BBC Science Focus
THE HUNGER GAME
Obesity is on the rise, but as we blame our unhealthy food-ridden environment and look to wonder drugs to get rid of unwanted fat, what role do our genetics play?
9 min |
June 2024
BBC Science Focus
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION CAN WORK, SAYS MAJOR NEW STUDY... BUT 'TIME IS RUNNING OUT'
A large review of conservation studies found that efforts have made a real difference in protecting the planet's biological diversity. But others say we haven't done enough
2 min |
June 2024
BBC Science Focus
IT MAY SOON BE POSSIBLE TO END ECZEMA WITH A VACCINE
By treating eczema-based flare-ups in children, researchers think they're closer to soothing this common skin problem
1 min |
June 2024
BBC Science Focus
HOW THE UNIVERSE WILL END
A colossal supercollider now in the early stages of development may one day help us predict the ultimate fate of the Universe. With it, scientists will be trying to find a hidden instability built into the fabric of existence... an instability that could destroy everything
9 min |
June 2024
BBC Science Focus
TAKE-OFF AT LAST
AFTER A LONG WAIT, THE WORLD'S FIRST ZERO EMISSIONS AEROPLANES ARE FINALLY TAXIING TO REALITY. BUT ARE THEY THE SOLUTION WE NEED?
7 min |
June 2024
BBC Science Focus
MASSIVE EXPLOSION SPOTTED ON MYSTERIOUS DEAD STAR
A satellite in the right place at the right time captured an important cosmic sight
1 min |
June 2024
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
What happens to the ocean if we take out all the fish?
Find out about the vital role fish play in sea life.
3 min |
Issue 75
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
ALIEN HUNTERS
JD Savage blasts off on an out-of-this world quest to find life beyond Earth's borders.
5 min |
Issue 75
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
Mammoth marine reptile found on UK beach
Scientists believe the ichthyosaur could be the largest ever found.
2 min |
Issue 75
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
Voyager 1 turns back on
At more than 15 billion miles from Earth, the Voyager 1 spacecraft is the most distant human-made object in space.
1 min |
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The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
Cleopatra's lost tomb
You told us that historical mysteries capture your imaginations, so here's an ancient Egyptian riddle.
2 min |
Issue 75
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
ROAR POWER
Scratch the myths - Isabel Thomas earns her stripes and reveals the truth behind tigers' extra-ROAR-dinary powers.
5 min |
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The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
Orangutan uses plants to heal wound
For the first time ever, a wild animal has been observed healing a wound using a plant as medicine.
1 min |
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The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
THE LAB
Three things to make and do
3 min |
Issue 75
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
Kate Speller
For our readers' issue, we met a zookeeper who works with big cats.
3 min |
Issue 75
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
The brains between the sticks
Is it true that goalkeepers see the world differently?
2 min |
Issue 75
The Week Junior Science+Nature UK
NATURE IN FOCUS
Join in with Science+Nature's trail at Cheltenham Science Festival.
3 min |
Issue 75
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Stones of the SOLSTICE
Jamie Carter explores 12 ancient stones, tombs and temples across the world that align with the Sun at the solstice
7 min |
June 2024
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
The spirit of the eclipse
Eclipse chaser Yvette Cook reports on what it was like in the path of totality in Texas during 8 April's Great American Eclipse
8 min |
June 2024
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Unearthing galaxies in the archives
Comparing old Hubble data to today is revealing distant active galaxies
2 min |
June 2024
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Manhattanhenge
New York's urban island of Manhattan, with its gridiron street layout, sees summer Suns set neatly between skyscrapers. Jamie Carter explains the phenomenon
3 min |
June 2024
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
A quicker way to colourise your narrowband frames
Create a bicolour image in Siril using data from just two narrowband filters
2 min |
June 2024
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Voyager 1 is back online and exploring the unknown
An interstellar rescue brings the venerable spacecraft back after months out of action
2 min |
June 2024
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
When Haydn met the Herschels
Jonathan Powell on how the astronomer siblings inspired the famous composer
2 min |
June 2024
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
A very British eclipse
In 1927, Britain experienced its first total solar eclipse since 1724. Mike Frost looks at how, like 8 April 2024's US spectacle, eclipse fever swept the nation
5 min |
June 2024
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Cosmic rays
In part two of our series, Govert Schilling looks at cosmic rays, the high-energy particles that bombard Earth from space
3 min |
June 2024
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Surfing spacetime with LISA
A new era of gravitational wave astronomy is on its way as the ambitious upcoming LISA space mission joins a host of huge detectors on Earth. Charlie Hoy explains
7 min |
June 2024
How It Works UK
A drone with a rotating detonation rocket engine' approached the speed of sound
venus Aerospace has completed the inaugural test flight of a drone fitted with its rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE), accelerating it to just under the speed of sound.
2 min |
Issue 190
How It Works UK
A group of 60 ultra-faint stars could be a new type of galaxy
A stronomers have spotted the faintest and lightest satellite galaxy ever found: a minuscule, tight-knit group of stars trailing the Milky Way.
2 min |
Issue 190
How It Works UK
An underwater mountain hosts creatures unknown to science
An underwater mountain chain off Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, hosts an astonishing array of deep-sea species, at least 50 of which are new to science.
2 min |