Science Features

How much do we understand chronic pain?

You don’t need to be naked, but the science does…

What’s the most urgent action we need to take in 2020?

Avalanches are deadly dangerous, but there are ways to avoid them...

You are free to choose what you eat, but you are not free of the consequences

CRISPR provides hope for sickle cell treatment...

Why bogs may be key to fighting climate change...

What do you get when you sample a fish tank for DNA?

Could transparent wood be the building material of the future?

Zeroing in on baby exoplanets could reveal how they form...

This is the first question I get whenever I mention what I’ve been up to for the past two months...

What it is inclusive design, why do we need it, and how can it make computers more accessible?

Professor Guillermo Rein tells Horizon why smouldering peatland fires are so dangerous...

The team get inside the industry, and hear about and test-drive the latest top video games releases...

Electrical stimulation may help people overcome freezing episodes in Parkinson's Disease patients...

What rock concerts can teach us about the way materials can bend and stretch...

Why people’s misperceptions about climate change, vaccinations are so hard to shake...

Data science; a profession, a discipline? But what actually is it

Planning to get in shape with a diet? Research suggests this can actually make matters worse...

Does nature resort to the same tactics used by plant breeders?

People raised in cities, with less animal contact and a narrow range of microbial exposures, are more prone to health...

Scientists speed up the evolution of yeast to create tastier and healthier alcohol

Measuring which microorganisms are in a person’s gut and how they influence overall health is now a reality...

Antibiotic resistance: How did we get here?