BBC Focus - Science & Technology
Return To Work: Does Covid-19 Mark The End Of The Office?
As people head back to work, organisations are making drastic changes to the office layout, putting up dividers, two-metre distancing markers and hand-sanitising stations. But is it enough to keep us safe?
4 min |
July 2020
All About Space
What Would You Sound Like On Other Worlds?
All About Space reveals how the human voice would differ if astronauts were able to talk on other worlds
4 min |
Issue 105
BBC Focus - Science & Technology
RETHINKING THE VACCINE
Could genetic material, rather than deactivated viruses, help defeat COVID-19?
2 min |
June 2020
BBC Focus - Science & Technology
EYES ON THE SKY
EARTH-BOUND TELESCOPES ARE TRANSFORMING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE UNIVERSE. BUT WE THINK THEY LOOK PRETTY OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD TOO…
3 min |
June 2020
BBC Focus - Science & Technology
HITTING THE WALL
Lockdown is tough, but there are ways we can alter our mindset and endure this challenging situation a little more successfully
2 min |
June 2020
BBC Focus - Science & Technology
Opening The Doors Of Depression
For the past decade Prof David Nutthas been investigating the therapeutic potential of psychedelic drugs. He spoke to Jason Goodyer about his pioneering work on using psilocybin to treat depression and the effect that psychedelics have on other mental disorders
8 min |
June 2020
BBC Focus - Science & Technology
A New Wave Of Bacteria Is Coming Soon…
We get inside the labs that are growing beneficial bacteria to gobble up pollution, harvest waste, generate energy and help keep us healthy
10+ min |
June 2020
BBC Focus - Science & Technology
INNOVATIONS - PREPARE YOURSELF FOR TOMORROW
Formula 1 teams race to build ventilators
2 min |
May 2020
BBC Focus - Science & Technology
CORONAVIRUS TRANSMISSION: SHOULD WE ALL WEAR FACE MASKS?
Several countries, such as the US, Austria and the Czech Republic, now recommend wearing face masks to stop the spread of COVID-19, but the UK government does not. Why don’t all governments agree?
10+ min |
May 2020
All About Space
The Wonders Of Radio Astronomy
Radio can unmask many hidden properties about the universe, including merging galaxies and Fast Radio Bursts. Professor Lisa Harvey-Smith speaks to All About Space about the mysterious majesty of the field
9 min |
Issue 104
Minerva
The Roof Of The World
Humans have lived in the Arctic Circle for more than 30,000 years, overcoming environmental challenges to produce objects of great beauty, usefulness, and ingenuity. Maev Kennedy looks forward to a new exhibition at the British Museum, the first to be devoted to the region’s history and culture, and to the changes in its climate which now threaten its future.
10 min |
May/June 2020
Farming Monthly National
Future Proofing Cereals For Climate Change Drought Conditions
Research uncovers gene that improves drought resistance in cereals.
3 min |
September 2019
Men's Health UK
You Can Beat Your Biology
Don’t let your genetic inheritance stifle your potential. Out-train your DNA to surpass your goals
3 min |
July 2018
Health & Fitness
Bust Stress By Reaching For The Stars
Theres nothing like staring skywards for a stress-busting, atmospheric, out-of-this world experience. Try a trip that combines stargazing with adventure
3 min |
October 2015
Down To Earth
Belém or bust
COP30 may be humanity's last chance to act as warming accelerates and adaptation funds falter, warn a series of reports released ahead of UN climate talks in Belém, Brazil
7 min |
November 16, 2025
Down To Earth
Views on the annual Delhi pollution debate
This is in response to the \"Photo of the day: A game of soccer in post-Diwali Delhi\" published on the website on October 21, 2025.
2 min |
November 16, 2025
Down To Earth
Defined to exclude
Kerala has declared itself free of 'extreme poverty', even as people employed in the informal sector, tribal populations and coastal communities continue to live in extremely impoverished conditions
3 min |
November 16, 2025
Down To Earth
WE MAY SEE MORE
As the number of extreme events keeps increasing, chances of compound extreme events also grows
2 min |
November 16, 2025
Down To Earth
ICAR's claims exposed by its own data
Why has ICAR flouted crop testing rules and ignored data red flags to push gene-edited rice strains that will not benefit farmers?
4 min |
November 16, 2025
Down To Earth
It's all in the name
The Delhi High Court has ruled that no product in India can carry the label 'ORS' unless it strictly adheres to the formula recommended by the World Health Organization
4 min |
November 16, 2025
Down To Earth
Excessive groundwater extraction can cause subsidence
Subsidence is a global phenomenon seen not just in coastal regions, but also in inland areas. Natural subsidence progresses slowly, but anthropogenic activities, like excessive groundwater extraction, can significantly accelerate the rate, says LEONARD OHENHEN, assistant professor, department of earth system science, University of California, Irvine, US. In an interview with SUSHMITA SENGUPTA, Ohenhen says that climate change intensifies the problem through multiple pathways.
3 min |
November 16, 2025
Down To Earth
SOME OVERLOOKED ASPECTS
Increasing night-time temperatures and rapid intensification of cyclones already happening
1 min |
November 16, 2025
Down To Earth
Stork sanctuary
Villages in Uttar Pradesh mount efforts to protect painted storks and inspire a conservation movement
2 min |
November 16, 2025
Down To Earth
Setback in Hasdeo
Chhattisgarh high court order upholds mining in the state's Hasdeo Arand forest over community claims, challenging core tenets of Forest Rights Act
5 min |
November 16, 2025
Down To Earth
Heavier footprints
Investments and capital owned by the world's wealthiest few are driving the climate crisis, according to a first-of-its-kind report
3 min |
November 16, 2025
Down To Earth
EARTH IS WARMING FASTER
Changes in weather systems, once expected decades hence, appear to be unfolding now. In India the consequences are intensifying
10+ min |
November 16, 2025
Down To Earth
GOVERNING THE CLOUDS
In the absence of evidence, replicability, funding and transparency, cloud seeding languishes as an imperfect science
6 min |
November 16, 2025
Down To Earth
2025 IS UNPRECEDENTED
Never heard about so many such exceptional rainfall events as have occurred this year
1 min |
November 16, 2025
Down To Earth
INHERITED CURES
The ethnomedicinal practices of the Sumi Nagas are a living knowledge system transferred orally through generations. Unless protected through legal frameworks, the knowledge may be lost and faces risk of biopiracy
4 min |
November 16, 2025
Down To Earth
TAINTED FLOW
Panipat shows an overreliance on groundwater even as residents remain wary of its contamination due to untreated discharge of textile recycling wastewater
3 min |