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BBC History Magazine

RICHARD THE RADICAL

For centuries Richard III has been cast as a diabolical despot who would stop at nothing in pursuit of power. But, argues Matt Lewis, in reality, Richard was a champion of the common man – and it was this that ultimately led to his downfall

10+ min |

Christmas 2020

BBC History Magazine

Our Dangerous Devotion To The Second World War

The west’s enduring obsession with the battle against Nazism is hampering its efforts to meet the challenges of the modern world

10 min |

Christmas 2020

BBC History Magazine

A Taste For Strange Meats And Husbands' Buttocks

From chewing coal to salivating over starch and shells, pregnant women in early modern England were consumed by a number of outlandish cravings. Jennifer Evans explores how doctors made sense of these bizarre – and sometimes dangerous – desires

7 min |

Christmas 2020

BBC History Magazine

Georg Elser Hitler's Would-Be Killer

In the latest instalment of our occasional series profiling remarkable yet unheralded characters from history, Roger Moorhouse introduces a little-known carpenter-turned-assassin whose daring attempt to kill Hitler almost succeeded

6 min |

Christmas 2020

All About Space

THE RIGHT STUFF EXCLUSIVE - “WE WOULD NOT HAVE GONE TO THE MOON WITHOUT PROJECT MERCURY”

With an exciting new series about Project Mercury landing on Disney+, All About Space speaks to the show’s technical consultant, Robert Yowell, about bringing his space engineering expertise to the show

9 min |

Issue 110

All About Space

Six galaxies found trapped around a supermassive black hole

New data from the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile and other observatories gives astronomers a sense of black hole evolution when the universe was less than a billion years old.

1 min |

Issue 110

All About Space

Physicists attempt to break the rules of gravity

A new test of Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity has proved the iconic physicist right again – this time by reanalysing the famous first-ever picture of a black hole, which was released in April 2019.

2 min |

Issue 110

All About Space

WHAT'S BEHIND THE WOW! SIGNAL?

FOR OVER 40 YEARS ASTRONOMERS HAVE SOUGHT TO EXPLAIN A MYSTERIOUS ONE-OFF ‘ALIEN’ SIGNAL, BUT ARE WE NOW FINALLY CLOSE TO AN ANSWER?

9 min |

Issue 110

All About Space

IS THERE LIFE ON VENUS?

A discovery in the cloud decks of the hostile planet could be the smoking gun for astrobiologists

10+ min |

Issue 110

All About Space

SCIENTISTS SPOT MAGNETARS' MISSING LINK

These magnetic stars might be more like pulsars than originally suspected

2 min |

Issue 110

All About Space

Moon tour - The far side of the Moon

What wonders can be found on the mysterious side of the Moon which we can never see?

3 min |

Issue 110

All About Space

ATHLETE

If we are to settle on other planets in the Solar System, we will need machines for heavy lifting in all manner of environments. NASA is working on such a robot already

3 min |

Issue 110

All About Space

Instant expert - HOW DOES A ROCKET WORK?

A rocket engine profits from one basic principle: as it propels material in one direction, it receives a kick in the other.

3 min |

Issue 110

All About Space

Astrophysics - How Are Gold, Silver And Bronze Created In The Universe?

Copper, which is the primary component of bronze, is created during supernova explosions at the end of the lives of massive stars, using existing nitrogen as a seed.

1 min |

Issue 110