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Stateside with Kai and Carter: why the fight over abortion pills is only just beginning
May 23, 2026The US supreme court has preserved nationwide access to mail-order abortion pills – for now. As Carter Sherman explains, the fight to protect this medication is far from over, as a nationwide, near-to...
Can a name change transform PCOS outcomes for women?
May 21, 2026After more than a decade of global consultation, polycystic ovary syndrome – which affects as many as one in eight women – has been renamed. The condition is caused by high levels of androgens, which ...
Ebola: how does it spread and can the outbreak be contained?
May 18, 2026An outbreak of Ebola has emerged in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, leading to nearly 400 confirmed cases and more than 100 deaths. To find out how the outbreak might have begun, what aut...
Stateside with Kai and Carter: Stacey Abrams on why gutting of the US Voting Rights Act is ‘evil’
May 16, 2026The US supreme court dealt a devastating blow to the 1965 Voting Rights Act when it ruled in Louisiana v Callais in April that states cannot consider race in redistricting. Southern states from Tennes...
Hantavirus update, Pentagon’s UFO files, can art slow biological ageing?
May 14, 2026Madeleine Finlay sits down with co-host and science editor Ian Sample to discuss three eyecatching stories from the week, including an update on hantavirus. Also on the agenda is the Pentagon’s releas...
Strange trip: why Trump is backing psychedelics
May 12, 2026Last month President Trump signed an executive order designed to fast track both research and access to psychedelic drugs as treatments for mental health illnesses. The most prominent in the order was...
100 years on Earth: celebrating David Attenborough’s birthday
May 07, 2026To celebrate Sir David Attenborough’s centenary, Madeleine Finlay catches up with natural history writer Patrick Barkham, who has met the celebrated presenter. They explore how the natural world has c...
Hantavirus explained: how does it spread and who is most at risk?
May 05, 2026Three people have died after an outbreak of hantavirus onboard a cruise ship travelling from Argentina to Cape Verde. The World Health Organization says a total of seven cases – two confirmed by labor...
‘Historic breakthrough’: could the fossil fuel era be coming to an end?
May 05, 2026The transition towards renewable energy received a boost last week when representatives from 57 countries met in Santa Marta, Colombia, for a world-first climate meeting aimed at bringing the fossil f...
Sub-two-hour marathon, spooky houses explained and why is UK health in decline?
Apr 30, 2026Madeleine Finlay sits down with co-host and Guardian science editor Ian Sample to talk through three eye-catching stories from the week, including the news that the number of years people in the UK ar...