BBC Radio Podcasts from Science In Action
Wet market SARS CoV-2 origins revisited
Scientists find yet more data from early Covid to suggest zoonotic cross-over as origin.
Any more for Moore’s Law?
It's 60 years since Gordon Moore predicted computing power would double every two years
Researching pain, painlessly
Researchers grow a mini human pain pathway in a flask for testing pain painlessly
Earthquakes and the first breath of life on Earth
How Myanmar’s tragic earthquake left a 500km scar on earth's surface in just 90 seconds.
Breakthrough antivirals and fresh US grant cancellations
As the US halts all Covid related research, what is the impact on pandemic preparedness?
Columbia cuts and "transgender mice"
Individual stories of those affected by the Trump administration's upheaval of science
New warnings, familiar faces, and radio pulses
WHO pandemic call, an H5N1 call to arms from global health leaders.
An uncertain forecast for meteorology
As US government cuts imperil weather data, meteorologists worldwide forecast trouble.
Asteroid 2024 YR4 crisis averted?
How astronomers minimised our asteroid angst, despite a threat to our darkest skies
Who runs science?
A call from European flu experts to create a more sustainable research network.
Hits from space
Astronomers track asteroid 2024 YR4 to decide if it will miss us in 2032.
Earthquakes swarms and whale chart toppers
The mystery swarm of small earthquakes near the island of Santorini beg for more data
Make science great again
Asteroid Bennu yields a watery pool of history
Arctic carbon starting to flip
Thirty per cent of the Arctic is switching from carbon sink to carbon source.
AI antivenoms and vegetarian hominids
New types of snake-bite anti-venoms are designed by AI.
First US avian flu fatality
H5N1 bird flu is still spreading across farms in the US and claims its first human life
Five years of Covid: Part two
Five years on from the emergence of Sars CoV-2, what have we learned?
Five years of Covid: Part one
Five years on from the emergence of Sars CoV-2, what have we learned?
Sun Grazing
The future of vaccinations, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, and the dawn of complex life.
Warming oceans kill millions of birds
4 million sea birds died in Alaska as a result of a warming pacific.
Bovine H5N1 gets a sniff of humans
How a single mutation in bovine H5N1 flu can make it prefer human cells.
Fifty years of Charm
Why November 1974 became known as the “November Revolution” in particle physics
Faster, wetter, worse tropical storms
Every 2024 Atlantic hurricane was intensified by warming climate, with categories raised.
Drastic plastic reductions
Machine learning models suggest pathways to reduce global plastic waste by 91% by 2050.
New ways to study coronaviruses
Scientists in Wuhan and the US unveil a new way to design virus receptors on human cells.
Global warming strikes again
The devastating floods around Valencia are easily attributable to climate change.
Betelbuddy and Silk Road Cities
Does the famous Betelgeuse have an orbiting companion, hidden in plain sight?
Marvels of life and death
As fish farming impacts grow, a look at some clever life-hacks at the extremes.
Nobel convergence
A look at the stories behind the Nobel science prizes announced this week.
Excesses of rain
How much did climate change drive storm Helene?
Historic weather extremes revealed using tree-rings
The jet stream has shaped extreme weather, influencing harvests, wildfires and epidemics
Flash floods in the Sahara
The Sahara has been experiencing unusually heavy rainfall due to an extratropical cyclone
A landslide-induced megatsunami in Greenland
The 200-metre-high tsunami sloshed between the cliffs of Dickson Fjord for nine days
Concerning viruses found in fur farmed animals
A survey of diseased animals from fur farms has revealed potentially threatening viruses
Wow! A mystery signal solved
In 1977 astronomers recorded a strange radio transmission, perhaps even from aliens.
Fisheries mismanagement uncovered
Fishery assessment models overestimate the sustainability of the world’s fisheries.
The spread of rabies into Cape fur seals
In June this year there was the first detected occurrence of rabies in Cape fur seals.
Detecting undetected bird flu cases
Cases of bird flu in farm workers in the US may be going underreported.
Examining Nasa's new evidence for Martian life
Mars rock found that may indicate it hosted microbial life billions of years ago
The human cost of the decline of nature’s carcass cleaners
The loss of vultures in India may be responsible for half a million human deaths.
