BBC Inside Science

Why do we laugh more when we’re with others? Are humans the only animals that laugh? Does ... more

It’s that time of the year when many of us are at home with friends and family, losing tra... more

We look back on 2024 in science, from billionaires in space, to record-breaking heat here ... more

More species infected than ever, an uptick in human cases, and some concerning biological ... more

Some social media users have been pouring milk down the drain and chucking their butter in... more

The south Wales town of Pontypridd saw cars submerged, people bailing floodwater out of th... more

As conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine continue to dominate the news, many Inside Sci... more

A shortage of medical isotopes used to detect cancer has experts concerned that the shortf... more

This year is set to be the world’s hottest on record, likely shattering the aspiration to ... more

It’s our Halloween special from a rain-soaked Jodrell Bank in Cheshire. We find out what ... more

Twenty years ago this week two physicists at the University of Manchester published a grou... more

The Earth’s natural carbon sinks absorb half of our pollution. But now, they appear to be ... more

A woolly mammoth by 2028. That’s the bold claim from US company Colossal Biosciences, who ... more

“That’s the end of coal in the UK for electricity.” The UK’s last coal-fired power statio... more

The images beamed back to Earth of the first civilian spacewalk have prompted a very perti... more

Lab-grown meat, cultivated meat, cultured meat, in-vitro meat - whatever you call it, the ... more

Today incredible images were beamed around the world of civilians walking in space – for t... more

As the long-awaited final report into Grenfell Tower is made public, we look at the claddi... more

The Royal Society recently announced the shortlist for their annual Science Book Prize – a... more

We try some cricket tacos and ask what role insects might play in our future diets, in a s... more

The Ealing Beaver Project has found success as two new beaver kits have been born in a par... more

Today we will be going for gold in more ways than one. Inga Doak, the Head of Sustainabil... more

Space junk. It might sound like an out-of-this-world problem that we don’t need to worry ... more