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Fusion power by 2040?

Today, we're asking whether UK science minister George Freeman's ambition of an operational...

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Gene therapy saves baby from fatal condition

In the news this week, a UK toddler with a rare genetic disease is saved by gene therapy: we...

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A Bird Flu Pandemic Hovering on the Horizon

With over a billion birds dead and signs that the influenza virus is now spreading among...

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Turkey's earthquake and China's balloon

As Turkey battles against the clock to find survivors of the recent Earthquake there, we look at...

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Cheaper food from fewer fertilisers

Scientists and governments are working together to turn farming, one of the foremost causes of...

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Transplanting brain cells & the Big Birdwatch

Brain implants grown in a lab wire themselves into the nervous system. Artificial intelligence...

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Satellites: forging metal and finding cholera

Much of our daily lives is made possible by the placement of objects orbiting our planet. From...

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Plastic-eating bugs & paying you to power off

The plan to pay people to dial down their electricity use, the bacteria eating plastic in the...

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ChatGPT: The chatbot changing how we work

We first chatted ChatGPT last month, and have since been keeping an eye on the incredible ways...

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Lasers lure lightning and carbon computing

How hair follicles might hold the key to reversing scars, but not just in skin: in hearts and...

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Dry January: is giving up booze beneficial?

It's that time of the year where we traditionally make - and usually break - resolutions to eat...

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Shouting dolphins and failed rocket launches

The artificial pancreas to turnaround diabetes control, what went wrong with the UK's first space...

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Q&A: How to avoid being squashed by a whale

How stars burn for billions of years. Can Rishi Sunak turn us into a nation of mathematicians?...

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The best of 2022!

We're looking back at 2022, a remarkable year for many reasons. Whilst it is easy to be consumed...

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A deep dive into oceanography

We're taking a look at our planet's oceans, and seeing how and where the important work into...

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Tumours and tectonics: magnets making a mark

This week we've found ourselves attracted by the topic of magnetism; it's what makes it possible...

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AI passes Turing Test, and new drug for Covid

In the news, the old liver drug that turns out to be able to prevent Covid-19 infection, the...

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8 billion: an overpopulation crisis?

Last month, we were told, the 8 billionth person was added to Earth's human population. But...

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New Alzheimer's treatment, and mussel memory

A new Alzheimer's drug shows some promise in trials, but are the risks from side effects worth...

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Personality testing: no wrong answers?

If you've recently applied for a job, you may have been asked to fill out a personality test....

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