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| Episodes |
| 2024-Apr-18 • 31 minutes Unexpected black hole in our galaxy Unexpected black hole in our galaxy; Ancient Horse DNA; the mechanisms of addiction |
| 2024-Apr-11 • 31 minutes Bird flu in Antarctica Highly pathogenic bird flu has been detected along the Antarctic coast |
| 2024-Apr-04 • 27 minutes Earthquake in Taiwan A powerful earthquake in Taiwan demonstrates the country’s preparedness. |
| 2024-Mar-28 • 27 minutes Star for a day A star on the brink of explosion will be visible from Earth. But not for long. |
| 2024-Mar-21 • 33 minutes Out of Africa A rare glimpse into the lives of the ancestors moving from Africa to the whole world. |
| 2024-Mar-14 • 29 minutes Impacts of global warming Will 2024 be another record-breaking year for the climate? |
| 2024-Mar-07 • 30 minutes The first stars in the universe Astronomers think they have seen glow the first generation of stars after the Big Bang |
| 2024-Feb-29 • 27 minutes One million genomes in two dimensions US researchers aim to sample genomes from one million diverse people but concerns raised |
| 2024-Feb-22 • 29 minutes Largest ever covid safety study A monumental study of 99 million vaccinated people shows how rare adverse effects are. |
| 2024-Feb-15 • 26 minutes Climate scientist wins defamation case Will this serve as a warning against politically motivated attacks on climate scientists? |
| 2024-Feb-08 • 27 minutes Particle physics v climate change Should we spend $17 billion on a new atom smasher whilst the world literally burns? |
| 2024-Feb-01 • 29 minutes Unethical data gathering in China Papers containing DNA data gathered from Chinese ethnic minorities are under scrutiny. |
| 2024-Jan-25 • 32 minutes Drilling into the past How scientists can drill into the seabed to find out more about the planet’s deep past |
| 2024-Jan-18 • 28 minutes Swine fever in South East Asia Swine fever has reached Borneo, devastating the local wild pig populations |
| 2024-Jan-11 • 31 minutes Seeking supernovas How supernovas – the colossal explosions of stars – can help us decipher the Universe |
| 2024-Jan-04 • 30 minutes Tackling tuberculosis in South Africa Fighting a disease that has become South Africa's biggest killer |
| 2023-Dec-28 • 28 minutes Following in the footsteps of ancient humans Roland Pease travels to South Africa to gain a deeper understanding of human origins |
| 2023-Dec-21 • 31 minutes Volcanic eruption lights up Iceland Volcanic eruption lights up Iceland. |
| 2023-Dec-14 • 31 minutes The science of morning sickness A team of researchers have uncovered what may cause morning sickness in pregnancy. |
| 2023-Dec-07 • 26 minutes Can carbon capture live up to its hype? Climate expert Richard Black discusses the good, the bad and the ugly of carbon capture. |
| 2023-Nov-30 • 31 minutes All aboard the RRS Sir David Attenborough The RRS Sir David Attenborough has reached Antarctica for its first full science season. |
| 2023-Nov-23 • 30 minutes Fires in the Pantanal wetlands Brazil’s searing temperatures have scorched the world’s largest tropical wetlands. |
| 2023-Nov-16 • 30 minutes Volcanic rumblings in Iceland Does seismic activity in Iceland suggest the country is entering a new volcanic era? |
| 2023-Nov-09 • 26 minutes Sounds of the Cape Fossil hunting, African penguin rehabilitation and bird bioacoustics on the Western Cape. |
| 2023-Nov-02 • 26 minutes Climate emergency Hurricanes, fires and carbon budgets; the impacts of climate change around the world |
| 2023-Oct-26 • 28 minutes Bird flu reaches Antarctic region Bird flu continues to spread across the world, putting isolated bird populations at risk. |
| 2023-Oct-19 • 27 minutes Alarm at Campi Flegrei, Italy Naples is wondering about the next volcanic eruption. |
| 2023-Oct-12 • 26 minutes Devastating earthquakes hit Afghanistan Herat has not seen an earthquake for almost 1000 years but now, five have come at once. |
| 2023-Oct-05 • 30 minutes The best and the worst From talking to a Nobel prize winner to discussing allegations of scientific misconduct. |
| 2023-Sep-28 • 27 minutes Trilobite dinner What did a 465-million-year-old trilobite eat for dinner? And how can we possibly know? |
