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Two black holes collide, lab-grown organs, world’s first climate visa
Jul 17, 2025Madeleine Finlay is joined by Ian Sample to discuss three intriguing science and environment stories. From a breakthrough in the quest to create organs in the lab to a world-first climate visa that wi...
Why are parents using melatonin to help their kids sleep?
Jul 15, 2025Guardian feature writer Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett recently wrote about the growing cohort of parents whose children are on the waiting list for an autism or ADHD diagnosis, and are turning to the interne...
Texas floods and forecasting cuts: a sign of things to come?
Jul 09, 2025In the days since the deadly floods in the Texas Hill Country, speculation has grown about whether cuts to US weather agencies may have contributed to the the number of casualties. Ian Sample talks to...
What are microplastics doing to our health?
Jul 08, 2025The actor Orlando Bloom recently posted a photo of himself undergoing a £10,000 procedure at a London clinic that claims to remove microplastics, forever chemicals and herbicides from the blood. But h...
Why British women are freezing their eggs abroad
Jul 03, 2025The number of women choosing to freeze their eggs has increased sharply, according to figures from the UK’s Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA). The number deciding to embark on the pr...
What does it take to make a nuclear weapon?
Jul 01, 2025In an interview last weekend, Iran’s ambassador to the UN said his country’s nuclear enrichment ‘will never stop’ because it is permitted for ‘peaceful energy’ purposes. It is the latest development i...
‘Huge advances in cancer and rare diseases’: 25 years of the human genome
Jun 26, 2025It has been 25 years since Bill Clinton announced one of humanity’s most important scientific achievements: the first draft of the human genome. At the time, there was a great deal of excitement about...
Can a revolutionary new telescope solve the mystery of planet nine?
Jun 24, 2025Ever since Pluto was demoted from planet to dwarf planet in 2006, astronomers have been wondering whether Neptune really is the most distant planet from the sun. Now, a new telescope could uncover wha...
Do medicinal mushroom products actually work?
Jun 19, 2025More of us are turning to products containing mushroom extracts, with the medicinal fungi market now worth billions of pounds. Promises of benefits to mental and physical health have seen its populari...
Does the UK need nuclear to reach net zero?
Jun 17, 2025The chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has promised £14bn of investment to build the Sizewell C nuclear power plant, kicking off what the energy secretary, Ed Miliband, says will be a ‘golden age for clean en...