Science In Action

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

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Science on the side of a new volcano
Fagradalsfjall, hints of leptoquark, and the 2020 rise of the preprint
25 Mar 2021,41 mins
International science at sea
International research collaborations feel the pinch of UK cap on development spending
18 Mar 2021,34 mins
A shooting star parked on your driveway
A rare type of meteorite lands next to a rural UK house, and is now in professional hands
11 Mar 2021,34 mins
Uncovering history with Little Foot's skull
Neanderthal hearing, CO2 emissions in 2020, the Brazilian variant and scanning Little Foot
04 Mar 2021,26 mins
Waste not, want not
Novel recycling to make new products
25 Feb 2021,30 mins
Weird weather
Why is there snow in Texas?
18 Feb 2021,32 mins
Perseverance approaches Mars
How Perseverance will land on Mars
11 Feb 2021,33 mins
Mixing Covid vaccines
Can Covid vaccines be mixed?
04 Feb 2021,29 mins
New Covid vaccine
Next-generation of RNA vaccine
28 Jan 2021,33 mins
Saving the Northern White Rhino
Bringing back the Northern White Rhino from extinction
21 Jan 2021,27 mins
Gravitational waves and black holes
Gravitational waves from colliding supermassive black holes
14 Jan 2021,29 mins
New variants of SARS-Cov2
SARS-Cov2: UK and South African new variants
07 Jan 2021,27 mins
Coping with Covid
Making sense of a year of confusion
31 Dec 2020,26 mins
A year with Covid -19
Looking back on how the virus emerged and the scientific response
24 Dec 2020,27 mins
Covid -19 – Mutations are normal
Viral mutations happen all the time but we still need to be wary of their impact.
17 Dec 2020,30 mins
The unchecked spread of Covid-19 in Manaus
Around three-quarters of the Brazilian city’s population are thought to have been infected
10 Dec 2020,26 mins
Freak weather getting even freakier
This year has seen record-breaking Atlantic hurricanes, and now an Australian heatwave
03 Dec 2020,32 mins
Vaccines – the Covid confusion
The problems with incomplete or contradictory trial data published by press release.
26 Nov 2020,31 mins
Covid- 19 – Good news on immunity
After infection or vaccination immunity to the virus may be long lasting
19 Nov 2020,35 mins
Covid-19 defeats US Marines
The virus spread amongst recruits despite a range of thorough precautions
12 Nov 2020,33 mins
Coronavirus spreads from mink to humans
What does transmission of coronavirus from mink to humans mean for the future vaccine?
05 Nov 2020,39 mins
Osiris Rex stows asteroid material
Successful closure of lid on Osiris Rex spacecraft
29 Oct 2020,26 mins
Nasa probe Osiris Rex lands on asteroid
Osiris Rex probe touches asteroid Bennu to sample secrets of the early solar system
22 Oct 2020,33 mins
Covid-19 mortality
Why is there such a range in the number of deaths from Covid -19 between countries?
15 Oct 2020,35 mins
Do Covid–19 mutations matter?
Results from the most detailed investigation to date into SARS –CoV-2 virus mutations
08 Oct 2020,37 mins
Are children the biggest Covid-19 spreaders?
The world’s largest study of Covid-19 transmission shows children have a major role.
01 Oct 2020,37 mins
Why Covid -19 vaccines may not stop transmission
They are only designed to prevent disease developing, none have been tested against spread
24 Sep 2020,41 mins
Malaria resistance breakthrough
Discovered in East Africa, the finding holds promise for completely new treatments.
17 Sep 2020,30 mins
Covid -19 science versus politics
Are the politicians finally coming round to the scientist’s views on the way forward?
10 Sep 2020,38 mins
Nyiragongo - is Goma under threat?
More than 2 million people live around this volcano, which has become more active
03 Sep 2020,31 mins