The Life Scientific

The COP30 climate summit is taking place in the Brazilian city of Belém, a gateway to the ... more

Imagine if you were listening to an opera or a Taylor Swift concert, and as the lights in ... more

Caroline Smith is passionate about space rocks, whether they’re samples collected from the... more

From humble beginnings in his native Sri Lanka, to a more than 40 year academic career at ... more

There are problems and tasks so hard and complicated that it would take today’s most power... more

In July 1545, King Henry VIII watched from Southsea Castle on England's south coast as his... more

"My ideas are often labelled as impossible, or useless, or both. Usually when people say t... more

Movies might have us believe that bomb disposal comes down to cutting the right wire. In f... more

Many people will be familiar with Parkinson’s disease: the progressive brain disorder that... more

How do you feel about snakes? What about highly venomous ones? For Mark O’Shea, close enco... more

There can't be many people in the world who've saved lives in hospital emergency rooms and... more

Chemical reactions are the backbone of modern society: the energy we use, the medicines we... more

Have you ever considered the lighter side of dark matter? Comedy has proved an unexpectedl... more

As a young man, traveling in Africa, Tim Coulson - now Professor of Zoology at the Univers... more

Claudia de Rham has rather an unusual relationship with gravity. While she has spent her ... more

When you think of Artificial Intelligence, does it inspire confidence, or concern? Althoug... more

A frozen, white world at the far-reaches of the globe, where you're surrounded by snow and... more

Welcome to a world where medicine meets politics: a space that brings together scientific ... more

Have you ever pondered the fact that the universe is expanding? And not only that, it's ex... more

How much information can you extract from a burnt fragment of human bone? Quite a lot, it... more

Surgeons often have to deal with the consequences of violent attacks - becoming all too fa... more

Doyne Farmer is something of a rebel. Back in the seventies, when he was a student, he wal... more

Elephants are the largest living land mammal and today our planet is home to three species... more

What does it take to earn the nickname, ‘The Leonardo da Vinci of heart surgery’? That's t... more

What's it like living underwater for two weeks? What's the trickiest part of training to b... more

As the famous frog once said, it's not easy being green. And when it comes to decarbonisin... more