Destination Asteroid Apophis
The ESA is starting preparatory work for its next planetary defence mission.
Hurricane Beryl’s trail of destruction
Hurricane Beryl hit the Caribbean, before moving into Mexico and then Texas.
Cleaner mining, cleaner batteries
Science in Action is at the UK's Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition.
On the road to halting HIV
An injectable antiviral "PrEP" therapy that gives 100% protection against HIV infection.
China: Scientific superpower
How has China reached the top spot of scientific research?
US bird flu response warning
Mice become the next to get it and expert Rick Bright calls for stronger counter measures
A humungous temporary tentacle
The origami superpowers of a single-celled pond hunter, the protist Lacrymaria olor.
Trusting AI with science
AI will be a feature of future breakthroughs, how will we know when to trust its results?
The roots of fentanyl addiction
A study in mice suggests that fentanyl affects the part of the brain that regulates fear.
Aurora Bore-WOW-lis
They were the best northern and southern lights in decades, but why? And what’s next?
Changing blood types and whale grammar
Could future blood transfusions be made safer by mixing in a new bacterial enzyme?
Crossover infections
Bird flu spreads from cows to cats in the US, as chimps are seen eating bat poo in Uganda
An armada for asteroid Apophis?
Friday, April 13th 2029 – mark it in your calendar...an asteroid is coming
Unexpected black hole in our galaxy
Unexpected black hole in our galaxy; Ancient Horse DNA; the mechanisms of addiction
Bird flu in Antarctica
Highly pathogenic bird flu has been detected along the Antarctic coast
Earthquake in Taiwan
A powerful earthquake in Taiwan demonstrates the country’s preparedness.
Star for a day
A star on the brink of explosion will be visible from Earth. But not for long.
Out of Africa
A rare glimpse into the lives of the ancestors moving from Africa to the whole world.
Impacts of global warming
Will 2024 be another record-breaking year for the climate?
The first stars in the universe
Astronomers think they have seen glow the first generation of stars after the Big Bang
One million genomes in two dimensions
US researchers aim to sample genomes from one million diverse people but concerns raised
Largest ever covid safety study
A monumental study of 99 million vaccinated people shows how rare adverse effects are.
Climate scientist wins defamation case
Will this serve as a warning against politically motivated attacks on climate scientists?
Particle physics v climate change
Should we spend $17 billion on a new atom smasher whilst the world literally burns?
Unethical data gathering in China
Papers containing DNA data gathered from Chinese ethnic minorities are under scrutiny.
Drilling into the past
How scientists can drill into the seabed to find out more about the planet’s deep past
Swine fever in South East Asia
Swine fever has reached Borneo, devastating the local wild pig populations
Seeking supernovas
How supernovas – the colossal explosions of stars – can help us decipher the Universe
Tackling tuberculosis in South Africa
Fighting a disease that has become South Africa's biggest killer
Following in the footsteps of ancient humans
Roland Pease travels to South Africa to gain a deeper understanding of human origins
Volcanic eruption lights up Iceland
Volcanic eruption lights up Iceland.
The science of morning sickness
A team of researchers have uncovered what may cause morning sickness in pregnancy.
Can carbon capture live up to its hype?
Climate expert Richard Black discusses the good, the bad and the ugly of carbon capture.
All aboard the RRS Sir David Attenborough
The RRS Sir David Attenborough has reached Antarctica for its first full science season.
Fires in the Pantanal wetlands
Brazil’s searing temperatures have scorched the world’s largest tropical wetlands.
Volcanic rumblings in Iceland
Does seismic activity in Iceland suggest the country is entering a new volcanic era?
Sounds of the Cape
Fossil hunting, African penguin rehabilitation and bird bioacoustics on the Western Cape.
Climate emergency
Hurricanes, fires and carbon budgets; the impacts of climate change around the world
Bird flu reaches Antarctic region
Bird flu continues to spread across the world, putting isolated bird populations at risk.
Alarm at Campi Flegrei, Italy
Naples is wondering about the next volcanic eruption.
Devastating earthquakes hit Afghanistan
Herat has not seen an earthquake for almost 1000 years but now, five have come at once.