| 2023-Sep-21 • 28 minutes More likely, more intense Extreme flooding in Libya 50 times more likely and 50% more intense due to climate change |
| 2023-Sep-14 • 27 minutes Deadly floods in Derna Devastating floods have swept away the banks of Derna, Libya. How did this happen? |
| 2023-Sep-07 • 28 minutes Returning to the North Pole Ice breaker Polarstern returns to the Arctic visiting sites last explored in 2012. |
| 2023-Aug-31 • 28 minutes Drowning coastal ecosystems Coastal ecosystems around the world are at risk of disappearing as sea levels rise |
| 2023-Aug-24 • 29 minutes Brain-computer interfaces Brain to speech translation allows patients to communicate faster and more expressively. |
| 2023-Aug-17 • 29 minutes The science behind the Hawaii fire The science behind the devastating fires that have consumed Lahaina in Hawaii. |
| 2023-Aug-10 • 26 minutes Pandemic surveillance system at risk One of the most useful scientific tools you’ve never heard of is being paywalled |
| 2023-Aug-03 • 30 minutes Bird Flu is back H5N1 bird flu is spreading to seabirds, mammals, and household pets |
| 2023-Jul-27 • 26 minutes Ocean current collapse Is the collapse of large system of ocean currents imminent? |
| 2023-Jul-20 • 26 minutes On the edge of a new volcano A spectacular volcanic eruption hits Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula for the third year |
| 2023-Jul-13 • 26 minutes Europe’s heatwave death toll Around 62,000 people died in last year's European heatwave - is this the new normal? |
| 2023-Jul-06 • 27 minutes Melting of Greenland ice sheet Record-breaking global temperatures are accelerating Greenland ice melt |
| 2023-Jun-29 • 29 minutes Preparing for crises We have entered a state of multiple and entangled crises. How can research help? |
| 2023-Jun-22 • 27 minutes Human embryo models Scientists have made human embryo models – or “synthetic embryos” - in the lab. |
| 2023-Jun-15 • 28 minutes Oceans in hot water? A major El Niño is building and heating up the world. What is the forecast? |
| 2023-Jun-08 • 29 minutes The beginnings of us New molecular fossil records shed evidence on the billion-year-old roots of modern life |
| 2023-Jun-01 • 27 minutes Vaccinating condors against bird flu Endangered condors are being vaccinated to save them from deadly H5N1 bird flu |
| 2023-May-25 • 28 minutes Brightest supernova in a decade The brightest supernova in a decade springs astronomers around the world into action |
| 2023-May-18 • 30 minutes Return of the Wildfires The record-breaking heat behind the destructive North American wildfires |
| 2023-May-11 • 28 minutes Human genome goes global The Pangenome project captures human diversity with 47 new genomes |
| 2023-May-04 • 31 minutes Darwin dumped from Indian classrooms The exclusion of Darwinism from the curriculum prompts protests in India |
| 2023-Apr-27 • 32 minutes The truth about the Sudan biolab Khartoum’s National Public Health Laboratory is caught up in the Sudanese conflict. |
| 2023-Apr-20 • 28 minutes Africa moves towards creating and manufacturing its own vaccines Africa moves towards creating and manufacturing its own vaccines |
| 2023-Apr-13 • 32 minutes Bird flu: The global threat H5N1 avian flu is racing across the world. What can be done to control it? |
| 2023-Apr-06 • 30 minutes Chasing tornados in the American mid-West Chasing tornados in the American mid-West – the science behind the current outbreaks. |
| 2023-Mar-30 • 33 minutes Gene editing breakthrough New technique to correct gene errors in sick patients |
| 2023-Mar-24 • 31 minutes Animals at the Wuhan Market What does animal DNA from the Wuhan Market reveal about the start of the pandemic? |
| 2023-Mar-16 • 33 minutes Return of Cyclone Freddy Record-breaking Cyclone Freddy devastates Mozambique for the second time in one month. |
| 2023-Mar-09 • 35 minutes Human Genome Editing - Promise and Peril Human Genome Editing: curing genetic disease and ensuring it's safe and available to all. |
| 2023-Mar-02 • 33 minutes Drought worsens in East Africa Why the long rains in East Africa are forecast to fail again. |
| 2023-Feb-23 • 32 minutes Cyclone Freddy batters Madagascar Cyclone Freddy batters Madagascar and threatens Mozambique and South Africa. |
| 2023-Feb-16 • 32 minutes CRISPR & bioethics He Jiankui refuses to talk about his controversial genome editing of twin babies in 2018 |
