BBC Earth Magazine - July - August 2021

In this issue

Besides physical appearance, humans can change some aspects of themselves, including certain personality traits and intellectual capacity. Read about this and many more science-based facts about humanity in the latest issue of BBC Earth Asia Edition.

Hungry All Of The Time? It Could Be In Your Blood

Researchers working on the largest in-depth nutrition study in the world have found that some of us experience big dips in blood sugar levels after eating, and it makes us hungrier, sooner

5 mins

Installing A New Age Of Humanity

From reality-enhancing implants to brain-controlled exoskeletons, breakthroughs in bio-tech have fuelled a new fusion of machinery and organic matter. Here we speak to the Cyborgs who are helping humanity transcend its biological limits, one device at a time

7 mins

Sahara The Forgotten Ecosystem

Journeying into the fickle and ever-changing Saharan landscape reveals the hidden lives of the desert’s most-endangered species.

8 mins

A Giant Leap For Animal Kind

As we look to set up permanent bases on the Moon, Mars and beyond, we’ll need to bring other forms of life with us...but how will they cope with life in space?

10 mins

The Language That Would Save England

Dispossession And Grinding Poverty Blighted 19th-Century Rural England. The Solution, According To One Eccentric Clergyman, Lay In A Form Of English Taken Back To Its Anglo-Saxon Roots. Siân Rees Investigates.

7 mins

The Prince Philip Years

Following the death of Britain’s longest-serving royal consort, Alwyn Turner charts how the country transformed beyond recognition during the Duke of Edinburgh’s lifetime

10+ mins

How Wildlife Vaccines Will Prevent The Next Human Pandemic

The coronavirus vaccines currently being injected into arms across the world are our escape route to normality. But keeping deadly viruses at bay and maintaining our freedoms in the future may require brand-new mass vaccination programmes that look very different to the ones currently taking place

8 mins

Going Back To The Moon

The next few years will see an explosion of lunar explorers. But what will they be looking for when they get there?

8 mins

Indoor Air Pollution

Cleaning products… candles… cookers… how much does indoor air pollution really affect us, and what can we do about it? Respiratory specialist dr Jonathan Grigg explains all

3 mins

Hide And Seek In Cyberspace

A puzzle that remained unanswered for more than 14 years has now been solved, thanks to technological leaps in image searching

2 mins

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BBC Earth Magazine Description:

A bi-monthly publication containing a feast of information for the curious mind. Every issue is packed with fascinating images, thought-provoking and entertaining articles about the world around us, the natural life that populates it, the history that has shaped our existence upon it, and the science that has driven it and continues to propel us into the future.