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US foetal tissue research ban

The Trump administration halts scientific research on tissue derived from human embryos

• 34 mins

South Asia heatwave and climate change

South Asia has experienced record temperatures, is this becoming the new normal?

• 29 mins

Iran鈥檚 nuclear plans

What the threat to increase stockpiles of uranium really means

• 27 mins

Is climate change driving Europe鈥檚 current heatwave?

Scientists are unpicking the influence of anthropogenic forces on this event as it happens

• 28 mins

Analysing the European heatwave

An analysis of weather and climate variables shows global warming had a role

• 28 mins

'Free' water and electricity for the world?

The solar panel which simultaneously produces electricity and purifies water

• 29 mins

The moon landing and another big space anniversary

The comet Shoemaker 鈥� Levy 9 spectacularly crashed into Jupiter 25 years ago.

• 29 mins

The human danger 鈥� for sharks

A global appetite for shark meat and fins threatens these iconic predators

• 30 mins

The snowball effect of Arctic fires

The long term consequences of the intense burning across the region

• 26 mins

Keeping tabs on nuclear weapons

Can science overcome the political impasse in nuclear proliferation policy?

• 26 mins

Cracking the case of the Krakatoa volcano collapse

Scientists investigate the precise physical events around last year鈥檚 lethal eruption.

• 33 mins

Amazonian fires likely to worsen

Is it going to be a particularly bad burning season for Brazil鈥檚 rainforest?

• 29 mins

Nanotube computer says hello

A 16bit computer processor made of carbon nanotubes is unveiled to the world.

• 26 mins

New evidence of nuclear reactor explosion

An isotopic fingerprint is reported of a nuclear explosion in Russia last month

• 34 mins

Embryoids from stem cells

Embryoids from stem cells; water vapour in atmosphere of rocky exoplanet;

• 26 mins

South East Asia choking - again

Why even staying indoors offers no escape from fires across the region

• 30 mins

Global climate inaction

The latest climate report look like earlier ones, where is the call to action?

• 30 mins

Drought likely to follow India鈥檚 floods

Despite extreme rainfall, climate scientists predict drought in India within months.

• 30 mins

From batteries to distant worlds

Nobel Prize wins for a range of well-known discoveries

• 29 mins

Malaria's origins and a potential new treatment

How malaria jumped from great apes to humans and why Antarctica may hold a new treatment

• 29 mins

Is quantum supremacy 鈥榞arbage鈥�?

Has a new era of computing finally arrived or not, or is it both at the same time?

• 37 mins

Wildfires and winds in California

How dry land and high winds are fuelling fires in California

• 26 mins

Climate in crisis

Inaction on climate change while the impact of air pollution is likened to smoking

• 29 mins

Australia burning

To what extent is 鈥楤ush fire weather鈥� influenced by climate change?

• 29 mins

Politics and Amazonia鈥檚 fires

Satellite data shows this year鈥檚 Amazon fires have been the worst since 2010.

• 27 mins

New malaria target

Molecular research opens the way to prevent antimalarial resistance

• 29 mins

CRISPR babies scandal 鈥� more details

Evidence for a series of scientific and ethical errors have emerged

• 35 mins

White Island volcano eruption

Why a small eruption on White Island was so dangerous

• 26 mins

Understanding the Anak Krakatau eruption

How a relative small volcanic eruption caused a tsunami

• 26 mins

Gaming climate change

Can a role-playing game improve climate negotiation outcomes?

• 26 mins