The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
Wildlife watch
Jenny Ackland discovers the wonders of nature you can spot this month.
2 min |
December 2025
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
The world goes green
Renewable energy produced more electricity worldwide than coal in the first half of 2025, according to a report from research group Ember.
1 min |
December 2025
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
Celebrating a hero
Remembering Dr Jane Goodall, who devoted her life to the study and conservation of chimps.
2 min |
December 2025
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
Making sport accessible
New tech can help sports fans who cannot see properly watch matches live.
1 min |
December 2025
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
Protecting jaguar homes
Meet the incredible people saving big cats in rainforests.
1 min |
December 2025
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
Do animals have bogies?
From salty sneezes to bird bogies, discover why snot is so important.
3 min |
December 2025
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
HEADSCRATCHERS
Launching on November 17, The Rest Is Science podcast explores the forces, patterns and questions that define the world around us. From cutting-edge discoveries to age-old mysteries, it invites us to think deeper – to notice what we've overlooked, and to see the familiar through fresh eyes.
3 min |
December 2025
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
Flashy dinos
How do we know that dinosaurs weren't bright pink or rainbow-coloured?
2 min |
December 2025
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
Colin Furze
Meet the record-breaking inventor who likes building wacky things.
3 min |
December 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Is the Universe uniform?
One of astronomy's most fundamental assumptions may be wrong. Colin Stuart investigates whether our belief that the Universe looks the same everywhere holds up to scrutiny
6 min |
November 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Rogue planets host their own mini planetary systems
Starless, free-floating giant worlds may build rocky planets of their own
1 min |
November 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
'Universe breakers' could be black hole stars
Unexplained little red dots may be an entirely new precursor to black holes
1 min |
November 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Air clings to small planets after all
Small, rocky worlds once thought bare may have habitable atmospheres
2 min |
November 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Smart stargazing A beginner's guide
Curious about smart telescopes? Jamie Carter has the low-down on the app-powered tech that's making deep-space imaging easier than ever
6 min |
November 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Space conspiracies EXPOSED
Armed with hard science, Alastair Gunn takes apart 10 of the most popular and persistent space conspiracy theories
6 min |
November 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
How dark is your sky?
Discover the Bortle scale, a simple way to judge night-sky quality wherever you are
4 min |
November 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Finding peace in deeptime
Daily worries getting you down? Think about the scale of the Universe, says Mark Westmoquette - the Big Picture will make those anxieties so much smaller
2 min |
November 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
25 years of life in orbit
Humans have now continuously occupied the International Space Station for a quarter century. Ben Evans celebrates the milestone and asks what's next
4 min |
November 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
An introduction to StarTools
Reveal detail and reduce noise with this easy-to-use toolkit
3 min |
November 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
INSIDE THE SKY AT NIGHT
October's Sky at Night episode examined what it takes to become an astronaut. But why, wonders George Dransfield, is the opportunity still not available to everyone?
3 min |
November 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
NASA finds new evidence for life on Mars
Biosignatures of potential ancient microbial life found in dry riverbed
1 min |
November 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Day-long space explosion baffles astronomers
The massive gamma-ray burst lasted 1,000 times longer than any seen before
1 min |
November 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Humans to orbit Moon again after 53 years
NASA eyes February launch date for first crewed lunar fly-by since Apollo
1 min |
November 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
The hunt for alien tech
Can scientists tune in to Radio Alien? Govert Schilling investigates the cosmic clues that might reveal intelligent life through its technology
7 min |
November 2025
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
New rocket could slash Mars travel time
Nuclear propulsion and asteroid refuelling may unlock rapid deep-space travel
1 min |
November 2025
BBC Science Focus
DO I HAVE ALEXITHYMIA?
We can all struggle to find the words to explain ourselves, but if you regularly experience feelings that you can't identify, you might have alexithymia.
1 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
HOW MANY ORGANS COULD I SURVIVE WITHOUT?
The annals of medical history prove that the average human meat sack is surprisingly resilient.
1 min |
October 2025
BBC Science Focus
SHOULD I KEEP MY CAR KEYS IN A FARADAY BOX?
Potentially, yes. The invention of keyless entry means we can unlock our cars upon approach, something particularly helpful when you want to open the boot, but have your hands full of shopping.
2 min |
October 2025
BBC Science Focus
"Far from being the bad guy, cortisol is a hormone that's vital for our bodies and brains"
To complicate matters further, cortisol is also released in bursts, about every hour or so.
2 min |