The best and the worst
From talking to a Nobel prize winner to discussing allegations of scientific misconduct.
Trilobite dinner
What did a 465-million-year-old trilobite eat for dinner? And how can we possibly know?
More likely, more intense
Extreme flooding in Libya 50 times more likely and 50% more intense due to climate change
Deadly floods in Derna
Devastating floods have swept away the banks of Derna, Libya. How did this happen?
Returning to the North Pole
Ice breaker Polarstern returns to the Arctic visiting sites last explored in 2012.
Drowning coastal ecosystems
Coastal ecosystems around the world are at risk of disappearing as sea levels rise
Brain-computer interfaces
Brain to speech translation allows patients to communicate faster and more expressively.
The science behind the Hawaii fire
The science behind the devastating fires that have consumed Lahaina in Hawaii.
Pandemic surveillance system at risk
One of the most useful scientific tools you’ve never heard of is being paywalled
Bird Flu is back
H5N1 bird flu is spreading to seabirds, mammals, and household pets
Ocean current collapse
Is the collapse of large system of ocean currents imminent?
On the edge of a new volcano
A spectacular volcanic eruption hits Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula for the third year
Europe’s heatwave death toll
Around 62,000 people died in last year's European heatwave - is this the new normal?
Melting of Greenland ice sheet
Record-breaking global temperatures are accelerating Greenland ice melt
Preparing for crises
We have entered a state of multiple and entangled crises. How can research help?
Human embryo models
Scientists have made human embryo models – or “synthetic embryos” - in the lab.
Oceans in hot water?
A major El Niño is building and heating up the world. What is the forecast?
The beginnings of us
New molecular fossil records shed evidence on the billion-year-old roots of modern life
Vaccinating condors against bird flu
Endangered condors are being vaccinated to save them from deadly H5N1 bird flu
Brightest supernova in a decade
The brightest supernova in a decade springs astronomers around the world into action
Return of the Wildfires
The record-breaking heat behind the destructive North American wildfires
Human genome goes global
The Pangenome project captures human diversity with 47 new genomes
Darwin dumped from Indian classrooms
The exclusion of Darwinism from the curriculum prompts protests in India
The truth about the Sudan biolab
Khartoum’s National Public Health Laboratory is caught up in the Sudanese conflict.
Africa moves towards creating and manufacturing its own vaccines
Africa moves towards creating and manufacturing its own vaccines
Bird flu: The global threat
H5N1 avian flu is racing across the world. What can be done to control it?
Chasing tornados in the American mid-West
Chasing tornados in the American mid-West – the science behind the current outbreaks.
Gene editing breakthrough
New technique to correct gene errors in sick patients
Animals at the Wuhan Market
What does animal DNA from the Wuhan Market reveal about the start of the pandemic?
Return of Cyclone Freddy
Record-breaking Cyclone Freddy devastates Mozambique for the second time in one month.
Human Genome Editing - Promise and Peril
Human Genome Editing: curing genetic disease and ensuring it's safe and available to all.
Drought worsens in East Africa
Why the long rains in East Africa are forecast to fail again.
Cyclone Freddy batters Madagascar
Cyclone Freddy batters Madagascar and threatens Mozambique and South Africa.
CRISPR & bioethics
He Jiankui refuses to talk about his controversial genome editing of twin babies in 2018
Turkey-Syria earthquake
Turkey’s most powerful earthquake on record
Science on ice
The different forms of frozen water from ice made in labs to Jupiter’s icy moons
Bird flu (H5N1) outbreak in mink
A review of the first mammal to mammal transmission of avian flu, observed in Spain
Climate science activism
What happens when climate scientists take to the streets?
Atmospheric rivers
The phenomenon driving California’s extreme weather
One year on from the Tonga eruption
We take a look at everything we’ve learnt since the Tonga volcano erupted a year ago.
The James Webb Space Telescope: The first six months
What have scientists learned since Nasa launched its revolutionary telescope?
