BBC World Service - Science In Action

Nuclear Fusion Heating Up

Breakthrough in the quest for nuclear fusion

Why are the pyroclastic flows on Mount Sinabung so deadly?

A cheap and simple way to make stem cells

The Rosetta deep space probe wakes after a deep slumber

The mathematical formula that could aid defence of online systems and help policy makers

How the pigments of ancient marine reptiles are giving clues to their behaviour

With the confirmation of water on the Red Planet, what next in the hunt for Martian life?

Coffee and bananas in peril, and electric bees and wild pollinators

Do music lessons make children more intelligent? We question the scientific evidence

Highlights from the American Geophysical Union’s science meeting