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Why are we still waiting for a male contraceptive pill?
Despite research into a male contraceptive pill starting around the same time as its female...
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What happens now bird flu has reached the Antarctic?
The moment scientists had been dreading arrived late last year, when H5N1, or bird flu, was found...
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A fasting prime minister and a mind-reading billionaire: the week in science
Ian Sample and science correspondent Hannah Devlin discuss the big science stories of the week –...
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Secrets of the microbiome: the skin
The trillions of microbes living on and inside the human body are an important part of who we...
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Secrets of the microbiome: the vagina
The trillions of microbes living on and inside the human body are an important part of who we...
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Secrets of the microbiome: the gut
The trillions of microbes living on and inside the human body are an important part of who we...
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How to stop doomscrolling and reclaim your brain
If you’ve made a resolution to spend less time on your phone this year, help is at hand. The...
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Is guilt-free flying on the horizon?
In November, a plane powered by 100% ‘sustainable’ jet fuel took off from London to New York. It...
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Our science predictions for 2024
Last year was a bumper year for science news, with the rise of weight-loss drugs such as Wegovy,...
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How to get active (and make it stick)
As parks and gyms fill with people hoping to make 2024 their year of fitness, Ian Sample speaks...
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Science Weekly revisits episode three of this 2023 mini-series from Full Story. In the final part...
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Weight of the world revisited: the climate scientists who copped it
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Revisited: Weight of the world – the climate scientists who saw the crisis coming
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Best of 2023, Killing the Skydancer: episode three, An Open Secret
In this special Age of Extinction mini-series from Science Weekly, which first aired in 2023, the...
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Best of 2023, Killing the Skydancer: episode two, The Perfect Crime
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Best of 2023: Killing the Skydancer episode one, Susie’s chicks
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Can machines ever be like us? Prof Michael Wooldridge on the future of AI
Prof Michael Wooldridge has been an AI researcher for more than 30 years, and in the year that AI...
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