Mosquito pesticide failing
Mosquito pesticide failing
Fusion milestone
Fusion milestone - the science behind the headlines
Ancient warmth in Greenland
Climate change in the Arctic
COVID spreads in China
COVID spreads in China
A distant planet’s atmosphere
The chemical composition of planet WASP-39b's atmosphere, 700 light years away
Online harassment of Covid scientists
Virologists studying Covid-19 have been subject to online threats
Neurons that restore walking in paralysed patients
Neurons that restore walking in patients with spinal cord injuries have been identified
What peat can tell us about our future
Peat can offer us early alarm bells to climate change tipping points.
Seismic events on Mars
New data from Nasa reveals information on Mars’ origin and evolution.
The most powerful explosion ever recorded
A celestial explosion has produced the brightest beam of light ever observed
Inserting human neurons into the brains of rats
Fusing the brain of a human with a rat could offer insight into neurological disorders
Nobel Prize 2022: The science behind the winners
We meet the winners behind this week’s Nobel Prize announcements
The final moments of DART
Reflections on NASA’s latest mission as it hits an asteroid 11 million km from earth
Should we mine the deep sea?
A new license for deep sea mining could change the way we harvest rare earth minerals.
Science and the causes behind Pakistan’s floods
A new report demonstrates the impact of global warming on flooding in Pakistan.
The genetics of human intelligence
A single gene mutation may have propelled a major leap in human brain development
The China heatwave and the new normal
The record-breaking heatwave in China and its connection to extreme weather elsewhere
Surprises from a Martian Lake Bed
The latest analysis of Nasa’s perseverance discoveries confounds scientists’ expectations
Deadly drought
The gloomy predictions for East Africa’s long running drought
Icelandic volcano erupts again
Science in the heat of Iceland's new volcanic eruption.
Synthetic mouse embryos with brains and hearts
Researchers make synthetic mouse embryos with brains and beating hearts from stem cells
The first galaxies at the universe's dawn
James Webb Space Telescope expands our view of the universe ever deeper back in time
Heat waves in the Northern Hemisphere
Heat waves in the Northern Hemisphere - how and why more frequent and more extreme?
First images from the James Webb Space Telescope
A sensational new view of the universe from the James Webb Space Telescope.
Long Covid ‘brain fog’
New insights into the cause of Long Covid ‘brain fog’
Extreme heat death risk in Latin America
New study reveals risk of death as temperatures rise in Latin American cities
Monster microbe
Gigantic bacterium discovered in the Caribbean. It’s the size and shape of an eyelash.
Thirty years after the Earth Summit
Thirty years on, we ask what has the Earth Summit in Rio achieved?
Body scan reveals HIV's hideouts
A medical scan which reveals where HIV and other viruses hide in the body.
Should we worry about the latest Omicron subvariants?
Two recent subtypes of the Omicron virus are much better at evading our immune defences.
Heat death by volcano and other stories
New insights into Tonga’s cataclysmic volcanic eruption revealed
Death in the rainforest
Climate change may have doubled the death rate of rainforest trees over the last 50 years
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
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
The Indian subcontinent’s record-breaking heatwave
The Indian subcontinent is roasting in a prolonged heatwave. Is climate change to blame?
Climate techno-fix would worsen global malaria burden
Solar geoengineering to curb climate change could worsen global malaria burden.
How ‘magic mushroom’ chemical treats depression
Brain scanning study reveals how psilocybin can help people with severe depression
Tsunami detective in Tonga
What really happened in the cataclysmic eruption of the volcano Hunga Tonga in January?
Radioactive Red Forest
Are Russian troops in forests around Chernobyl receiving a dangerous dose of radiation?
Warming world
Extreme temperatures recorded in Antarctica and the Arctic.
Covid in the sewers
Could novel forms of the virus be lurking in wastewater?
Why are Covid-19 cases rising in Hong Kong?
The territory is experiencing a rapid increase in infections and deaths
Covid -19 origins
New analysis shows where inside the Wuhan market the virus first showed itself
Reforming the ‘China Initiative’
US scheme accused of persecuting scientists is to be refocused
Bone repair from Covid-19 vaccine technology
Messenger RNA used in vaccines against Covid-19 has been used to encourage bone healing
Inside Wuhan's coronavirus lab
The inside story of Wuhan’s coronavirus lab
Identifying a more infectious HIV variant
A new form of HIV has been uncovered in the Netherlands.
