Science
BBC Science Focus
The 'dark oxygen' debate isn't helping anyone
The mysterious appearance of oxygen on the ocean floor is fuelling curiosity and controversy
3 min |
May 2025
BBC Science Focus
New method could finally destroy forever chemicals'
These harmful chemicals found in your home have been linked to several types of cancer
1 min |
May 2025
BBC Science Focus
Here's what cosmetic ingredients you should really be using if you want to protect the planet
Consumers are right to be sensitive about what they put on their skin, but an emphasis on using ‘natural’ ingredients could be misleading
5 min |
May 2025
BBC Science Focus
The Cosmic Tornado
What you see here is a Herbig-Haro (HH) object – a bright, nebulous patch of space indicating a star is forming nearby.
1 min |
May 2025
BBC Science Focus
HOW TO BREAK THE YO-YO DIET CYCLE
Research suggests your fat cells have a memory, hence any weight you lose always seems to find its way back to your body. So why is it so hard to make your fat cells forget?
10+ min |
May 2025
BBC Science Focus
Crash protection, with added convenience
Commuting safely by bike means finding something to do with your helmet when you reach your destination. A British company thinks you should simply deflate it
3 min |
May 2025
BBC Science Focus
Using a smartphone may reduce your dementia risk
New analysis shows that technology might provide cognitive benefits, despite bad press
4 min |
May 2025
BBC Science Focus
Dark energy could be getting weaker
New discoveries suggest that the Universe isn't expanding as we thought. So is it time for us to go back to the drawing board?
3 min |
May 2025
BBC Science Focus
Caught in the act
These two flower crab spiders have been caught copulating by Sandip Guha, who won the Macro category of the London Camera Exchange Photographer of the Year competition with this image.
1 min |
May 2025
BBC Science Focus
WHAT'S THE WORLD'S OLDEST CHEESE?
The oldest cheese is hard to trace, although we have direct evidence that humans have consumed milk for thousands of years.
1 min |
April 2025
BBC Science Focus
HOW IS ANTIMATTER STORED?
Antimatter particles are almost identical to their normal matter counterparts, except they carry the opposite charge and momentum.
1 min |
April 2025
BBC Science Focus
CAN WE COMMUNICATE IN DREAMS?
Today's machine learning methods have been shown to visualise our dreams. But what if we wished to go further and actually share our dreams? At present, while we can interpret brain signals and roughly figure out imagined scenes and high-level thoughts, we have no way to transfer these into another brain. Perhaps that's a good thing: many of us might be a little uneasy at the idea of computers pushing ideas directly into our brains during sleep.
2 min |
April 2025
BBC Science Focus
WHAT MAKES TARDIGRADES SO INDESTRUCTIBLE?
Tardigrades, also known among their many fans as ‘water bears’ or ‘moss piglets’, are quite possibly the cutest microscopic creatures on the planet – and off it.
1 min |
April 2025
BBC Science Focus
Bunker Mentality
A growing number of concerned citizens are building subterranean emergency bunkers as a precaution against disaster. Should you join the underground movement? And if so, how?
9 min |
April 2025
BBC Science Focus
Is smoking or vaping worse for you? It depends who's asking
Research suggests vaping is one of the best ways to help smokers quit the habit. But that doesn't mean it's a harmless alternative to smoking
5 min |
April 2025
BBC Science Focus
GUT REACTION
Scientists have been telling us for years that if we love our gut bacteria, they'll love us back and help us with everything from easing digestion to fighting disease. Now, new research suggests that our microbiomes can even help us resist the effects of ageing... if we treat them right
8 min |
April 2025
BBC Science Focus
IF AN ADVANCED CIVILISATION LIVED ON EARTH MILLIONS OF YEARS AGO, WOULD WE BE ABLE TO TELL?
Humans have long been fascinated by the possibility of finding technologically advanced beings elsewhere in the Universe, but what if such a civilisation had lived right here on Earth, long before humans evolved?
2 min |
April 2025
BBC Science Focus
THE BLUEPRINT FOR TRUE RESILIENCE
Psychologists are now finding that mental flexibility, not pushing through at all costs, is the real key to perseverance
9 min |
April 2025
BBC Science Focus
A VOLUME CONTROL FOR YOUR APPETITE
Can we turn down 'food noise' to make healthy eating easier?
3 min |
April 2025
BBC Science Focus
Stunning new cosmic map reveals Universe's weirdest phenomena
The Euclid space telescope has captured millions of galaxies in astonishing detail
1 min |
April 2025
BBC Science Focus
Freeze your brain if you want, but you won't be you ...even if they can thaw it out
The chances of successfully cheating death by having your head cryogenically frozen remain sub-zero
3 min |
April 2025
BBC Science Focus
Scientists finally solve key Parkinson's mystery
A newly discovered protein could be the key to developing a treatment for the disease
2 min |
April 2025
BBC Science Focus
Mach diamonds
This is the loud end of the X-59, a 'quiet' supersonic aircraft being developed by NASA and Lockheed Martin.
1 min |
April 2025
BBC Science Focus
The race to find a better way to diagnose endometriosis is heating up
It's vital we improve our ability to identify cases of endometriosis, for the sake of women everywhere
3 min |
April 2025
BBC Science Focus
THE PARADOXICAL FROG
The world is full of intriguing paradoxes. Does this article still exist when you're not reading it? If I travelled back in time and killed my grandfather, would I still be writing this now? And how can two socks go into the washing machine, but only one sock comes out? Perhaps the biggest paradox, however, is how can a frog get smaller as it grows up?
2 min |
April 2025
BBC Science Focus
The colours of home
As hard as it might be to believe, this is the place we call home. Earth is the green ball glowing eerily on the right, and the galaxy where it – and the rest of the Solar System – resides, the Milky Way, is the swirling mass emerging from behind.
1 min |
April 2025
BBC Science Focus
Are statins the best way to lower my cholesterol?
Statin use is already widespread and is increasing every year. But are the drugs right for everyone?
5 min |
April 2025
BBC Science Focus
SHOULD I GIVE MYSELF A COFFEE ENEMA?
Just when you thought TikTok couldn't come up with anything stranger, here comes the coffee enema. Yes, that's right — people are brewing up a fresh pot, and inserting it into their colon through their rectum to stimulate bowel movements. The trend claims to “detox” your body, boost energy and improve digestion.
1 min |
April 2025
BBC Science Focus
'Hungry gene' linked to obesity present in dogs and humans
There's a reason dogs find dieting as difficult as us
1 min |
April 2025
BBC Science Focus
Massive new energy source could be hiding in Earth's mountains
Hydrogen gas is generated along fault lines in a process that takes millions of years
1 min |