The China Heatwave and the New Normal

The record-breaking heatwave in China and its connection to extreme weather elsewhere

• 55 mins

The genetics of human intelligence

A single gene mutation may have propelled a major leap in human brain development

• 62 mins

Science and the causes behind Pakistan’s floods

A new report demonstrates the impact of global warming on flooding in Pakistan.

• 57 mins

Should we mine the deep sea?

A new license for deep sea mining could change the way we harvest rare earth minerals.

• 53 mins

The final moments of DART

Reflections on NASA’s latest mission as it hits an asteroid 11 million km from earth

• 53 mins

Nobel Prize 2022: The science behind the winners

We meet the winners behind this week’s Nobel Prize announcements

• 57 mins

Inserting human neurons into the brains of rats

Fusing the brain of a human with a rat could offer insight into neurological disorders

• 58 mins

The most powerful explosion ever recorded

A celestial explosion has produced the brightest beam of light ever observed

• 53 mins

Seismic events on Mars

New data from Nasa reveals information on Mars’ origin and evolution.

• 54 mins

What peat can tell us about our future

Peat can offer us early alarm bells to climate change tipping points.

• 53 mins

Neurons that restore walking in paralysed patients

Neurons that restore walking in patients with spinal cord injuries have been identified.

• 68 mins

Online harassment of Covid scientists

Virologists studying Covid-19 have been subject to online threats.

• 61 mins

A distant planet’s atmosphere

A distant planet's atmosphere

• 55 mins

COVID spreads in China

COVID spreads in China

• 65 mins

Ancient warmth in Greenland

Climate change in the Arctic

• 62 mins

Fusion milestone

Fusion milestone - the science behind the headlines

• 68 mins

Mosquito pesticide failing

Mosquito pesticide failing

• 59 mins

The James Webb Space Telescope - the first 6 months

NASA's James Webb Telescope: science in the images

• 63 mins

One year on from the Tonga eruption

We take a look at everything we’ve learnt since the Tonga volcano erupted a year ago.

• 56 mins

Atmospheric rivers

The phenomenon driving California’s extreme weather

• 60 mins

Climate science activism

What happens when climate scientists take to the streets?

• 53 mins

Bird flu (H5N1) outbreak in mink

A review of the first mammal to mammal transmission of avian flu, observed in Spain

• 51 mins

Science on ice

The different forms of frozen water from ice made in labs to Jupiter’s icy moons

• 53 mins

Turkey-Syria earthquake

Turkey’s most powerful earthquake on record

• 53 mins

CRISPR & bioethics

He Jiankui refuses to talk about his controversial genome editing of twin babies in 2018.

• 55 mins

Cyclone Freddy batters Madagascar

Cyclone Freddy batters Madagascar and threatens Mozambique and South Africa.

• 64 mins

Drought worsens in East Africa

Why the long rains in East Africa are forecast to fail again.

• 59 mins

Human genome editing: Promise and Peril

What are the benefits and limitations of gene editing?

• 61 mins

Return of Cyclone Freddy

Record-breaking Cyclone Freddy devastates Mozambique for the second time in one month.

• 61 mins

Animals at the Wuhan Market

What does animal DNA from the Wuhan Market reveal about the start of the pandemic?

• 77 mins