| 2023-Feb-09 • 32 minutes Turkey-Syria earthquake Turkey’s most powerful earthquake on record |
| 2023-Feb-02 • 33 minutes Science on ice The different forms of frozen water from ice made in labs to Jupiter’s icy moons |
| 2023-Jan-26 • 28 minutes Bird flu (H5N1) outbreak in mink A review of the first mammal to mammal transmission of avian flu, observed in Spain |
| 2023-Jan-19 • 29 minutes Climate science activism What happens when climate scientists take to the streets? |
| 2023-Jan-12 • 35 minutes Atmospheric rivers The phenomenon driving California’s extreme weather |
| 2023-Jan-05 • 29 minutes One year on from the Tonga eruption We take a look at everything we’ve learnt since the Tonga volcano erupted a year ago. |
| 2022-Dec-29 • 33 minutes The James Webb Space Telescope: The first six months What have scientists learned since Nasa launched its revolutionary telescope? |
| 2022-Dec-22 • 28 minutes Mosquito pesticide failing Mosquito pesticide failing |
| 2022-Dec-15 • 33 minutes Fusion milestone Fusion milestone - the science behind the headlines |
| 2022-Dec-08 • 31 minutes Ancient warmth in Greenland Climate change in the Arctic |
| 2022-Dec-01 • 35 minutes COVID spreads in China COVID spreads in China |
| 2022-Nov-24 • 28 minutes A distant planet’s atmosphere The chemical composition of planet WASP-39b's atmosphere, 700 light years away |
| 2022-Nov-17 • 27 minutes Online harassment of Covid scientists Virologists studying Covid-19 have been subject to online threats |
| 2022-Nov-10 • 31 minutes Neurons that restore walking in paralysed patients Neurons that restore walking in patients with spinal cord injuries have been identified |
| 2022-Nov-03 • 26 minutes What peat can tell us about our future Peat can offer us early alarm bells to climate change tipping points. |
| 2022-Oct-27 • 26 minutes Seismic events on Mars New data from Nasa reveals information on Mars’ origin and evolution. |
| 2022-Oct-20 • 27 minutes The most powerful explosion ever recorded A celestial explosion has produced the brightest beam of light ever observed |
| 2022-Oct-13 • 32 minutes Inserting human neurons into the brains of rats Fusing the brain of a human with a rat could offer insight into neurological disorders |
| 2022-Oct-06 • 30 minutes Nobel Prize 2022: The science behind the winners We meet the winners behind this week’s Nobel Prize announcements |
| 2022-Sep-29 • 26 minutes The final moments of DART Reflections on NASA’s latest mission as it hits an asteroid 11 million km from earth |
| 2022-Sep-22 • 27 minutes Should we mine the deep sea? A new license for deep sea mining could change the way we harvest rare earth minerals. |
| 2022-Sep-15 • 30 minutes Science and the causes behind Pakistan’s floods A new report demonstrates the impact of global warming on flooding in Pakistan. |
| 2022-Sep-08 • 31 minutes The genetics of human intelligence A single gene mutation may have propelled a major leap in human brain development |
| 2022-Sep-01 • 28 minutes The China heatwave and the new normal The record-breaking heatwave in China and its connection to extreme weather elsewhere |
| 2022-Aug-25 • 26 minutes Surprises from a Martian Lake Bed The latest analysis of Nasa’s perseverance discoveries confounds scientists’ expectations |
| 2022-Aug-18 • 28 minutes Deadly drought The gloomy predictions for East Africa’s long running drought |
| 2022-Aug-11 • 29 minutes Icelandic volcano erupts again Science in the heat of Iceland's new volcanic eruption. |
| 2022-Aug-04 • 30 minutes Synthetic mouse embryos with brains and hearts Researchers make synthetic mouse embryos with brains and beating hearts from stem cells |
| 2022-Jul-28 • 28 minutes The first galaxies at the universe's dawn James Webb Space Telescope expands our view of the universe ever deeper back in time |
| 2022-Jul-21 • 30 minutes Heat waves in the Northern Hemisphere Heat waves in the Northern Hemisphere - how and why more frequent and more extreme? |
| 2022-Jul-14 • 32 minutes First images from the James Webb Space Telescope A sensational new view of the universe from the James Webb Space Telescope. |
| 2022-Jul-07 • 30 minutes Long Covid ‘brain fog’ New insights into the cause of Long Covid ‘brain fog’ |