The roots of Long Covid
Detecting the early signals for long Covid
Tonga eruption – how it happened
Why a small volcanic eruption had a global impact
Have we got it wrong on Omicron?
It seems to be no more viable than the earlier delta variant
Corbevax – A vaccine for the world?
Could a cheap and conventional vaccine for Covid-19 end the pandemic?
2021: The year of variants
The year began with Alpha, and ends with Omicron. What have we learnt?
Omicron – mild or monster?
Cases of the latest coronavirus variant are mild, so far – but that’s not the whole story
Omicron’s rapid replication rate
Omicron replicates seventy times faster than earlier variants.
Can the weather trigger a volcano?
The eruption of Semeru in Java was linked to heavy rain
Omicron, racism and trust
How the global political response to the new variant is hampering science in Africa
Deliberately doomed dart
The sacrificial space mission designed to protect the Earth from asteroid impact.
The end for coal power?
The fossil fuel is on target to be replaced with renewables in both India and China.
Bambi got Covid
Why the discovery of Covid 19 in white-tail deer has implications for climate policy
Jet fuel from thin air
A solar powered solution to emissions creates aviation fuel from atmospheric gases
Can we still avoid climate catastrophe?
The UNEP Emissions Gap Report reveals we need to do more to reach our climate goals.
Red blood cells’ surprising immune function
New research reveals red blood cells form part of the body’s immune defence.
Wetlands under attack
The invasive cordgrass taking over China’s coastal wetlands.
Youngest rock samples from the moon
Youngest samples from lava flows on the moon returned by Chang’e-5 mission
Drug resistant malaria found in East Africa
The spread of resistance to one of the most important anti-malarials
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
Ebola can remain dormant for five years
Ebola infections can re-emerge after five years, and cause new outbreaks
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
Hurricane season intensifies
Climate change increases the havoc caused by Hurricane Ida across parts of the US.
World’s first DNA Covid vaccine
Authorities in India approve a new type of needle-free triple-dose vaccine
Seismic citizen science in Hispaniola
Is there more to come from the Haitian earthquake fault system?
Methane: A climate solution?
Can reductions in this potent greenhouse gas help keep global temperature rises down?
Record-shattering weather
Why we should expect more sudden extreme temperatures
The earliest traces of animal life on earth.
Do rocks found in Canada show animal life 350 million years older than any found before?
Your molecular machinery, now in 3D
DeepMind publishes 350,000 of the structures which make all living things tick.
Science when the funding dries up
The UK Government’s cap on Official Development Aid, and its consequences for science.
Human induced climate change heats up fast
The record-breaking recent Pacific North-West heatwave is attributable to humans.
Insects in incredible detail
New technology gives intricate 3D scans of insects
Tales of unexpected DNA data
A virologist uncovers more dots to join in the hunt for Covid’s origins.
Doubling Earth’s energy imbalance
Nasa scientists find a doubling of our planet’s net solar energy absorption in 15 years
Evolving viral variant trickery
Researchers describe mechanisms by which the virus variants are tricking our cells.
Zoonotic hotspots and where to find them
Researchers map where the riskiest areas are for viruses to jump from bats into humans.
Nyiragongo eruption
Understanding the world’s "most dangerous volcano"
Robot revolution
The robot arm that comes with feelings
Covid and clean air
How improving indoor air quality can prevent illness from many viruses
Africa’s oldest burial
A fossilised child reveals an ancient caring society
Melting glaciers, warming coffee and a Dragonfly on Titan
Melting glaciers, warming coffee and a Dragonfly on Titan.
Exponential increase in Indian covid cases
What’s behind the soaring numbers?
Rolling out the vaccines faster
Can more money speed up rollout?
On the trail of rare blood clots
Scientists in the EU and the UK are looking out for rare blood clots in vaccinated people.
Post-Covid outcomes after release from hospital
A third of people hospitalised for covid are readmitted sometime after discharge.
Science on the side of a new volcano
Fagradalsfjall, hints of leptoquark, and the 2020 rise of the preprint
International science at sea
International research collaborations feel the pinch of UK cap on development spending
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
Uncovering history with Little Foot's skull
Neanderthal hearing, CO2 emissions in 2020, the Brazilian variant and scanning Little Foot
Waste not, want not
Novel recycling to make new products
Weird weather
Why is there snow in Texas?
