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The seed bank storing the planet’s future
Oct 21, 2025As biodiversity declines, locating and conserving the planet’s plant life is becoming more important. The Millennium seed bank in Wakehurst, West Sussex, has been doing just that for 25 years, collect...
Why is ‘chronic’ lyme disease so controversial?
Oct 16, 2025Celebrities including Bella Hadid, Justin Bieber and Miranda Hart have talked about their years-long struggles with the effects of Lyme disease, but despite rising rates and better awareness, the illn...
Traitor or faithful: how to spot a liar
Oct 14, 2025The Traitors has returned to UK screens with its biggest viewing figures ever as 19 celebrities compete to be crowned the winner. The game depends on being able to accurately spot a liar, but are any ...
All the news and science from the 2025 Nobel prizes
Oct 08, 2025This year’s Nobel prizes in chemistry, physics and physiology or medicine have celebrated work that paves the way for the next generation of quantum technology, the creation of porous materials that h...
The real science of weight loss with the US’s leading nutritional scientist
Oct 07, 2025Kevin Hall spent 21 years at the US National Institutes of Health and became known globally for his pioneering work on ultra-processed foods. In April he unexpectedly took early retirement, citing cen...
Remembering primatologist Jane Goodall
Oct 02, 2025The renowned primatologist Jane Goodall has died aged 91. She will be remembered for her observations that revolutionised our understanding of chimpanzees, as well as her tireless environmental advoca...
Fraud, AI slop and huge profits: is science publishing broken?
Oct 02, 2025Scientists are warning that academic publishing needs urgent reform in order to retain trust in the research system. Ian Sample tells Madeleine Finlay what has gone so wrong, and Dr Mark Hanson of the...
Does a bit of booze really make us better at languages?
Sep 30, 2025The Ig Nobel prizes were awarded recently – for science that makes you laugh and then think – and the peace prize was given to a cheeky study testing the link between alcohol and language proficiency....
Fact-checking Trump’s autism announcement
Sep 24, 2025In a televised press conference on Monday, Donald Trump and health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr made a series of unproven claims about autism and its links to paracetamol use in pregnant women, and a...
Is there hope on the horizon for patients with Alzheimer’s?
Sep 23, 2025A trial is under way to find out if a £100 blood test could transform the way that the NHS diagnoses Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s is the leading cause of dementia and diagnosis is currently costly...