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20 of 335 episodesCoral extinctions and chalky unknowns
As two species of coral are killed off by the 2023 heatwave in the Florida reefs, the abilities of different plankton species to cope with r...
Paris agreement impacts and drought realities
Ten years on from the Paris climate agreement, has it helped? Also, an international drought experiment, insights from 2D water, and social...
Old faces and big spaces in small places
The 2025 Nobel prizes are announced this week – how did Science in Action’s predictions fare? Science author and thinker Philip Ball judges....
A mystery satellite has been jamming GPS in Europe
Scientists detect for the first time an unknown source of GPS interference coming from space. Also, as AI begins to design more and more DNA...
Autism and the epigenetics of early brain development
Epigenetic changes during early brain development, and the complexities of autism. Also, how bacteria learn to parry antibiotics, the subter...
Stephen Hawking gets it right again
Gravitational waves show two black holes merge just how Hawking predicted. Plus, a space mission without a target. And a Space probe without...
Asteroids, comets and where to find them
Scientists’ latest plans for welcoming interstellar visitor 3I/Atlas next month, and arranging a rendezvous with comet Apophis in 2029, as h...
Why is Afghanistan so vulnerable to earthquakes?
Despite the relatively low magnitude, earthquakes in Afghanistan this week have left more than1000 dead. Afghan researcher Zakeria Shnizai f...
How Fear Spreads
What can modern epidemiological methods tell us about French Revolutionary history? Also, the origins of horse riding, solar systems, and st...
Not cold fusion all over again
A desktop nuclear fusion reactor that uses electrochemistry to up the ante. Also, a global survey of human wildfire exposures finds Africa b...
Vaccine study retraction request rejected
US Health Secretary RFK Jr’s call to retract a study on childhood vaccines is resisted by the journal. Also antibiotics get designed by AI,...
An end to allergic reactions?
As the United States secretary of health and human services, Robert F Kennedy Jr., announces a $500 million cut to mRNA vaccine research in...
Getting ahead of tsunamis
After most of the population of the Pacific rim sought higher ground this week, we speak with the architect of the tsunami warning technolog...
Discovering Betelgeuse’s Betelbuddy
Have we found Betelgeuse’s ‘Betelbuddy?’ An astronomical mystery seems to be solved as the long-predicted stellar companion to the bright st...
Biggest black hole merger observed
Two black holes have collided and combined in the largest merger yet observed. Mark Hannam of Cardiff University and member of the study exp...
Tracking ocean circulation systems
The European Space Agency plans to use satellite gravity data to track weakening ocean circulation systems. Rory Bingham of the University o...
Bird flu surges in Cambodia
There's a surge in cases and deaths from H5N1 bird flu in Cambodia - we hear what's the driver and how concerned we should be. Erik Karlsson...
Vera C. Rubin Observatory first images
A spectacular new 10-year telescopic survey of the universe gets underway in Chile. Also, a project to create human chromosomes completely s...
Half a universe once lost now found
The universe is thought to consist of 70% Dark Energy, 25% Dark Matter, and just 5% Baryonic matter which is the atoms that make up you and...
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