Science
BBC Science Focus
What doctors really want you to know about sports supplements
Athletic enhancers are big business. But it's not always clear which ones actually work or what might be in them
4 min |
October 2025
BBC Science Focus
CAN YOU BREATHE YOUR WAY TO BETTER HEALTH?
Breathing is something we do unconsciously.But knowing when and how to take conscious deep breaths could unlock a host of benefits
7 min |
October 2025
BBC Science Focus
IS PSYCHOPATHY BORN OR BRED?
This is a trickier question than people might assume.
2 min |
October 2025
BBC Science Focus
HOW MANY SPIDERS ARE IN MY HOUSE?
Pest control companies will often give a figure of 40 spiders in an average house, but it's hard to find anything in the published literature that directly backs this up.
1 min |
October 2025
BBC Science Focus
A tiny stone tool may have just rewritten human history
It's not yet clear who left the tool on the island
1 min |
October 2025
BBC Science Focus
HOW TO SEE THE ORIONIDS (EVIDENCE OF HALLEY)
Between 2 October and 7 November, Earth passes through some of the fine dust debris strewn around the orbit of Halley's Comet.
1 min |
October 2025
BBC Science Focus
CAN ANIMALS SMELL DEATH?
When one little Caenorhabditis elegans worm dies in a petri dish, any others in the vicinity wiggle as far away as possible, prompting speculation that the eyeless invertebrates are responding to some sort of 'death scent.'
1 min |
October 2025
BBC Science Focus
A history of violence
How's this for a poke in the ribs? It's an arrowhead that was shot into someone's ribcage around 4,000 years ago.
1 min |
October 2025
BBC Science Focus
SIZE MATTERS
Switching to electric vehicles is making our roads cleaner, but no less congested. There's a simple solution to this problem, but no one wants to hear it
4 min |
October 2025
BBC Science Focus
WHAT WE GET WRONG ABOUT METABOLISM
Weight loss feeling harder than it should? Your body isn't broken, but the old advice about how it spends energy might be
5 min |
October 2025
BBC Science Focus
Baby shark
The alien-looking organism inside this glass jar goes by a variety of names. In scientific circles, it's known as Stegostoma tigrinum.
1 min |
October 2025
BBC Science Focus
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE SPOOKIEST EXPERIMENTS WE'VE EVER DONE?
Although science often advances through tried-and-tested methods, sometimes scientists have to find creative ways to test their hypotheses. Here are five of the wackiest science experiments ever conducted...
2 min |
October 2025
BBC Science Focus
Welcome to WHIPLASH Weather
Weather patterns are see-sawing from one extreme to another faster and more frequently than ever before, with increasingly deadly consequences. And the phenomenon is coming to places you wouldn't expect
8 min |
October 2025
BBC Science Focus
Scientists publish findings from 25-year study of 'super-agers'
The results could uncover new ways to delay or prevent dementia
1 min |
October 2025
BBC Science Focus
Scientists are rethinking the cause of insomnia
A gut reaction might be causing your sleepless nights
1 min |
October 2025
BBC Science Focus
Largest black hole in the Universe discovered
The black hole grew to its enormous size by consuming all its nearby siblings
1 min |
October 2025
BBC Science Focus
THE TRUTH ABOUT ADULT ADHD
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder was long thought to be something only unruly schoolkids suffered with. Now, the science is telling us a very different story
10+ min |
October 2025
BBC Science Focus
New type of acid rain could threaten life on Earth
This 'forever chemical' is almost impossible to remove from the environment
2 min |
October 2025
BBC Science Focus
A truck load
No, this isn't an oddly ordered traffic jam or a well-organised truckers’ protest.
1 min |
October 2025
BBC Science Focus
Female gorillas can overpower males twice their size
Primate society is less patriarchal than we previously thought
1 min |
October 2025
BBC Science Focus
ART FOR HEART'S SAKE
Practising art - or just looking at it - can improve your health. Here's why we shouldn't brush off the benefits
2 min |
September 2025
BBC Science Focus
I KEEP HAVING NIGHTMARES. SHOULD I BE WORRIED?
Most of us have the odd bad dream. But if you're regularly waking in a cold sweat, you might be wondering: is it just stress, or something more serious?
1 min |
September 2025
BBC Science Focus
THE PLATYPUS
When European scientists first set eyes on the platypus, in the form of a pelt and a sketch shipped over from Australia in 1798, they couldn't believe it.
2 min |
September 2025
BBC Science Focus
THE EXPERTS' GET-TO-SLEEP-QUICK TRICKS
Everyone has trouble sleeping from time to time, even the scientists who spend every waking hour studying it. So, what steps do the experts take when they can't drop off?
7 min |
September 2025
BBC Science Focus
DO ANY FOODS TASTE BETTER IN SPACE?
Not usually.
1 min |
September 2025
BBC Science Focus
WAS THE SEA ALWAYS BLUE?
Our planet has had an ocean for around 3.8 billion years, but new research suggests it hasn't always been blue.
1 min |
September 2025
BBC Science Focus
HOW MUCH OF THE OCEAN IS JUST WHALE PEE?
It's not true that the seas are salty because of whale pee, although a single fin whale can produce as much as 250 gallons of urine a day.
1 min |
September 2025
BBC Science Focus
Do pheromones control human attraction?
Could invisible chemical signals sway our behaviour, or who we're attracted to - all without us knowing?
4 min |
September 2025
BBC Science Focus
EDITOR'S PICKS...
This month's smartest tech
3 min |
September 2025
BBC Science Focus
ASTRONOMY FROM THE FAR SIDE
THERE'S ONLY ONE PLACE TO GO IF WE WANT TO CATCH SIGHT OF THE COSMIC DAWN
7 min |