| 2022-Jun-30 • 32 minutes Extreme heat death risk in Latin America New study reveals risk of death as temperatures rise in Latin American cities |
| 2022-Jun-23 • 34 minutes Monster microbe Gigantic bacterium discovered in the Caribbean. It’s the size and shape of an eyelash. |
| 2022-Jun-16 • 30 minutes Thirty years after the Earth Summit Thirty years on, we ask what has the Earth Summit in Rio achieved? |
| 2022-Jun-09 • 30 minutes Body scan reveals HIV's hideouts A medical scan which reveals where HIV and other viruses hide in the body. |
| 2022-Jun-02 • 30 minutes Should we worry about the latest Omicron subvariants? Two recent subtypes of the Omicron virus are much better at evading our immune defences. |
| 2022-May-26 • 30 minutes Heat death by volcano and other stories New insights into Tonga’s cataclysmic volcanic eruption revealed |
| 2022-May-19 • 30 minutes Death in the rainforest Climate change may have doubled the death rate of rainforest trees over the last 50 years |
| 2022-May-12 • 29 minutes Portrait of the monster black hole at our galaxy’s heart Astronomers image the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way galaxy |
| 2022-May-05 • 30 minutes Mekong Delta will sink beneath the sea by 2100 Vietnam’s vast Mekong Delta is set to sink beneath the sea by the end of the century |
| 2022-Apr-28 • 31 minutes The Indian subcontinent’s record-breaking heatwave The Indian subcontinent is roasting in a prolonged heatwave. Is climate change to blame? |
| 2022-Apr-21 • 33 minutes Climate techno-fix would worsen global malaria burden Solar geoengineering to curb climate change could worsen global malaria burden. |
| 2022-Apr-14 • 31 minutes How ‘magic mushroom’ chemical treats depression Brain scanning study reveals how psilocybin can help people with severe depression |
| 2022-Apr-07 • 34 minutes Tsunami detective in Tonga What really happened in the cataclysmic eruption of the volcano Hunga Tonga in January? |
| 2022-Mar-31 • 30 minutes Radioactive Red Forest Are Russian troops in forests around Chernobyl receiving a dangerous dose of radiation? |
| 2022-Mar-24 • 32 minutes Warming world Extreme temperatures recorded in Antarctica and the Arctic. |
| 2022-Mar-17 • 30 minutes Covid in the sewers Could novel forms of the virus be lurking in wastewater? |
| 2022-Mar-10 • 30 minutes Why are Covid-19 cases rising in Hong Kong? The territory is experiencing a rapid increase in infections and deaths |
| 2022-Mar-03 • 30 minutes Covid -19 origins New analysis shows where inside the Wuhan market the virus first showed itself |
| 2022-Feb-24 • 26 minutes Reforming the ‘China Initiative’ US scheme accused of persecuting scientists is to be refocused |
| 2022-Feb-17 • 30 minutes Bone repair from Covid-19 vaccine technology Messenger RNA used in vaccines against Covid-19 has been used to encourage bone healing |
| 2022-Feb-10 • 30 minutes Inside Wuhan's coronavirus lab The inside story of Wuhan’s coronavirus lab |
| 2022-Feb-03 • 30 minutes Identifying a more infectious HIV variant A new form of HIV has been uncovered in the Netherlands. |
| 2022-Jan-27 • 26 minutes The roots of Long Covid Detecting the early signals for long Covid |
| 2022-Jan-20 • 30 minutes Tonga eruption – how it happened Why a small volcanic eruption had a global impact |
| 2022-Jan-13 • 29 minutes Have we got it wrong on Omicron? It seems to be no more viable than the earlier delta variant |
| 2022-Jan-06 • 27 minutes Corbevax – A vaccine for the world? Could a cheap and conventional vaccine for Covid-19 end the pandemic? |
| 2021-Dec-30 • 27 minutes 2021: The year of variants The year began with Alpha, and ends with Omicron. What have we learnt? |
| 2021-Dec-23 • 28 minutes Omicron – mild or monster? Cases of the latest coronavirus variant are mild, so far – but that’s not the whole story |
| 2021-Dec-16 • 31 minutes Omicron’s rapid replication rate Omicron replicates seventy times faster than earlier variants. |
| 2021-Dec-09 • 34 minutes Can the weather trigger a volcano? The eruption of Semeru in Java was linked to heavy rain |
| 2021-Dec-02 • 30 minutes Omicron, racism and trust How the global political response to the new variant is hampering science in Africa |
| 2021-Nov-25 • 30 minutes Deliberately doomed dart The sacrificial space mission designed to protect the Earth from asteroid impact. |