Perseverance approaches Mars
How Perseverance will land on Mars
Mixing Covid vaccines
Can Covid vaccines be mixed?
New Covid vaccine
Next-generation of RNA vaccine
Saving the Northern White Rhino
Bringing back the Northern White Rhino from extinction
Gravitational waves and black holes
Gravitational waves from colliding supermassive black holes
New variants of SARS-Cov2
SARS-Cov2: UK and South African new variants
Coping with Covid
Making sense of a year of confusion
A year with Covid -19
Looking back on how the virus emerged and the scientific response
Covid -19 – Mutations are normal
Viral mutations happen all the time but we still need to be wary of their impact.
The unchecked spread of Covid-19 in Manaus
Around three-quarters of the Brazilian city’s population are thought to have been infected
Freak weather getting even freakier
This year has seen record-breaking Atlantic hurricanes, and now an Australian heatwave
Vaccines – the Covid confusion
The problems with incomplete or contradictory trial data published by press release.
Covid- 19 – Good news on immunity
After infection or vaccination immunity to the virus may be long lasting
Covid-19 defeats US Marines
The virus spread amongst recruits despite a range of thorough precautions
Coronavirus spreads from mink to humans
What does transmission of coronavirus from mink to humans mean for the future vaccine?
Osiris Rex stows asteroid material
Successful closure of lid on Osiris Rex spacecraft
Nasa probe Osiris Rex lands on asteroid
Osiris Rex probe touches asteroid Bennu to sample secrets of the early solar system
Covid-19 mortality
Why is there such a range in the number of deaths from Covid -19 between countries?
Do Covid–19 mutations matter?
Results from the most detailed investigation to date into SARS –CoV-2 virus mutations
Are children the biggest Covid-19 spreaders?
The world’s largest study of Covid-19 transmission shows children have a major role.
Why Covid -19 vaccines may not stop transmission
They are only designed to prevent disease developing, none have been tested against spread
Malaria resistance breakthrough
Discovered in East Africa, the finding holds promise for completely new treatments.
Monitoring Covid-19, harvests and space junk
Monitoring spread of Covid-19, harvests in Africa from space, and space junk
Covid -19 science versus politics
Are the politicians finally coming round to the scientist’s views on the way forward?
Nyiragongo - is Goma under threat?
More than 2 million people live around this volcano, which has become more active
Covid-19 therapy controversy
Is convalescent plasma really a ‘tremendous’ treatment for Covid-19?
Trouble in Greenland
Has the loss from Greenland’s vast ice sheet reached a tipping point?
Putin’s Covid-19 vaccine
Despite widespread alarm, Russia is not about to roll out an untested vaccine.
Counting the heat health threat from climate change
Huge death toll from rising temperatures projected for century’s end.
NASA rover heads for Mars ancient lake
NASA 2020 rover launched on fresh search for life on Mars
Making a Covid-19 vaccine for two billion people
The challenge of making two billion Covid-19 vaccine doses within the year.
How long do Covid-19 antibodies last?
New research on how long our defences against the coronavirus last.
Rwanda’s game changing coronavirus test
African scientists have developed a reliable, quicker and cheaper mass testing method
Covid -19 and Children
Why a minority become gravely ill is still a mystery
Record high temperatures – in the Arctic
Siberia has seen 38 degrees Celsius, 100 degrees Fahrenheit
Covid -19 hope for severe cases
A readily available drug prevents some deaths, and others may also be useful
Food security, locusts and Covid -19
Efforts to eradicate locust swarms and save harvests continue despite the pandemic
The medical complexity of Covid -19
Understanding viral damage to the brain and heart
Brazil’s Covid chaos
The number of cases and deaths may be much higher than official figures show
Covid-19 vaccines
More than a hundred vaccines are in development to fight the virus
Loosening lockdown
Understanding which situations pose the highest risk for virus transmission is key.
