Pick Your Diet

For Every Inch You’ve Added to Your Gut, a Fad Diet Promises to Help You Shed It.

Peak Performance

Deshun Deysel Heads Back to Everest as Part of South Africa’s First All-women Team.

The Race for Fairness

The Olympic Gold Medallist Caster Semenya’s Naturally High Testosterone Levels Are Said to Boost Her Sporting Prowess, but is This Really the Case?

A View From the Top

Craig Mahlasi Works as a Geographic Information System and Remote Sensing Geographer, Working With Data That Promotes a Fuller Understanding of the Planet

Am I Addicted to Something?

Video Games, Tv Series and Social Media. It Seems That Many of Us Are Hooked on Something. But Are Things as Bad as They Appear?

Monster Movers

Think Moving House is Difficult? Take a Look at the Gargantuan Machines That Are Needed to Move Rockets, Wind Turbines, Antarctic Bases and Even Entire Buildings.

Chase the DRAGON

In Early March This Year, Spacex Successfully Sent Its Crew Dragon Craft to the Iss and Returned It Safely to Earth. What Does This Historic Mission Mean for Space Travel?

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Planet

Comedians May Hold the Key to Getting Humans Safely to Mars

Master Of Disaster

Scientists Are Recreating Extreme Weather and Natural Disasters Inside Labs Around the World. Their Aim: to Prepare for the Next Big Catastrophes.

How to Save the World

Sir David Attenborough Has Reunited With the Creators of Planet Earth for New Netflix Series Our Planet. Here, They Reveal How the Show Will Inspire People to Save Our Beautiful Home…

Understanding The Science Behind Food

With constantly changing information about what and how we should be eating, it’s time to understand how our bodies are built and fuelled by food

It's Time For Change

Girls are not picking as many STEM subjects as boys, while professional female scientists are dropping out of the field. Does science have a problem with women?

The Science Of Pay Transparency

In many parts of the world, women are paid less than men. One solution might be total pay transparency. Can it fix the problem and are we ready to talk about how much we earn?

The Genetic Hunt For Nessie

For centuries, many have claimed that a creature lurks in Loch Ness. Now, by seeking out monster DNA from the loch’s waters, scientists are going to find out what’s down there.

Social Media Kills Self-Esteem

Our online image is now often more important than what our partners think of us.

Saved By Machines

Computer scientist Dr Sue Black talks about the transformative power of technology and saving Bletchley Park.

High-Flying Innovation

The Icarus Initiative is a series of projects that uses cutting-edge technology to track animal movements more efficiently than older systems.

A Fusion Of Fascinations

Plasma physicist Melanie Windridge talks about her twin passions of science and exploration.

Why Your Brain Hates other People

It turns out that everyone’s a little bit racist. But don’t worry, we can use our biases to change our behaviour for the better

When The Chips Are Down

For the last few decades, we’ve been enjoying faster and faster computer speeds, but we’ve now squeezed as much as we can from silicon chips. We take a look at the tech that could take their place

Mooving On From Milk?

Cutting out cow juice might be a bad idea

Eyes Wide Shut

Narcolepsy includes much more than falling asleep at inappropriate times

Scattered In The Wind

Get your head around outdoor acoustics

Lifted By Cranes

New book delves into the lives of South Africa’s stateliest bird species

HAWKING'S LAST HURRAH

The world-famous physicist and author of A Brief History Of Time was laid to rest alongside Newton and Darwin

Doobie Do

What is cannabis oil and can it really be made into medicine?

Ultrasound Sensations

Dolphins echolocate with two-part acoustic beams – technology that could help us improve medical and navigational technology

The Power Of Sloth

Why nature’s laziest animal is an evolutionary success story

So Hot Right Now

Why have heatwaves been so common in recent months?

Could Different Mealtimes Make You Healthier?

A touch of patience could positively impact cholesterol and blood sugar levels