#300The seed bank storing the planet’s futureAs biodiversity declines, locating and conserving the planet’s plant life is becoming more... moreYesterday16 MINS16:58Yesterday
#299Why is ‘chronic’ lyme disease so controversial?Celebrities including Bella Hadid, Justin Bieber and Miranda Hart have talked about their ... more16 Oct 202519 MINS19:5716 Oct 2025
#298Traitor or faithful: how to spot a liarThe Traitors has returned to UK screens with its biggest viewing figures ever as 19 celebr... more14 Oct 202515 MINS15:5114 Oct 2025
#297All the news and science from the 2025 Nobel prizesThis year’s Nobel prizes in chemistry, physics and physiology or medicine have celebrated ... more08 Oct 202520 MINS20:5508 Oct 2025
#296The real science of weight loss with the US’s leading nutritional scientistKevin Hall spent 21 years at the US National Institutes of Health and became known globall... more07 Oct 202521 MINS21:1707 Oct 2025
#295Remembering primatologist Jane GoodallThe renowned primatologist Jane Goodall has died aged 91. She will be remembered for her o... more02 Oct 202517 MINS17:0502 Oct 2025
#294Fraud, AI slop and huge profits: is science publishing broken?Scientists are warning that academic publishing needs urgent reform in order to retain tru... more02 Oct 202518 MINS18:2802 Oct 2025
#293Does a bit of booze really make us better at languages?The Ig Nobel prizes were awarded recently – for science that makes you laugh and then thin... more30 Sep 202513 MINS13:0730 Sep 2025
#292Fact-checking Trump’s autism announcementIn a televised press conference on Monday, Donald Trump and health secretary Robert F Kenn... more24 Sep 202520 MINS20:1824 Sep 2025
#291Is there hope on the horizon for patients with Alzheimer’s?A trial is under way to find out if a £100 blood test could transform the way that the NHS... more23 Sep 202514 MINS14:5223 Sep 2025
#290Is the US on the brink of a new era of political violence?The murder of political activist Charlie Kirk has prompted fears about rising levels of po... more18 Sep 202518 MINS18:2018 Sep 2025
#289Putin’s quest for longevityAt a recent ceremony for world leaders in Beijing, a hot mic picked up a surprising exchan... more16 Sep 202518 MINS18:4316 Sep 2025
#288Shrinking states: a positive future with fewer people?The fertility rate in England and Wales has fallen for the third year in a row – a trend m... more11 Sep 202516 MINS16:4411 Sep 2025
#287Shrinking states: are we on a path to depopulation?The fertility rate in England and Wales has fallen for the third year in a row. It is a st... more09 Sep 202519 MINS19:4309 Sep 2025
#286Is curiosity the key to ageing well?Psychologists have traditionally believed we become less curious as we age, but recent res... more04 Sep 202516 MINS16:0604 Sep 2025
#285RFK Jr and the chaos at the CDCIt’s been a dramatic week at the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In t... more02 Sep 202517 MINS17:4702 Sep 2025
#284‘AI psychosis’: could chatbots fuel delusional thinking?There are increasing reports of people experiencing delusions after intensive use of AI ch... more28 Aug 202516 MINS16:3428 Aug 2025
#283A decade long mystery - why were billions of starfish turned to goo?For more than a decade, scientists have been puzzling over what was causing billions of st... more26 Aug 202516 MINS16:2026 Aug 2025
#282Can science crack the mystery of ME?Scientists have found the first robust evidence that people’s genes affect their chances o... more21 Aug 202519 MINS19:0721 Aug 2025
#281Why can’t the world get its act together on plastics?After three years of negotiating, talks over a global plastics treaty came to an end in Ge... more19 Aug 202515 MINS15:5719 Aug 2025