Science In Action

Extracts from unpublished papers on the methods used by a Chinese scientist to genetically modify the embryos of two gir... Read more

Why is there such a range in the number of deaths from Covid -19 between countries? A study of the data across 21 indust... Read more

Scientists this week are on expedition around the volcano Anak Krakatoa, which erupted and collapsed in 2018 leading to ... Read more

The way in which a new virus has emerged in China is reminiscent of SARS, a highly infectious virus that spread rapidly.... Read more

This week’s programme comes from the world’s largest earth sciences conference, the American Geophysical Union in San Fr... Read more

Pledges to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are largely unachievable says a major audit of commitments to the Paris Clima... Read more

Researchers in Saudi Arabia have developed a prototype solar panel which generates electricity and purifies water at the... Read more

A variety of malarial parasites have existed amongst the great apes for millennia. How did one of them jump species and ... Read more

The Santa Ana in the south, and the Diablo in the north, are winds that are fuelling the terrible fires raging in Califo... Read more

The latest round of climate negotiations, COP25, have ended without agreement on many fundamental issues. We join resear... Read more

Covid- 19 cases seem to be multiplying daily and there is now a growing body of scientific evidence both on its spread a... Read more

Australia’s annual wild fires have started early this year, drought is a factor but to what extent is ‘Bush fire weather... Read more

2019 was Australia’s hottest year on record, a major factor behind the bush fires which have been far worse than usual. ... Read more

This year’s Amazon fires have been worse than since 2010, scientists blame a government attitude which they say has enco... Read more

In Italy the entire population of a small town was tested for Covid 19. Of those infected, one in three people with no s... Read more

Molecular scale investigations have identified the mechanism which confers resistance to antimalarial drugs. Researchers... Read more

An isotopic fingerprint is reported of a nuclear explosion in Russia last month. Researchers ask people living in the ar... Read more

Scientists know very little about the first few days of the life of a human embryo, once it's been implanted in the womb... Read more

A computer processor made of carbon nanotubes is unveiled to the world. Also, the continuing quest for nuclear fusion en... Read more

The recent European heatwave broke records, but how severe was it really and what were the underlying causes? Having run... Read more