In Short

Social media campaigns in aid of charities and social causes can have a huge impact, if they last long enough to be...

Tiny sensor capable of transmitting information over a week from inside the body and powered by stomach acid has been...

Some viruses may benefit from being less aggressive in women than in men.

A chemical found in dogfish sharks blocks a protein from accumulating and damaging brain nerve cell membranes.

How are organisms in the Arctic coping with climate change?

First piece of evidence to suggest other mammals also benefit from bigger brains.

Dark energy's distribution in the night sky is being mapped...

Connie attends a live cheetah dissection, and finds out about the world's speediest cat.

500 year old clams have provided a unique window into how the climate has been changing.

A new antidote to carbon monoxide poisoning has been developed by scientists in America.

Certain levels of deforestation boosts the population of a disease-causing species.

2D materials, like Graphene, now have a new way of being produced.

People bullied in childhood have an increased risk of being overweight at age 18

The genetic mutations which allow Malaria to avoid drug treatment have been found.

How did a boy from Lincolnshire end up as a NASA astronaut?

How can we harness quantum physics to build new technologies?

Our Moon formed as the result of a massive collision and a fast spinning early Earth

A new way of bioengineering plants could provide us with super cheap chemical sensors.

Half of the Arctic sea ice area has been lost in the past 40 years - when will it be gone?

Are humans alone in the Universe? Graihagh jackson talked to three experts to find out

Sascha Drewlo reckons that a simple cervical smear could replace current prenatal tests.

White lies are widely accepted as an integral part of our everyday lives. And yet history

First fossilised dinosaur brain confirmed by scientists this week

Chris investigates why, since 2012, opiate deaths in England and Wales have doubled.