Science Weekly

In this episode from January 2026, Ian Sample puts listeners’ questions about dreams and n... more

Science correspondent Nicola Davis investigates the strange story of Tam O’Braan and his a... more

Science correspondent Nicola Davis investigates the strange story of Tam O’Braan and his a... more

Science correspondent Nicola Davis investigates the strange story of Tam O’Braan and his a... more

The first person has been treated with a highly anticipated new gene therapy that aims to ... more

Scientists often talk about the importance of flora and fauna to the health of our planet,... more

Men’s average testosterone levels have halved over the past 50 years, according to scienti... more

In the last 50 years, Britain has lost an astonishing 73 million wild birds from its lands... more

Researchers claim they are closer to creating life from nothing after building tiny, quive... more

The Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool in Washington DC has hardly been out of the news sinc... more

How much do our genes determine about our lives, and could they influence traits like risk... more

Met Office forecasters have issued a rare red weather warning for England, with temperatur... more

Sea ice is melting fast and worsening the climate crisis. But what if there were a way to ... more

The UK prime minister, Keir Starmer, has announced a social media ban for under-16s, as pa... more

A daily pill can double survival time in patients with the world’s deadliest cancer, accor... more

While many dinosaurs were wiped out when a colossal asteroid struck Earth 66m years ago, o... more

It’s just a week until the first whistle of the 2026 World Cup. To mark the occasion, Made... more

Humans have been wondering why we sleep for thousands of years. Is sleep’s purpose rest an... more

Last month at Beijing’s half marathon, a robot named Lightning beat the human world record... more