BBC Science Focus - April 2025

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THE BLUEPRINT FOR TRUE RESILIENCE
Why mental flexibility beats stubborn determination when it comes to a challenge.

BUNKER MENTALITY
How to prep your subterranean shelter to survive the collapse of civilisation.

THE SECRETS OF THE INNER EARTH
The biggest mountains in the Solar System are buried deep within our planet. Here’s how they got there.

The colours of home

As hard as it might be to believe, this is the place we call home. Earth is the green ball glowing eerily on the right, and the galaxy where it – and the rest of the Solar System – resides, the Milky Way, is the swirling mass emerging from behind.

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Screaming in the darkness

This award-winning picture captures two Asian sheepshead wrasse (Bodianus reticulatus) fighting to establish dominance.

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Mach diamonds

This is the loud end of the X-59, a 'quiet' supersonic aircraft being developed by NASA and Lockheed Martin.

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The strange skeletons that could rewrite the history of the pyramids

Unexpected evidence found on human remains is shaking up our understanding of ancient burials

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Scientists finally solve key Parkinson's mystery

A newly discovered protein could be the key to developing a treatment for the disease

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'Hungry gene' linked to obesity present in dogs and humans

There's a reason dogs find dieting as difficult as us

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We could soon end wrinkles and grey hair forever

Scientists believe they can fight signs of ageing by harnessing your hormones

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Beaches on Mars are clearest evidence of ancient life

They're not like those in the Caribbean, but the Red Planet's beaches may still have attracted microbial tourists

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Massive new energy source could be hiding in Earth's mountains

Hydrogen gas is generated along fault lines in a process that takes millions of years

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How to spot a narcissist, according to science

Narcissists are more likely to feel socially excluded

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Stunning new cosmic map reveals Universe's weirdest phenomena

The Euclid space telescope has captured millions of galaxies in astonishing detail

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The race to find a better way to diagnose endometriosis is heating up

It's vital we improve our ability to identify cases of endometriosis, for the sake of women everywhere

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Freeze your brain if you want, but you won't be you ...even if they can thaw it out

The chances of successfully cheating death by having your head cryogenically frozen remain sub-zero

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Some scientists think insect populations are increasing.Here's why they're wrong

The debate over the misleading results of a flawed study raises questions about how biodiversity loss should be measured

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Cycle syncing has the potential to change lives

Adapting to hormonal fluctuations throughout the menstrual cycle could be a secret weapon in the fight against breast cancer

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Is smoking or vaping worse for you? It depends who's asking

Research suggests vaping is one of the best ways to help smokers quit the habit. But that doesn't mean it's a harmless alternative to smoking

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Aaand breathe...

Can a magnetic nasal strip open your airways, improve your breathing and stop you snoring?

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Level up your desk

With just under half of us still working from home, to one degree or another, here's our pick of the products that can help improve your health and power up your productivity

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IDEAS WE LIKE...

Our pick of the month's smartest tech

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THE BLUEPRINT FOR TRUE RESILIENCE

Psychologists are now finding that mental flexibility, not pushing through at all costs, is the real key to perseverance

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Bunker Mentality

A growing number of concerned citizens are building subterranean emergency bunkers as a precaution against disaster. Should you join the underground movement? And if so, how?

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THE SECRETS OF THE INNER EARTH

Deep beneath our feet, at the border between Earth’s core and the mantle above, scientists are discovering a hidden world — another landscape with a surface almost as dynamic, dramatic and diverse as the one we live on

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GUT REACTION

Scientists have been telling us for years that if we love our gut bacteria, they'll love us back and help us with everything from easing digestion to fighting disease. Now, new research suggests that our microbiomes can even help us resist the effects of ageing... if we treat them right

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Are statins the best way to lower my cholesterol?

Statin use is already widespread and is increasing every year. But are the drugs right for everyone?

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CAN WE COMMUNICATE IN DREAMS?

Today's machine learning methods have been shown to visualise our dreams. But what if we wished to go further and actually share our dreams? At present, while we can interpret brain signals and roughly figure out imagined scenes and high-level thoughts, we have no way to transfer these into another brain. Perhaps that's a good thing: many of us might be a little uneasy at the idea of computers pushing ideas directly into our brains during sleep.

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HOW IS ANTIMATTER STORED?

Antimatter particles are almost identical to their normal matter counterparts, except they carry the opposite charge and momentum.

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THE PARADOXICAL FROG

The world is full of intriguing paradoxes. Does this article still exist when you're not reading it? If I travelled back in time and killed my grandfather, would I still be writing this now? And how can two socks go into the washing machine, but only one sock comes out? Perhaps the biggest paradox, however, is how can a frog get smaller as it grows up?

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WHAT'S THE WORLD'S OLDEST CHEESE?

The oldest cheese is hard to trace, although we have direct evidence that humans have consumed milk for thousands of years.

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IF AN ADVANCED CIVILISATION LIVED ON EARTH MILLIONS OF YEARS AGO, WOULD WE BE ABLE TO TELL?

Humans have long been fascinated by the possibility of finding technologically advanced beings elsewhere in the Universe, but what if such a civilisation had lived right here on Earth, long before humans evolved?

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SHOULD I GIVE MYSELF A COFFEE ENEMA?

Just when you thought TikTok couldn't come up with anything stranger, here comes the coffee enema. Yes, that's right — people are brewing up a fresh pot, and inserting it into their colon through their rectum to stimulate bowel movements. The trend claims to “detox” your body, boost energy and improve digestion.

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WHAT MAKES TARDIGRADES SO INDESTRUCTIBLE?

Tardigrades, also known among their many fans as ‘water bears’ or ‘moss piglets’, are quite possibly the cutest microscopic creatures on the planet – and off it.

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A VOLUME CONTROL FOR YOUR APPETITE

Can we turn down 'food noise' to make healthy eating easier?

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BBC Focus Magazine is the magazine of popular science and technology that explains the wonders of the Universe through stunning photography and accessible articles. Contributors include the very best writers and science experts, with columns every issue from renowned science writer Robert Matthews, TV presenter and scientist Helen Czerski, and science fiction author Stephen Baxter. From archaeology to neuroscience, climate change and particle physics, BBC Focus Magazine keeps you up to speed with the cutting-edge science and gadgets that will change our world.