Science In Action

The BBC brings you all the week's science news.

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Europe’s heatwave death toll
Around 62,000 people died in last year's European heatwave - is this the new normal?
13 Jul 2023,26 mins
Melting of Greenland ice sheet
Record-breaking global temperatures are accelerating Greenland ice melt
06 Jul 2023,26 mins
Preparing for crises
We have entered a state of multiple and entangled crises. How can research help?
29 Jun 2023,28 mins
Human embryo models
Scientists have made human embryo models – or “synthetic embryos” - in the lab.
22 Jun 2023,26 mins
Oceans in hot water?
A major El Niño is building and heating up the world. What is the forecast?
15 Jun 2023,28 mins
The beginnings of us
New molecular fossil records shed evidence on the billion-year-old roots of modern life
08 Jun 2023,28 mins
Vaccinating condors against bird flu
Endangered condors are being vaccinated to save them from deadly H5N1 bird flu
01 Jun 2023,27 mins
Brightest supernova in a decade
The brightest supernova in a decade springs astronomers around the world into action
25 May 2023,27 mins
Return of the Wildfires
The record-breaking heat behind the destructive North American wildfires
18 May 2023,29 mins
Human genome goes global
The Pangenome project captures human diversity with 47 new genomes
11 May 2023,27 mins
Darwin dumped from Indian classrooms
The exclusion of Darwinism from the curriculum prompts protests in India
04 May 2023,30 mins
The truth about the Sudan biolab
Khartoum’s National Public Health Laboratory is caught up in the Sudanese conflict.
27 Apr 2023,32 mins
Africa moves towards creating and manufacturing its own vaccines
Africa moves towards creating and manufacturing its own vaccines
20 Apr 2023,28 mins
Bird flu: The global threat
H5N1 avian flu is racing across the world. What can be done to control it?
13 Apr 2023,31 mins
Chasing tornados in the American mid-West
Chasing tornados in the American mid-West – the science behind the current outbreaks.
06 Apr 2023,30 mins
Gene editing breakthrough
New technique to correct gene errors in sick patients
30 Mar 2023,33 mins
Animals at the Wuhan Market
What does animal DNA from the Wuhan Market reveal about the start of the pandemic?
23 Mar 2023,31 mins
Return of Cyclone Freddy
Record-breaking Cyclone Freddy devastates Mozambique for the second time in one month.
16 Mar 2023,32 mins
Human Genome Editing - Promise and Peril
Human Genome Editing: curing genetic disease and ensuring it's safe and available to all.
09 Mar 2023,34 mins
Drought worsens in East Africa
Why the long rains in East Africa are forecast to fail again.
02 Mar 2023,32 mins
Cyclone Freddy batters Madagascar
Cyclone Freddy batters Madagascar and threatens Mozambique and South Africa.
23 Feb 2023,32 mins
CRISPR & bioethics
He Jiankui refuses to talk about his controversial genome editing of twin babies in 2018
16 Feb 2023,31 mins
Turkey-Syria earthquake
Turkey’s most powerful earthquake on record
09 Feb 2023,32 mins
Science on ice
The different forms of frozen water from ice made in labs to Jupiter’s icy moons
02 Feb 2023,33 mins
Bird flu (H5N1) outbreak in mink
A review of the first mammal to mammal transmission of avian flu, observed in Spain
26 Jan 2023,28 mins
Climate science activism
What happens when climate scientists take to the streets?
19 Jan 2023,29 mins
Atmospheric rivers
The phenomenon driving California’s extreme weather
12 Jan 2023,34 mins
One year on from the Tonga eruption
We take a look at everything we’ve learnt since the Tonga volcano erupted a year ago.
05 Jan 2023,28 mins
The James Webb Space Telescope: The first six months
What have scientists learned since Nasa launched its revolutionary telescope?
29 Dec 2022,32 mins
Mosquito pesticide failing
Mosquito pesticide failing
22 Dec 2022,27 mins