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11 November 2022

How red blood cells can be grown from stem cells, and how will we commuincate with aliens?

11 November 2022

How bad are space missions for the environment here on earth? Why are we attracted to certain tastes?

11 November 2022

Developing babies learning to cry, brain structures that underpin speech proficiency, and the power of the preprint...

2022年11月08

Covid has slowed progress in fighting TB. So what options are scientists weighing up?

06 November 2022

We reflect on the secular and the religious approaches to mental ill health and find that they are not mutually...

04 November 2022

Plus, birdsong proven to reduce anxiety and the new, cheaper carbon capture material...

01 November 2022

How scientists are using knowledge of the human body's circadian rhythms to better our health...

30 October 2022

The Slave Trade was abolished in 1807, but modern slavery still blights society...

30 October 2022

Stuart Roosa, Moon Trees and the UAE mission to Mars...

28 October 2022

Plus, New health study enlists 5 million Brits, and amphipods show signs of deep sea evolution...

25 October 2022

A trip around the circular economy, inspired by the SEEMONSTER installation at Weston-Super-Mare

25 October 2022

And can a team of cyclists solve the looming energy crisis

23 October 2022

We all face death, and this sense of an ending is expressed in religion and art. Does science provide a more comforting...

21 October 2022

A lack of interaction and exploration due to the pandemic means some infants are behind on social development

21 October 2022

In the news, how much fishing line is sat at the bottom of our oceans, and can bacteria make tumours worse?

21 October 2022

Chris chats to Scummy Mummies podcaster, comedian, writer and gamer Ellie Gibson.

18 October 2022

Are reawakening, dormant viruses to blame? And what's the prognosis for the one person in twenty left feeling low...

16 October 2022

Hatred is a powerful human emotion. It can motivate individuals and nations, sometimes with tragic consequences...

14 October 2022

Plus, spotting dementia early and plastic eating worms...

14 October 2022

What does anaesthetic do? and why don’t the colour stripes in toothpaste mix?

07 October 2022

Plus the rest of this week's news...

07 October 2022

Would fireworks work on Mars? And what do steroids do to the body?

04 October 2022

Chris and James take on the Trieste Next science festival, and find out about some of the research going on.