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This Week in Science history saw, in 1871, the publication of The Descent of Man by Charles Darwin – perhaps not as...

We're celebrating the International Year of Astronomy - 400 years since Galileo first made his astronomical...

After Dave had built a rudimentary telescope from a pair of magnifying lenses, we asked Dr Carolin Crawford for her...

New evidence from an old cave could cast light on how our ancestors lived 2 million years ago, as Meera Senthilingam...

Understanding the origins of HIV will not only help us to find ways to treat the disease itself, but can also help us...

In a box hidden in a corner of the lab belonging to the late Stanley Miller was an experiment which could explain the...

We were proud to receive the Best Radio Show Award at this year's Global Media Awards - Jennie Wetter explains...

As part of a trip to the Naked Cafe on Solana Beach, we met Hans Paar to discuss the birth of the universe...

Analysis of DNA and early remains can reveal the hunting techniques of our ancestors.

Can the bodies buried at stonehenge reveal what happened there?

Find out the fate of the Nazca Line creators.

In place of this week's Kitchen Science experiment, Ben attended a National Pathology Week event run by the Royal...

We were joined by Professor Adrian Newland, president of the Royal College of Pathologists, who explained what the role...

我们的Kat Arney溜previe对待我们w of the new album, 'In the City of Dreadful Night',...

今年的BA科学节在利物浦举行- the European City of Culture. Lord Robert Winston explains why a...

Carl Djerassi was one of the team behind the contraceptive pill developed in 1951, but now, he's critically...

What is imagination, and what's it for? We find out how imagination lets us learn from mistakes we've never...

It's easy to dismiss bigfoot hunters as crackpots, inhabiting the 'lunatic fringe' of science - but,...

Superheroes of Science is an experimental concept album, where each track is based on the life and work of a different...

We’ve seen the news stories in previous Olympic tournaments where athletes have been caught using performance enhancing...

How are sport officials cracking down on athletes using the wide range of drugs available to boost their performance,...

Most of us have heard the tales of ancient Greece and the majority of the time we just think of these tales as another...

Here's a question: The universe is a big place and if you only have a small number of telescopes with which to...

The Cambridge Science Festival lasts just two weeks, with a lot of the action compressed into a very busy weekend, but...