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Could coal shut-down mark new era for energy?
What difference will closure of the UK’s last coal-fired power station make?
Should we bring back extinct animals?
A US company claims it will bring back a woolly mammoth by 2028 – how and why?
Are our carbon sinks failing?
What’s happening to our carbon sinks?
Whatever happened to graphene?
Twenty years on from the discovery of wonder material graphene, is it changing the world?
Spooky Science
It’s our Halloween special, featuring blood-sucking leeches, the undead and pumpkin waste.
COP29: Are climate summits working?
What is the point of UN climate conferences, and are they really doing enough?
Nuclear medicine shortages and Jane Goodall on COP29
What are medical isotopes and why are we short of them? And we chat to Jane Goodall.
The climate cost of war
What is the climate impact of conflicts around the world?
Is flood forecasting failing?
We find out how flooding is forecast – and ask what went wrong in the recent UK floods.
Fact-checking the Bovaer backlash
How is cow feed additive Bovaer tackling methane from burpy cows – and is it safe?
The rising threat of bird flu
How close is a bird flu pandemic? We explore a year of changes in this concerning virus.
The Year in Science
What were 2024’s biggest science moments?
Board Game Science
This festive season we unravel the science of games - and, of course, play some ourselves.
The Science of Laughter
A presenter, a comedian and a neuroscientist walk into a tent in Wales...
Science in 2025
What will happen in science this year?
UK AI & science-optimised pasta
The positives and pitfalls of AI in medicine and a pasta recipe with added physics.
Next-gen batteries and 'dark oxygen'
Is it time to replace the little chemical factories in our pockets with something better?
Is 1.5 still alive?
And new clues about how life on Earth began from a dusty old space rock.
The World’s Biggest Iceberg
And what does locking up a load of radioactive waste have in common with baking a cake?
US science in chaos
The United States is the world’s science superpower. But is their role under threat?
Biotech Risks and Asteroid Anxiety
An asteroid is heading in our direction. Will it hit us in 2032?
AI in Science: Promise and Peril
Google has launched a new AI tool called Co-Scientist. How good is it?
Better Than Gold: Critical Minerals
Inside Science unearths everything you need to know about these precious resources.
Are boys doing better than girls at maths and science?
...and what happens to the body when you spend a year in space?
Wild birds in crisis
And after two Nasa astronauts were finally brought home, we ask why SpaceX stole the show.
Is everything we know about the universe wrong?
How a ‘dark energy’ experiment could upend Einstein's theory of the universe.
Is this finally the moment for UK tidal power?
A tidal lagoon should be created in the Severn Estuary according to a new report.
How can science help us fight wildfires?
In the past few days, UK firefighters have been tackling wildfires across the UK.
Answers to Your Science Questions
Translating noisy geese to time travel across the universe.
What would cuts to Nasa mean for space science?
Reaction to White House proposals to cut funding for Nasa and a future asteroid fly past
How vulnerable is our power supply?
Massive power cuts brought parts of Spain, Portugal and to a standstill this week.
