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We can share images and sounds, so why not smells? Dr Kate McLean-MacKenzie hopes her new atlas will make scents Christmas may be associated with the aromas of oranges and mince pies but our towns...
Psychologists have typically believed that we become less curious as we age, but recent research has shown curiosity actually becomes more targeted and specific in our later years. In this episode...
Researchers share the easy ways to uncover moments of festive discovery, proving you don’t need a lab coat to experiment this Christmas Christmas may seem like a time for switching off and suspending...
Richard Fishacre used his knowledge of light and colour to argue against ‘fifth element’ theories of the day About 800 years ago, Richard Fishacre, a Dominican friar at the University of Oxford,...
Scientists working for government breed biological control agents in lab to take on species choking native wildlife Crayfish, weevils and fungi are being released into the environment in order to...
Biologist says specimen filmed by a Victorian fisher is ‘unusual’, but not a rare albino as some had wondered Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free...
South coast most likely to see snowflakes, though a full festive blanketing has been unlikely for decades now While ongoing showers might suggest this Christmas will be a washout, experts say a...
This is the latest in the relentless purge of climate researchers who refuse to be co-opted by the fossil fuel industry The Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin would no doubt have understood and even...
The year ahead in numbers UPDATE: Read the solutions here As we say goodbye to 2025, let’s delight in its numerical charms one final time. The year was unique this century as being a square number....
Cutting-edge therapies exist, but the market cannot deliver them cheaply. Britain must build NHS capacity so that cures become collective goods, not expensive products Just a small fraction of our...
Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock is a space scientist and science educator who has worked on a number of instruments that are revolutionising our view of the cosmos, including the James Webb Space...
We all know eating too much sugar is bad for our health – but would we be better off replacing it with artificial sweetener? It’s a question Science Weekly listener Marion posed recently and, as...
An early flu season, a new variant and poor takeup of vaccines leave the already vulnerable health service in a dangerous position Prof Devi Sridhar is chair of global public health at the University...
The Free Birth Society was selling pregnant women a simple message: they could exit the medical system and take back their power by free birthing. But Nicole Garrison believes FBS ideology nearly...
Three crew members left the International Space Station and landed back on Earth after 245 days in space. The cosmonaut and station commander, Sergey Ryzhikov, handed over a symbolic key to the Nasa...
The answer to today’s engineering challenge Earlier today I asked you to reinvent a component of the sixteenth century Dutch sawmill, which – according to a new book – was the world’s first...
You saw it here first UPDATE: Read the solution here There are many contenders for “world’s greatest invention.” The wheel. The printing press. The steam engine. According to a new book, however,...
Astrophysicist Prof Tomonori Totani says research could be crucial breakthrough in search for elusive substance Nearly a century ago, scientists proposed that a mysterious invisible substance they...
The “solution” to today’s puzzle Earlier today I set a puzzle which is extremely hard to answer if you are not a soap bubble. The four towns Continue reading...
Blue Origin successfully launches its huge New Glenn rocket on Thursday with a pair of Nasa spacecraft destined for Mars. It is only the second flight of the rocket that Jeff Bezos's company and Nasa...
The largest supermoon of the year, the so-called ‘beaver’ moon on Wednesday 4 November, was the biggest and brightest of 2025, just 357,000km from Earth Watch November’s ‘beaver’ supermoon rising...