Science In Action

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

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Death in the rainforest
Climate change may have doubled the death rate of rainforest trees over the last 50 years
19 May 2022,29 mins
Portrait of the monster black hole at our galaxy’s heart
Astronomers image the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way galaxy
12 May 2022,29 mins
Mekong Delta will sink beneath the sea by 2100
Vietnam’s vast Mekong Delta is set to sink beneath the sea by the end of the century
05 May 2022,29 mins
The Indian subcontinent’s record-breaking heatwave
The Indian subcontinent is roasting in a prolonged heatwave. Is climate change to blame?
28 Apr 2022,31 mins
Climate techno-fix would worsen global malaria burden
Solar geoengineering to curb climate change could worsen global malaria burden.
21 Apr 2022,33 mins
How ‘magic mushroom’ chemical treats depression
Brain scanning study reveals how psilocybin can help people with severe depression
14 Apr 2022,30 mins
Tsunami detective in Tonga
What really happened in the cataclysmic eruption of the volcano Hunga Tonga in January?
07 Apr 2022,34 mins
Radioactive Red Forest
Are Russian troops in forests around Chernobyl receiving a dangerous dose of radiation?
31 Mar 2022,29 mins
Warming world
Extreme temperatures recorded in Antarctica and the Arctic.
24 Mar 2022,32 mins
Covid in the sewers
Could novel forms of the virus be lurking in wastewater?
18 Mar 2022,30 mins
Why are Covid-19 cases rising in Hong Kong?
The territory is experiencing a rapid increase in infections and deaths
11 Mar 2022,29 mins
Covid -19 origins
New analysis shows where inside the Wuhan market the virus first showed itself
04 Mar 2022,30 mins
Reforming the ‘China Initiative’
US scheme accused of persecuting scientists is to be refocused
25 Feb 2022,26 mins
Bone repair from Covid-19 vaccine technology
Messenger RNA used in vaccines against Covid-19 has been used to encourage bone healing
17 Feb 2022,30 mins
Inside Wuhan's coronavirus lab
The inside story of Wuhan’s coronavirus lab
10 Feb 2022,30 mins
Identifying a more infectious HIV variant
A new form of HIV has been uncovered in the Netherlands.
03 Feb 2022,29 mins
The roots of Long Covid
Detecting the early signals for long Covid
27 Jan 2022,26 mins
Tonga eruption – how it happened
Why a small volcanic eruption had a global impact
20 Jan 2022,29 mins
Have we got it wrong on Omicron?
It seems to be no more viable than the earlier delta variant
13 Jan 2022,28 mins
Corbevax – A vaccine for the world?
Could a cheap and conventional vaccine for Covid-19 end the pandemic?
06 Jan 2022,27 mins
2021: The year of variants
The year began with Alpha, and ends with Omicron. What have we learnt?
30 Dec 2021,27 mins
Omicron – mild or monster?
Cases of the latest coronavirus variant are mild, so far – but that’s not the whole story
23 Dec 2021,28 mins
Omicron’s rapid replication rate
Omicron replicates seventy times faster than earlier variants.
16 Dec 2021,30 mins
Can the weather trigger a volcano?
The eruption of Semeru in Java was linked to heavy rain
09 Dec 2021,33 mins
Omicron, racism and trust
How the global political response to the new variant is hampering science in Africa
02 Dec 2021,29 mins
Deliberately doomed dart
The sacrificial space mission designed to protect the Earth from asteroid impact.
25 Nov 2021,30 mins
The end for coal power?
The fossil fuel is on target to be replaced with renewables in both India and China.
18 Nov 2021,27 mins
Bambi got Covid
Why the discovery of Covid 19 in white-tail deer has implications for climate policy
11 Nov 2021,27 mins
Jet fuel from thin air
A solar powered solution to emissions creates aviation fuel from atmospheric gases
04 Nov 2021,32 mins
Can we still avoid climate catastrophe?
The UNEP Emissions Gap Report reveals we need to do more to reach our climate goals.
28 Oct 2021,26 mins