Watch Jeff Bezos's successful Blue Origin rocket launch – video

Watch Jeff Bezos's successful Blue Origin rocket launch – video

Blue Origin successfully launches its huge New Glenn rocket on Thursday with a pair of Nasa spacecraft destined for Mars. It is only the second flight of the rocket that Jeff Bezos's company and Nasa...

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Don't call it a 'super flu' – but the NHS is right to be worried this winter | Devi Sridhar

Don't call it a 'super flu' – but the NHS is right to be worried this winter | Devi Sridhar

An early flu season, a new variant and poor takeup of vaccines leave the already vulnerable health service in a dangerous positionProf Devi Sridhar is chair of global public health at the University...

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Crayfish, weevils and fungi released in UK to tackle invasive species such as Japanese knotweed

Crayfish, weevils and fungi released in UK to tackle invasive species such as Japanese knotweed

Scientists working for government breed biological control agents in lab to take on species choking native wildlifeCrayfish, weevils and fungi are being released into the environment in order to...

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Cracker jokes and custard chemistry: ways to smuggle science into Christmas

Cracker jokes and custard chemistry: ways to smuggle science into Christmas

Researchers share the easy ways to uncover moments of festive discovery, proving you don’t need a lab coat to experiment this ChristmasChristmas may seem like a time for switching off and suspending...

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Revisited: is curiosity the key to ageing well? – podcast

Revisited: is curiosity the key to ageing well? – podcast

Psychologists have typically believed that we become less curious as we age, but recent research has shown curiosity actually becomes more targeted and specific in our later years. In this episode...

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Pig organ transplants could one day be superior to human ones, says expert

Pig organ transplants could one day be superior to human ones, says expert

Surgeon leading xenotransplantation trial aimed at solving shortage of human organs says edits can lessen risk of rejectionA leading surgeon behind a clinical trial of transplanting pig kidneys into...

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