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29 January 2020
Scientists unveil to new strategies to rid the body of HIV...
28 January 2020
We're celebrating a great Scottish holiday - with science! Haggis, history, ceilidhs and more...
27 January 2020
When will the Earth's magnetic field next flip? Will it cause problems for our technology?
25 January 2020
Why did the genome-sequencing Institute face allegations of ethical misconduct?
24 January 2020
Weather forecasters are big fans of the wind measurement data coming from the Aeolus satellite...
24 January 2020
Why do propellers seem to change speed? Why does men's hair recede? And news about the virus in China.
21 January 2020
Why does so much good food end up in the bin?
21 January 2020
A breakthrough in motor neuron disease shows how different forms might have the same underlying cause...
21 January 2020
We hear what Doug Cockle to find out what he thinks of the latest Netflix TV show...
21 January 2020
More people than ever are playing the Witcher 3 because of the release of the new Netflix series!
20 January 2020
The immune system is supposed to hunt down invaders - why doesn't sperm get the same treatment?
20 January 2020
What is it like to step down from antidepressant drugs?
19 January 2020
According to creationists, the world and human beings were created in six 24-hour days about 6000 years ago...
17 January 2020
What is ice nucleation? Is phlegm safe to swallow? And what's the ideal healthy human diet?
15 January 2020
Cigarette consumption is dropping, but so is people's desire to quit...
14 January 2020
We look at the science in origami, and the origami in science...
14 January 2020
Are we playing God, or ridding the world of disease, creating a super race, or laying bare our deepest human nature?
13 January 2020
We got a Christmas present: a small tube of dead flies. Can DNA crack the case?
13 January 2020
Why is my phone signal sometimes good, and sometimes bad, in the same place?
12 January 2020
Do you also find it difficult to control what you eat? Scientists have made bacteria not need food at all...
10 January 2020
Shuttle astronaut Mike Mullane recounts stories of space sexism, toilets, and M'n'Ms...
10 January 2020
Will a stroll benefit my waistline; do just humans get prostate cancer, and can bacteria digest plastic?
07 January 2020
Our panel of experts tackles your questions! From electric cars, to ozone holes, to dinosaur DNA...
03 January 2020
For the first time, scientists have found evidence of a giant, Neptune-size planet orbiting a white dwarf star