Science Weekly

The immortal jellyfish and other mindblowing invertebrates

We’re reading less. And it’s making us stupid

Four types of thinker, the cyclosporiasis outbreak, and the UK’s biggest telescope threatened

The fight to save a historic English landscape

Revisited: Saunas and cold plunges, where does the evidence stand?

Revisited: The surprising science of dreams and nightmares

Dreams function as a simulation of reality, serving as a mental rehearsal space for processing daily experiences and consolidating memories. During REM sleep, the brain exhibits hyper-associativity, connecting disparate memories to build a coherent autobiography and foster creative problem-solving. While common themes ...

Revisited: A Scottish tea mystery, episode three – a bag for life

Revisited: A Scottish tea mystery, episode two – the list

Revisited: A Scottish tea mystery, episode one – green shoots

Can a world-first gene therapy reverse ageing?

Fungi: the invisible force protecting our planet

Is male testosterone in freefall?

‘A break from scrolling’: how Gen Z fell in love with birding

‘Beautiful blobs’: can scientists build life from scratch?

Reflecting pool algae: the science Trump needs to know

Nature or nurture: can genes make us behave ‘badly’?

Extreme heat: is the UK becoming a 40C country?

The audacious plan to refreeze the Arctic

Should we ban social media for under-16s?

‘The undruggable became druggable’: a gamechanging treatment for the world’s deadliest cancer