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Should the UK brace for a brutal flu season?
This year’s flu season has begun more than a month earlier than usual, with a mutated strain spreading widely among younger people and expected to drive a wave of hospital admissions as it reaches th…
Published on 2 hours ago
Why everyone’s talking about 3I/Atlas, a lupus breakthrough, James Watson’s legacy
Ian Sample joins Madeleine Finlay to discuss some of the most intriguing science stories from the week. They discuss the complicated legacy of James Watson, who won the Nobel Prize for the discovery …
Published on 5 days, 2 hours ago
Never forget a face? You could be a super recogniser
Do you have an uncanny recall for faces? Have you ever recognised the same extra in TV shows that are decades apart? If so you could be part of the small number of super recognisers. Research from th…
Published on 1 week ago
Revisited: How to save the Amazon episode three: ask the people that know
Global environment editor Jon Watts goes in search of answers to the question the journalist Dom Phillips was investigating when he was murdered: how to save the Amazon? In the final episode of this …
Published on 1 week, 4 days ago
Revisited: How to save the Amazon episode two: the magic and mystery
Jon Watts, the Guardian’s global environment editor, goes in search of answers to the question the journalist Dom Phillips was investigating when he was murdered: how to save the Amazon? In episode t…
Published on 1 week, 5 days ago
Revisited: How to save the Amazon episode one: the stakes
Global environment editor Jon Watts goes in search of answers to the question the journalist Dom Phillips was investigating when he was murdered: how to save the Amazon? In episode one of this minise…
Published on 1 week, 6 days ago
‘We must change course’: a stark climate warning from the UN chief
As global leaders and environmental activists descend on Brazil for next week’s Cop30 climate summit, Madeleine Finlay speaks to the Guardian’s global environment editor, Jon Watts, who recently sat …
Published on 2 weeks ago
A Scottish tea mystery: a bag for life – episode three
Science correspondent Nicola Davis investigates the strange story of Tam O’Braan and his attempts to grow tea in Scotland. In episode three, all of Tam’s lies come to a head and Stuart uncovers exact…
Published on 2 weeks, 5 days ago
A Scottish tea mystery: the list – episode two
Science correspondent Nicola Davis investigates the strange story of Tam O’Braan and his attempts to grow tea in Scotland. In episode two, Nicola hears how Tam’s network of Scottish tea growers began…
Published on 2 weeks, 6 days ago
A Scottish tea mystery: green shoots – episode one
Science correspondent Nicola Davis investigates the strange story of Tam O’Braan and his attempts to grow tea in Scotland. In episode one, Nicola looks back on her first meeting with Tam while workin…
Published on 3 weeks ago