Science
BBC Focus - Science & Technology
HOW TO TACKLE ZOOM FATIGUE
After nearly two years of working from home, the novelty of video conferencing has rather worn off…
2 min |
December 2021
BBC Focus - Science & Technology
COULD YOU COOK A TURKEY BY DROPPING IT FROM SPACE?
OVEN DECIDED TO BREAK ON CHRISTMAS EVE? DESPERATE TIMES CALL FOR DESPERATE MEASURES
3 min |
December 2021
BBC Focus - Science & Technology
COLOURFUL CROSSINGS: WILL THEY MAKE OUR STREETS SAFER FOR ALL?
UK councils are upgrading pedestrian crossings to encourage more people to walk safely across the road. But the science isn’t black and white…
3 min |
December 2021
BBC Focus - Science & Technology
Are we living in a simulation?
Don your black leather and a pair of shades, it’s time to take a trip into the Matrix
3 min |
December 2021
BBC Focus - Science & Technology
ARE SPIDERS GETTING BIGGER?
AS SPIDERS GAME INDOORS THIS AUTUMN, SOCIAL MEDIA WAS CONVINCED THE UK'S ARACHNIDS HAD GROWN IN SIZE
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December 2021
BBC Focus - Science & Technology
Privacy: What Issues Do Facebook's New Smart Glasses Raise?
The specs enable users to take pictures and record video using cameras embedded in the frames
3 min |
November 2021
BBC Focus - Science & Technology
Mega Spaceship: Is It Possible for China To build a Kilometre-Long Spacecraft?
Buoyed on by its successful Moon missions, China has launched a five-year study to investigate the possibility of building the biggest-ever spacecraft
4 min |
November 2021
BBC Focus - Science & Technology
Celebrities : Why Do They Love Bizarre Fads?
Why are famous stars so drawn to the allure of questionable health products and trends?
4 min |
November 2021
BBC Focus - Science & Technology
YOUR MYSTERIOUS BRAIN
Science has mapped the surface of Mars and translated the code for life. By comparison, we know next to nothing about what’s between our ears. Over the next few pages, we ask leading scientists to answer some of the most important questions about our brains…
10+ min |
November 2021
BBC Focus - Science & Technology
Volcanoes may have given dinosaur evolution a helping hand
The rise of the dinosaurs seems to be connected to a period of violent volcanic activity more than 230 million years ago
2 min |
November 2021
BBC Focus - Science & Technology
THE FIRST BLACK HOLES
Since just after the Big Bang, ancient black holes may have been shaping the Universe as we know it. Now, scientists are tantalisingly close to glimpsing these mysterious objects
10+ min |
November 2021
BBC Focus - Science & Technology
Stone Age humans hatched and raised cassowary chicks in New Guinea
Thousands of years before the domestication of the chicken, humans were collecting cassowary eggs before they hatched
3 min |
November 2021
BBC Focus - Science & Technology
OCTOPUSES ON PARADE
WITH THREE HEARTS, BLUE BLOOD, EIGHT BENDY ARMS AND INTELLIGENCE THAT OUTSMARTS OTHER SPINELESS ANIMALS, THERE'S NOTHING QUITE LIKE AN OCTOPUS. JOIN US ON A DIVE INTO THEIR WEIRD WORLD...
5 min |
November 2021
BBC Focus - Science & Technology
IN THE BEGINNING…
Brian Cox’s new show, Universe, is a scientific creation story. He tells Sara Rigby why the series doesn’t shy away from the unknown, why he sees the stars as gods, and why he wants to launch Boris Johnson into space.
7 min |
November 2021
BBC Focus - Science & Technology
Improve Your Mental Health With Mediterranean Diet
The Mediterranean diet will increase flatulence, but it has benefits for you and the planet
2 min |
October 2021
BBC Focus - Science & Technology
The Science Of Dune
The ideas, science and history driving this decade’s biggest sci-fi film
10+ min |
October 2021
BBC Focus - Science & Technology
More Me, Now: Is Narcissism On The Rise?
Are we becoming more narcissistic? And is social media behind the seemingly growing me crowd?
4 min |
October 2021
BBC Focus - Science & Technology
Is Regeneration Possible?
Doctor Who makes it look so easy. Is there hope for the rest of us?
3 min |
October 2021
BBC Focus - Science & Technology
THE NET IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR FOLK WISDOM
Every culture on Earth, and even some groups of animals, have traditions and rituals for sharing knowledge vital for survival
2 min |
October 2021
BBC Focus - Science & Technology
Mysteries Of The Abyss
The deep sea is Earth’s last unexplored domain. For the longest time, this enigmatic ecosystem has held within it answers to some of the most important questions in science. Now, a new wave of technologies are powering discoveries that will help us put together the story of Earth’s final frontier
10 min |
September 2021
BBC Focus - Science & Technology
Unlocking The Secrets Of Lucid Dreamer's Minds
Even today, scientists don’t know why we dream. But now psychologists have found a way to communicate with lucid dreamers – people who can take control of their dreams – in the hope that they might help us explore what goes on with our brains at night
7 min |
September 2021
BBC Focus - Science & Technology
Can A Corpse Filled With Trapped Gas Explode When Cremated?
Duru Günel and Kerem Günel, Turkey
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September 2021
BBC Focus - Science & Technology
So You Want To Be A Scientist?
Millions of people now use virtual courses to get a taster of what it’s like to learn from experts. Here’s our pick of some of the best STEM offerings out there
3 min |
September 2021
BBC Focus - Science & Technology
How Broken Is James Bond's Body?
Would 007 pass a physical ahead of new movie No Time To Die?
2 min |
September 2021
BBC Focus - Science & Technology
Give Flu The Cold Shoulder
There is mounting evidence that braving an icy shower in the morning could keep illness at bay and may even help your brain stay sharp. Brrrrrr!
2 min |
September 2021
BBC Focus - Science & Technology
Mental Health: How Can We Help Elite Sports Competitors Stay Well?
Elite Olympic athletes recently highlighted the mental health issues they faced. A psychologist explains how we could help them
4 min |
September 2021
BBC Focus - Science & Technology
Can You Change Careers In Your 30s?
The events of the last year or so have spurred many to rethink their careers. An occupational psychologist offers some advice on how to make the leap
3 min |
September 2021
BBC Focus - Science & Technology
“[THE RESEARCH IS] AKIN TO FINDING A WAY TO TALK WITH AN ASTRONAUT WHO IS ON ANOTHER WORLD”
By now the researchers had broken exciting new ground, successfully achieving two-way communication with participants while they were dreaming.
3 min |
September 2021
BBC Focus - Science & Technology
A NICE CUP OF TEA
Worker shortages and the pandemic have left our supermarket shelves emptier than usual. What will it mean if supplies of our favourite drink start to dwindle?
2 min |
September 2021
BBC Focus - Science & Technology
The Amazon Now Emits More Carbon Than It Absorbs
Fires burned in the forest tipped the balance this year
2 min |