventions and surprises
Asteroid telescope's final images revealed
2 min |
January 2025
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
FUNNY BY NATURE
Claire Karwowski tracks down the wackiest wildlife that's cracking up the animal kingdom.
5 min |
January 2025
How It Works UK
BUILDING THE WORLD'S DEEPEST CAR PARK
Australia's most famous landmark is often marvelled at from ground level, but its innovative spiral substructure is a hidden gem
2 min |
Issue 198
How It Works UK
Octopuses burn more calories changing colour than you do on a 23 minute run
For octopuses, changing colour burns about as many calories as a human on a 23-minute run. Octopuses are masters of disguise, changing colour at the drop of a hat to startle predators and hide from prey.
2 min |
Issue 198
How It Works UK
Mountain lions in Los Angeles are becoming nocturnal
Mountain lions are prowling Greater Los Angeles at night to avoid humans exercising on their mountains.
2 min |
Issue 198
How It Works UK
FINDING THE COLOSSAL SQUID
This elusive creature spawned a legend of a deep-sea monster that endured for centuries
2 min |
Issue 198
How It Works UK
The world's first silicon-anode battery could revolutionise electronic vehicles
A ceramic battery manufacturer has unveiled a solid-state battery concept that can be charged from 5 to 60 per cent capacity in just five minutes, giving future electric vehicles (EVS) a 186-mile range in the time it takes to order a coffee.
1 min |
Issue 198
How It Works UK
The world's largest organism may have been growing for 80,000 years
Pando, an enormous quaking aspen that spans more than 40 hectares in Utah, is not only one of the largest known organisms on Earth, it's also one of the oldest.
2 min |
Issue 198
How It Works UK
New technology gives AI the power to feel surfaces
Scientists have given artificial intelligence (AI) the capacity to 'feel' surfaces for the first time, opening up a new dimension for deploying the technology in the real world.
1 min |
Issue 198
How It Works UK
INCREDIBLE SOLAR SYSTEM CRATERS
Why these spectacular craters carved out by past impact events are among the most widespread and distinctive geological features in the Solar System
7 min |
Issue 198
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
Guardians of the forest
Meet the incredible people protecting the Amazon rainforest.
1 min |
January 2025
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
The Mariana Trench
Dive in to find out how far down the ocean goes and what it's really like at the bottom.
2 min |
January 2025
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
WEIRD SCIENCE
A round-up of the strangest science stories from around the world.
1 min |
January 2025
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
Megan McCubbin
Meet the zoologist trying to change people's views of animals with a bad rep.
3 min |
January 2025
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
Could people turn Mars into another Earth?
Sven Bilén explores how humans might make a home on another world.
3 min |
January 2025
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
Are cats smarter than dogs?
They're the UK's top pets, but which is more intelligent? You decide!
1 min |
January 2025
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
Ethiopian wolves could be furry pollinators
Sweet-toothed Ethiopian wolves have been seen lapping up nectar have been seen happing up nectar from red hot poker flowers.
1 min |
January 2025
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
Your heart has a "brain"
New research by scientists at Sweden, and Columbia University, in the US, suggests that your heart could have its own \"mini brain\".
1 min |
January 2025
How It Works UK
HOW NORTH AMERICA'S GREAT LAKES FORMED
The world's largest freshwater system comprises five immense interconnected lakes, carved into Earth by glaciers
5 min |
Issue 198
How It Works UK
Scientists detect the most powerful cosmic rays ever
Scientists have detected the most energetic cosmic rays ever discovered, and they're being produced by mysterious sources relatively close to Earth.
2 min |
Issue 198
How It Works UK
Visit Plane Earth 2125
How might our world have transformed under the strain of climate change 100 years from now?
4 min |