| 2021-Nov-18 • 27 minutes The end for coal power? The fossil fuel is on target to be replaced with renewables in both India and China. |
| 2021-Nov-11 • 27 minutes Bambi got Covid Why the discovery of Covid 19 in white-tail deer has implications for climate policy |
| 2021-Nov-04 • 32 minutes Jet fuel from thin air A solar powered solution to emissions creates aviation fuel from atmospheric gases |
| 2021-Oct-29 • 26 minutes Can we still avoid climate catastrophe? The UNEP Emissions Gap Report reveals we need to do more to reach our climate goals. |
| 2021-Oct-21 • 27 minutes Red blood cells’ surprising immune function New research reveals red blood cells form part of the body’s immune defence. |
| 2021-Oct-14 • 28 minutes Wetlands under attack The invasive cordgrass taking over China’s coastal wetlands. |
| 2021-Oct-07 • 29 minutes Youngest rock samples from the moon Youngest samples from lava flows on the moon returned by Chang’e-5 mission |
| 2021-Sep-30 • 29 minutes Drug resistant malaria found in East Africa The spread of resistance to one of the most important anti-malarials |
| 2021-Sep-23 • 30 minutes New evidence for Sars-CoV-2’s origin in bats Study of bats in Laos has identified viruses with a similar spike protein to Sars-CoV-2 |
| 2021-Sep-16 • 28 minutes Ebola can remain dormant for five years Ebola infections can re-emerge after five years, and cause new outbreaks |
| 2021-Sep-09 • 29 minutes Keep most fossil fuel in ground to meet 1.5 degree goal Unexploited oil, gas and coal reserves must stay in the ground to avert temperature rise |
| 2021-Sep-02 • 32 minutes Hurricane season intensifies Climate change increases the havoc caused by Hurricane Ida across parts of the US. |
| 2021-Aug-26 • 37 minutes World’s first DNA Covid vaccine Authorities in India approve a new type of needle-free triple-dose vaccine |
| 2021-Aug-19 • 39 minutes Seismic citizen science in Hispaniola Is there more to come from the Haitian earthquake fault system? |
| 2021-Aug-12 • 29 minutes Methane: A climate solution? Can reductions in this potent greenhouse gas help keep global temperature rises down? |
| 2021-Aug-05 • 30 minutes Record-shattering weather Why we should expect more sudden extreme temperatures |
| 2021-Jul-29 • 36 minutes The earliest traces of animal life on earth. Do rocks found in Canada show animal life 350 million years older than any found before? |
| 2021-Jul-22 • 34 minutes Your molecular machinery, now in 3D DeepMind publishes 350,000 of the structures which make all living things tick. |
| 2021-Jul-15 • 31 minutes Science when the funding dries up The UK Government’s cap on Official Development Aid, and its consequences for science. |
| 2021-Jul-08 • 34 minutes Human induced climate change heats up fast The record-breaking recent Pacific North-West heatwave is attributable to humans. |
| 2021-Jul-01 • 33 minutes Insects in incredible detail New technology gives intricate 3D scans of insects |
| 2021-Jun-24 • 40 minutes Tales of unexpected DNA data A virologist uncovers more dots to join in the hunt for Covid’s origins. |
| 2021-Jun-17 • 38 minutes Doubling Earth’s energy imbalance Nasa scientists find a doubling of our planet’s net solar energy absorption in 15 years |
| 2021-Jun-10 • 33 minutes Evolving viral variant trickery Researchers describe mechanisms by which the virus variants are tricking our cells. |
| 2021-Jun-03 • 36 minutes Zoonotic hotspots and where to find them Researchers map where the riskiest areas are for viruses to jump from bats into humans. |
| 2021-May-27 • 27 minutes Nyiragongo eruption Understanding the world’s "most dangerous volcano" |
| 2021-May-20 • 36 minutes Robot revolution The robot arm that comes with feelings |
| 2021-May-13 • 32 minutes Covid and clean air How improving indoor air quality can prevent illness from many viruses |
| 2021-May-06 • 29 minutes Africa’s oldest burial A fossilised child reveals an ancient caring society |
| 2021-Apr-29 • 37 minutes Melting glaciers, warming coffee and a Dragonfly on Titan Melting glaciers, warming coffee and a Dragonfly on Titan. |
| 2021-Apr-22 • 47 minutes Exponential increase in Indian covid cases What’s behind the soaring numbers? |