Covid -19 new hope from blood tests
Research from New York shows how our own immune response is responding to Covid 19
Ebola drug offers hope for Covid-19
Early trials suggest Remdesivir can aid recovery
Presidents and pandemics
Why they don’t mix
Italy, getting Covid-19 under control
Tentative steps to relax the lockdown
Covid 19 - the threat to refugees
The impossibility of social distancing and even handwashing in crowded refugee camps
Covid 19 – The fightback in Africa begins
As cases spread in Nigeria, can lessons from Ebola counter covid 19?
The science of social distancing
Why staying home is the best defence against Covid -19
Covid -19, are you carrying the virus?
Research from Italy and China, shows many people have the coronavirus but no symptoms
Covid -19 how infectious is it really?
The pattern of transmission and prospects for drug treatments.
Australia’s fires - fuelled by climate change
Fires were at least 30% worse due to mankind’s influence on the climate.
Tracking coronavirus spread
More new cases of Covid-19 are now outside China than inside - how can we map the virus?
CoVid-19: Mapping the outbreak
A new public tool allows anyone to see where the virus is spreading
Coronavirus, prospects for treatment?
Could untried drugs developed for Ebola stop the virus?
Understanding the new coronavirus
Analysis of the impact of the new virus
New Coronavirus
What science can tell us about the emergence of a new virus in China
Mount Taal volcano
Why Mount Taal volcano near Manila produces so much ash and lightning
Australia’s extreme fire season
2019 was Australia’s hottest year on record, a major factor behind the continued bushfires
Adapting California
Living with the threat of fires and earthquakes.
Gaming climate change
Can a role-playing game improve climate negotiation outcomes?
Understanding the Anak Krakatau eruption
How a relative small volcanic eruption caused a tsunami
White Island volcano eruption
Why a small eruption on White Island was so dangerous
CRISPR babies scandal – more details
Evidence for a series of scientific and ethical errors have emerged
New malaria target
Molecular research opens the way to prevent antimalarial resistance
Politics and Amazonia’s fires
Satellite data shows this year’s Amazon fires have been the worst since 2010.
Australia burning
To what extent is ‘Bush fire weather’ influenced by climate change?
Climate in crisis
Inaction on climate change while the impact of air pollution is likened to smoking
Wildfires and winds in California
How dry land and high winds are fuelling fires in California
Is quantum supremacy ‘garbage’?
Has a new era of computing finally arrived or not, or is it both at the same time?
Malaria's origins and a potential new treatment
How malaria jumped from great apes to humans and why Antarctica may hold a new treatment
From batteries to distant worlds
Nobel Prize wins for a range of well-known discoveries
Drought likely to follow India’s floods
Despite extreme rainfall, climate scientists predict drought in India within months.
Global climate inaction
The latest climate report look like earlier ones, where is the call to action?
South East Asia choking - again
Why even staying indoors offers no escape from fires across the region
Embryoids from stem cells
Embryoids from stem cells; water vapour in atmosphere of rocky exoplanet;
New evidence of nuclear reactor explosion
An isotopic fingerprint is reported of a nuclear explosion in Russia last month
Nanotube computer says hello
A 16bit computer processor made of carbon nanotubes is unveiled to the world.
Amazonian fires likely to worsen
Is it going to be a particularly bad burning season for Brazil’s rainforest?
Cracking the case of the Krakatoa volcano collapse
Scientists investigate the precise physical events around last year’s lethal eruption.
Keeping tabs on nuclear weapons
Can science overcome the political impasse in nuclear proliferation policy?
The snowball effect of Arctic fires
The long term consequences of the intense burning across the region
The human danger – for sharks
A global appetite for shark meat and fins threatens these iconic predators
The moon landing and another big space anniversary
The comet Shoemaker – Levy 9 spectacularly crashed into Jupiter 25 years ago.
'Free' water and electricity for the world?
The solar panel which simultaneously produces electricity and purifies water
Analysing the European heatwave
An analysis of weather and climate variables shows global warming had a role
Is climate change driving Europe’s current heatwave?
Scientists are unpicking the influence of anthropogenic forces on this event as it happens
Iran’s nuclear plans
What the threat to increase stockpiles of uranium really means
South Asia heatwave and climate change
South Asia has experienced record temperatures, is this becoming the new normal?
US foetal tissue research ban
The Trump administration halts scientific research on tissue derived from human embryos