Perseverance approaches Mars

How Perseverance will land on Mars

• 33 mins

Weird weather

Why is there snow in Texas?

• 32 mins

Waste not, want not

Novel recycling to make new products

• 30 mins

Uncovering history with Little Foot's skull

Neanderthal hearing, CO2 emissions in 2020, the Brazilian variant and scanning Little Foot

• 26 mins

A shooting star parked on your driveway

A rare type of meteorite lands next to a rural UK house, and is now in professional hands

• 34 mins

International science at sea

International research collaborations feel the pinch of UK cap on development spending

• 34 mins

Science on the side of a new volcano

Fagradalsfjall, hints of leptoquark, and the 2020 rise of the preprint

• 41 mins

Post-Covid outcomes after release from hospital

A third of people hospitalised for covid are readmitted sometime after discharge.

• 36 mins

On the trail of rare blood clots

Scientists in the EU and the UK are looking out for rare blood clots in vaccinated people.

• 33 mins

Rolling out the vaccines faster

Can more money speed up rollout?

• 45 mins

Exponential increase in Indian covid cases

What’s behind the soaring numbers?

• 47 mins

Melting glaciers, warming coffee and a Dragonfly on Titan

Melting glaciers, warming coffee and a Dragonfly on Titan.

• 37 mins

Africa’s oldest burial

A fossilised child reveals an ancient caring society

• 28 mins

Covid and clean air

How improving indoor air quality can prevent illness from many viruses

• 31 mins

Robot revolution

The robot arm that comes with feelings

• 36 mins

Nyiragongo eruption

Understanding the world’s "most dangerous volcano"

• 27 mins

Zoonotic hotspots and where to find them

Researchers map where the riskiest areas are for viruses to jump from bats into humans.

• 35 mins

Evolving viral variant trickery

Researchers describe mechanisms by which the virus variants are tricking our cells.

• 32 mins

Doubling Earth’s energy imbalance

Nasa scientists find a doubling of our planet’s net solar energy absorption in 15 years

• 37 mins

Tales of unexpected DNA data

A virologist uncovers more dots to join in the hunt for Covid’s origins.

• 40 mins

Insects in incredible detail

New technology gives intricate 3D scans of insects

• 33 mins

Human induced climate change heats up fast

The record-breaking recent Pacific North-West heatwave is attributable to humans.

• 34 mins

Science when the funding dries up

The UK Government’s cap on Official Development Aid, and its consequences for science.

• 31 mins

Your molecular machinery, now in 3D

DeepMind publishes 350,000 of the structures which make all living things tick.

• 34 mins

The earliest traces of animal life on earth.

Do rocks found in Canada show animal life 350 million years older than any found before?

• 35 mins

Record-shattering weather

Why we should expect more sudden extreme temperatures

• 30 mins

Methane: A climate solution?

Can reductions in this potent greenhouse gas help keep global temperature rises down?

• 28 mins

Seismic citizen science in Hispaniola

Is there more to come from the Haitian earthquake fault system?

• 38 mins

World’s first DNA Covid vaccine

Authorities in India approve a new type of needle-free triple-dose vaccine

• 37 mins

Hurricane season intensifies

Climate change increases the havoc caused by Hurricane Ida across parts of the US.

• 31 mins