| 2021-Apr-15 • 45 minutes Rolling out the vaccines faster Can more money speed up rollout? |
| 2021-Apr-08 • 34 minutes On the trail of rare blood clots Scientists in the EU and the UK are looking out for rare blood clots in vaccinated people. |
| 2021-Apr-01 • 37 minutes Post-Covid outcomes after release from hospital A third of people hospitalised for covid are readmitted sometime after discharge. |
| 2021-Mar-25 • 42 minutes Science on the side of a new volcano Fagradalsfjall, hints of leptoquark, and the 2020 rise of the preprint |
| 2021-Mar-18 • 35 minutes International science at sea International research collaborations feel the pinch of UK cap on development spending |
| 2021-Mar-11 • 34 minutes A shooting star parked on your driveway A rare type of meteorite lands next to a rural UK house, and is now in professional hands |
| 2021-Mar-04 • 27 minutes Uncovering history with Little Foot's skull Neanderthal hearing, CO2 emissions in 2020, the Brazilian variant and scanning Little Foot |
| 2021-Feb-25 • 31 minutes Waste not, want not Novel recycling to make new products |
| 2021-Feb-18 • 33 minutes Weird weather Why is there snow in Texas? |
| 2021-Feb-11 • 33 minutes Perseverance approaches Mars How Perseverance will land on Mars |
| 2021-Feb-04 • 30 minutes Mixing Covid vaccines Can Covid vaccines be mixed? |
| 2021-Jan-28 • 34 minutes New Covid vaccine Next-generation of RNA vaccine |
| 2021-Jan-21 • 28 minutes Saving the Northern White Rhino Bringing back the Northern White Rhino from extinction |
| 2021-Jan-14 • 30 minutes Gravitational waves and black holes Gravitational waves from colliding supermassive black holes |
| 2021-Jan-07 • 27 minutes New variants of SARS-Cov2 SARS-Cov2: UK and South African new variants |
| 2020-Dec-31 • 26 minutes Coping with Covid Making sense of a year of confusion |
| 2020-Dec-24 • 27 minutes A year with Covid -19 Looking back on how the virus emerged and the scientific response |
| 2020-Dec-17 • 31 minutes Covid -19 – Mutations are normal Viral mutations happen all the time but we still need to be wary of their impact. |
| 2020-Dec-10 • 26 minutes The unchecked spread of Covid-19 in Manaus Around three-quarters of the Brazilian city’s population are thought to have been infected |
| 2020-Dec-03 • 33 minutes Freak weather getting even freakier This year has seen record-breaking Atlantic hurricanes, and now an Australian heatwave |
| 2020-Nov-26 • 31 minutes Vaccines – the Covid confusion The problems with incomplete or contradictory trial data published by press release. |
| 2020-Nov-19 • 35 minutes Covid- 19 – Good news on immunity After infection or vaccination immunity to the virus may be long lasting |
| 2020-Nov-12 • 33 minutes Covid-19 defeats US Marines The virus spread amongst recruits despite a range of thorough precautions |
| 2020-Nov-05 • 39 minutes Coronavirus spreads from mink to humans What does transmission of coronavirus from mink to humans mean for the future vaccine? |
| 2020-Oct-29 • 26 minutes Osiris Rex stows asteroid material Successful closure of lid on Osiris Rex spacecraft |
| 2020-Oct-22 • 34 minutes Nasa probe Osiris Rex lands on asteroid Osiris Rex probe touches asteroid Bennu to sample secrets of the early solar system |
| 2020-Oct-15 • 36 minutes Covid-19 mortality Why is there such a range in the number of deaths from Covid -19 between countries? |
| 2020-Oct-08 • 37 minutes Do Covid–19 mutations matter? Results from the most detailed investigation to date into SARS –CoV-2 virus mutations |
| 2020-Oct-01 • 37 minutes Are children the biggest Covid-19 spreaders? The world’s largest study of Covid-19 transmission shows children have a major role. |
| 2020-Sep-24 • 42 minutes Why Covid -19 vaccines may not stop transmission They are only designed to prevent disease developing, none have been tested against spread |
| 2020-Sep-17 • 30 minutes Malaria resistance breakthrough Discovered in East Africa, the finding holds promise for completely new treatments. |
| 2020-Sep-15 • 26 minutes Monitoring Covid-19, harvests and space junk Monitoring spread of Covid-19, harvests in Africa from space, and space junk |
| 2020-Sep-10 • 38 minutes Covid -19 science versus politics Are the politicians finally coming round to the scientist’s views on the way forward? |
