What can Steller's sea cows teach us about oxygen delivery at low temperatures, and...
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Developing babies learning to cry, brain structures that underpin speech proficiency, and the power of the preprint...
Covid has slowed progress in fighting TB. So what options are scientists weighing up?
We reflect on the secular and the religious approaches to mental ill health and find that they are not mutually...
Plus, birdsong proven to reduce anxiety and the new, cheaper carbon capture material...
How scientists are using knowledge of the human body's circadian rhythms to better our health...
The Slave Trade was abolished in 1807, but modern slavery still blights society...
Stuart Roosa, Moon Trees and the UAE mission to Mars...
Plus, New health study enlists 5 million Brits, and amphipods show signs of deep sea evolution...
A trip around the circular economy, inspired by the SEEMONSTER installation at Weston-Super-Mare
And can a team of cyclists solve the looming energy crisis
We all face death, and this sense of an ending is expressed in religion and art. Does science provide a more comforting...
A lack of interaction and exploration due to the pandemic means some infants are behind on social development
In the news, how much fishing line is sat at the bottom of our oceans, and can bacteria make tumours worse?
Chris chats to Scummy Mummies podcaster, comedian, writer and gamer Ellie Gibson.
Are reawakening, dormant viruses to blame? And what's the prognosis for the one person in twenty left feeling low...
Hatred is a powerful human emotion. It can motivate individuals and nations, sometimes with tragic consequences...
Plus, spotting dementia early and plastic eating worms...
What does anaesthetic do? and why don’t the colour stripes in toothpaste mix?
Or is shale destined to fail?
Plus the rest of this week's news...
Would fireworks work on Mars? And what do steroids do to the body?
Chris and James take on the Trieste Next science festival, and find out about some of the research going on.
How do you design a space settlement government without it descending into tyranny?
A non-invasive ultrasound technique to gauge breast tissue density could improve cancer pick-up rates...