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Back to SearchThe babies born with DNA from three parents
Doctors in the UK have announced the birth of eight healthy babies after performing a groundbreaking procedure that creates IVF embryos with DNA from…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Two black holes collide, lab-grown organs, world’s first climate visa
Madeleine Finlay is joined by Ian Sample to discuss three intriguing science and environment stories. From a breakthrough in the quest to create orga…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Why are parents using melatonin to help their kids sleep?
Guardian feature writer Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett recently wrote about the growing cohort of parents whose children are on the waiting list for an autis…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Texas floods and forecasting cuts: a sign of things to come?
In the days since the deadly floods in the Texas Hill Country, speculation has grown about whether cuts to US weather agencies may have contributed t…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
What are microplastics doing to our health?
The actor Orlando Bloom recently posted a photo of himself undergoing a £10,000 procedure at a London clinic that claims to remove microplastics, for…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
Why British women are freezing their eggs abroad
The number of women choosing to freeze their eggs has increased sharply, according to figures from the UK’s Human Fertilisation and Embryology Author…
10 months ago
What does it take to make a nuclear weapon?
In an interview last weekend, Iran’s ambassador to the UN said his country’s nuclear enrichment ‘will never stop’ because it is permitted for ‘peacef…
10 months ago
‘Huge advances in cancer and rare diseases’: 25 years of the human genome
It has been 25 years since Bill Clinton announced one of humanity’s most important scientific achievements: the first draft of the human genome. At t…
10 months, 1 week ago
Can a revolutionary new telescope solve the mystery of planet nine?
Ever since Pluto was demoted from planet to dwarf planet in 2006, astronomers have been wondering whether Neptune really is the most distant planet f…
10 months, 1 week ago
Do medicinal mushroom products actually work?
More of us are turning to products containing mushroom extracts, with the medicinal fungi market now worth billions of pounds. Promises of benefits t…
10 months, 2 weeks ago