| 2020-Sep-03 • 31 minutes Nyiragongo - is Goma under threat? More than 2 million people live around this volcano, which has become more active |
| 2020-Aug-27 • 39 minutes Covid-19 therapy controversy Is convalescent plasma really a ‘tremendous’ treatment for Covid-19? |
| 2020-Aug-20 • 32 minutes Trouble in Greenland Has the loss from Greenland’s vast ice sheet reached a tipping point? |
| 2020-Aug-13 • 38 minutes Putin’s Covid-19 vaccine Despite widespread alarm, Russia is not about to roll out an untested vaccine. |
| 2020-Aug-06 • 33 minutes Counting the heat health threat from climate change Huge death toll from rising temperatures projected for century’s end. |
| 2020-Jul-30 • 35 minutes NASA rover heads for Mars ancient lake NASA 2020 rover launched on fresh search for life on Mars |
| 2020-Jul-23 • 35 minutes Making a Covid-19 vaccine for two billion people The challenge of making two billion Covid-19 vaccine doses within the year. |
| 2020-Jul-16 • 34 minutes How long do Covid-19 antibodies last? New research on how long our defences against the coronavirus last. |
| 2020-Jul-09 • 30 minutes Rwanda’s game changing coronavirus test African scientists have developed a reliable, quicker and cheaper mass testing method |
| 2020-Jul-02 • 32 minutes Covid -19 and Children Why a minority become gravely ill is still a mystery |
| 2020-Jun-25 • 26 minutes Record high temperatures – in the Arctic Siberia has seen 38 degrees Celsius, 100 degrees Fahrenheit |
| 2020-Jun-18 • 34 minutes Covid -19 hope for severe cases A readily available drug prevents some deaths, and others may also be useful |
| 2020-Jun-11 • 28 minutes Food security, locusts and Covid -19 Efforts to eradicate locust swarms and save harvests continue despite the pandemic |
| 2020-Jun-04 • 32 minutes The medical complexity of Covid -19 Understanding viral damage to the brain and heart |
| 2020-May-28 • 32 minutes Brazil’s Covid chaos The number of cases and deaths may be much higher than official figures show |
| 2020-May-21 • 31 minutes Covid-19 vaccines More than a hundred vaccines are in development to fight the virus |
| 2020-May-14 • 38 minutes Loosening lockdown Understanding which situations pose the highest risk for virus transmission is key. |
| 2020-May-07 • 44 minutes Covid -19 new hope from blood tests Research from New York shows how our own immune response is responding to Covid 19 |
| 2020-Apr-30 • 49 minutes Ebola drug offers hope for Covid-19 Early trials suggest Remdesivir can aid recovery |
| 2020-Apr-23 • 43 minutes Presidents and pandemics Why they don’t mix |
| 2020-Apr-16 • 33 minutes Italy, getting Covid-19 under control Tentative steps to relax the lockdown |
| 2020-Apr-09 • 26 minutes Covid 19 - the threat to refugees The impossibility of social distancing and even handwashing in crowded refugee camps |
| 2020-Apr-02 • 33 minutes Covid 19 – The fightback in Africa begins As cases spread in Nigeria, can lessons from Ebola counter covid 19? |
| 2020-Mar-26 • 29 minutes The science of social distancing Why staying home is the best defence against Covid -19 |
| 2020-Mar-19 • 33 minutes Covid -19, are you carrying the virus? Research from Italy and China, shows many people have the coronavirus but no symptoms |
| 2020-Mar-12 • 38 minutes Covid -19 how infectious is it really? The pattern of transmission and prospects for drug treatments. |
| 2020-Mar-05 • 30 minutes Australia’s fires - fuelled by climate change Fires were at least 30% worse due to mankind’s influence on the climate. |
| 2020-Feb-27 • 30 minutes Tracking coronavirus spread More new cases of Covid-19 are now outside China than inside - how can we map the virus? |
| 2020-Feb-13 • 26 minutes CoVid-19: Mapping the outbreak A new public tool allows anyone to see where the virus is spreading |
| 2020-Feb-06 • 30 minutes Coronavirus, prospects for treatment? Could untried drugs developed for Ebola stop the virus? |
| 2020-Jan-30 • 34 minutes Understanding the new coronavirus Analysis of the impact of the new virus |
| 2020-Jan-23 • 28 minutes New Coronavirus What science can tell us about the emergence of a new virus in China |
| 2020-Jan-16 • 27 minutes Mount Taal volcano Why Mount Taal volcano near Manila produces so much ash and lightning |
