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Might the UK and US joining their AI forces help solve nuclear fusion?
September 17, 2026BBC Inside Science
The datacentres are coming, potentially in the hundreds.
August 27, 2026BBC Inside Science
Has a personalised cancer vaccine become reality?
August 20, 2026BBC Inside Science
The surprising science of how drought affects the health of our soils.
August 6, 2026BBC Inside Science
How engineers fulfilled Gaudi’s once impossible vision for the Sagrada Familia.
June 11, 2026Worldwide race to trace passengers from hantavirus-hit cruise ship
About 12 countries have so far been linked to the hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius, as the UN health agency confirms at least five cases.
May 8, 2026BBC Inside Science
We explore the mechanisms causing Europe's warming twice as fast as the global average.
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AI to solve the energy crisis?
Radio 4,·17 Sep 2026,·28 mins Available for 35 days Nuclear fusion energy, the idea of copying the sun’s heat source on earth to make limitless commercial energy is famously always 30 years away. T
The day of the datacentres
Radio 4,·27 Aug 2026,·28 mins Available for 33 days Reports about the impacts of datacentres, including carbon emissions, water usage and power consumption, vary drastically and the truth can be har
Is the era of the cancer vaccine upon us?
Radio 4,·20 Aug 2026,·28 mins Available for 35 days This week Merck (known as MSD in Europe) and Moderna announced that a personalised cancer vaccine had significantly improved the outcomes of melan
The state of our substrate: What is drought doing to our soil?
Radio 4,·06 Aug 2026,·28 mins Available for 35 days Large parts of Europe are in the grip of drought. According to the UK Meteorological Office, last week was the UK's driest July on record. Katie F
How do you build an unbuildable tower?
Radio 4,·11 Jun 2026,·28 mins Available for 31 days After 144 years the tallest tower on the Sagrada Familia is finally complete, but when Gaudi first designed it, the technology to build the tower
Science news this week: The latest on the cruise ship hantavirus infections, a shortcut to Mars, and a fast-charging quantum battery
May 9, 2026: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend When you purchase through links on our site, we may e
Why is Europe the fastest-warming continent?
Radio 4,·30 Apr 2026,·28 mins Available for 34 days The latest European State of the Climate report has found that Europe is once again getting warmer, and at a rate that is twice as fast as the glo