| 2020-Jan-09 • 27 minutes Australia’s extreme fire season 2019 was Australia’s hottest year on record, a major factor behind the continued bushfires |
| 2020-Jan-02 • 26 minutes Adapting California Living with the threat of fires and earthquakes. |
| 2019-Dec-26 • 26 minutes Gaming climate change Can a role-playing game improve climate negotiation outcomes? |
| 2019-Dec-19 • 26 minutes Understanding the Anak Krakatau eruption How a relative small volcanic eruption caused a tsunami |
| 2019-Dec-12 • 26 minutes White Island volcano eruption Why a small eruption on White Island was so dangerous |
| 2019-Dec-05 • 35 minutes CRISPR babies scandal – more details Evidence for a series of scientific and ethical errors have emerged |
| 2019-Dec-02 • 29 minutes New malaria target Molecular research opens the way to prevent antimalarial resistance |
| 2019-Nov-21 • 27 minutes Politics and Amazonia’s fires Satellite data shows this year’s Amazon fires have been the worst since 2010. |
| 2019-Nov-14 • 30 minutes Australia burning To what extent is ‘Bush fire weather’ influenced by climate change? |
| 2019-Nov-07 • 29 minutes Climate in crisis Inaction on climate change while the impact of air pollution is likened to smoking |
| 2019-Oct-31 • 29 minutes Wildfires and winds in California How dry land and high winds are fuelling fires in California |
| 2019-Oct-24 • 37 minutes Is quantum supremacy ‘garbage’? Has a new era of computing finally arrived or not, or is it both at the same time? |
| 2019-Oct-17 • 29 minutes Malaria's origins and a potential new treatment How malaria jumped from great apes to humans and why Antarctica may hold a new treatment |
| 2019-Oct-10 • 30 minutes From batteries to distant worlds Nobel Prize wins for a range of well-known discoveries |
| 2019-Oct-03 • 30 minutes Drought likely to follow India’s floods Despite extreme rainfall, climate scientists predict drought in India within months. |
| 2019-Sep-26 • 30 minutes Global climate inaction The latest climate report look like earlier ones, where is the call to action? |
| 2019-Sep-20 • 31 minutes South East Asia choking - again Why even staying indoors offers no escape from fires across the region |
| 2019-Sep-12 • 26 minutes Embryoids from stem cells Embryoids from stem cells; water vapour in atmosphere of rocky exoplanet; |
| 2019-Sep-05 • 35 minutes New evidence of nuclear reactor explosion An isotopic fingerprint is reported of a nuclear explosion in Russia last month |
| 2019-Aug-29 • 31 minutes Nanotube computer says hello A 16bit computer processor made of carbon nanotubes is unveiled to the world. |
| 2019-Aug-22 • 30 minutes Amazonian fires likely to worsen Is it going to be a particularly bad burning season for Brazil’s rainforest? |
| 2019-Aug-15 • 33 minutes Cracking the case of the Krakatoa volcano collapse Scientists investigate the precise physical events around last year’s lethal eruption. |
| 2019-Aug-08 • 26 minutes Keeping tabs on nuclear weapons Can science overcome the political impasse in nuclear proliferation policy? |
| 2019-Aug-01 • 27 minutes The snowball effect of Arctic fires The long term consequences of the intense burning across the region |
| 2019-Jul-25 • 30 minutes The human danger – for sharks A global appetite for shark meat and fins threatens these iconic predators |
| 2019-Jul-18 • 29 minutes The moon landing and another big space anniversary The comet Shoemaker – Levy 9 spectacularly crashed into Jupiter 25 years ago. |
| 2019-Jul-11 • 30 minutes 'Free' water and electricity for the world? The solar panel which simultaneously produces electricity and purifies water |
| 2019-Jul-04 • 28 minutes Analysing the European heatwave An analysis of weather and climate variables shows global warming had a role |
| 2019-Jun-27 • 28 minutes Is climate change driving Europe’s current heatwave? Scientists are unpicking the influence of anthropogenic forces on this event as it happens |
| 2019-Jun-20 • 28 minutes Iran’s nuclear plans What the threat to increase stockpiles of uranium really means |
| 2019-Jun-13 • 29 minutes South Asia heatwave and climate change South Asia has experienced record temperatures, is this becoming the new normal? |
| 2019-Jun-06 • 35 minutes US foetal tissue research ban The Trump administration halts scientific research on tissue derived from human embryos |