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AI to solve the energy crisis?

What AI agents talk about behind your back

The quest for dark matter

The day of the datacentres

Is the era of the cancer vaccine upon us?

Should we be scared of AI viruses?

The state of our substrate: What is drought doing to our soil?

Are we alone in the universe?

Testing testosterone testing

How might we spot nukes in space?

Are we one step closer to creating life in a lab?

How do you immortalise natural history?

Can we engineer ourselves out of a heatwave?

Finding the evidence for the social media ban

How do you build an unbuildable tower?

How is AI going to change science?

Plankton's untapped potential

El Niño is nigh, but so what?

The science behind hantavirus

Should Pluto become a planet again?

Why is Europe the fastest-warming continent?

Can we prevent the next pandemic?

Forty years on from nuclear disaster

Return to the moon

Responding to your science questions

The future of space travel

Is quantum computing having its moment?

Is the Earth warming faster than we expected?

How is war being fought in space?

Does new science get us closer to finding out how life on earth began?

How to bury radioactive waste

Will there be a city on the moon in ten years?

Where do forever chemicals come from?

Should we rethink navigating by GPS?

How is air travel returning to supersonic speeds?

Why is Nasa sending people around the moon?

How rare are Greenland’s rare earth elements?

How did President Trump transform science in 2025?

Would our ancestors have benefited from early neanderthals making fire?

A 'functional' cure for HIV?

Why aren’t gene therapies more common?

What’s in the wording of the COP 30 negotiations?

Could technology replace animal testing in science?

Is Dark Energy Getting Weaker?

Is climate change to blame for Hurricane Melissa?

Have scientists created a bionic eye?

Why do we love to play games?

What can the UK learn from China on renewable energy?

Are embryos made from skin cells the future of fertility treatment?

The science behind autism

What’s the highest a human could possibly pole vault?

Could we have evidence of life on Mars?

What does caffeine do to our bodies?

Does warm weather mean more rats in UK towns and cities?

Could solar panels in space be the energy source of the future?

What will we be wearing in the future?

What’s the evidence for vaccines?

Why wasn’t the Russia mega earthquake as damaging as previous ones?

The surprising culture of the animal kingdom

How can we keep our homes cool in a changing climate?

How can we reduce the impact of plastic on the environment?

How do you turn facial expressions into music?

What happens when you bomb a uranium enrichment site?

Are trees the answer to solving climate change?

What science is the UK government funding?

Can science save our oceans?

Your science questions answered

Does the pandemic agreement make the world safer?

Will the Hole in the Ozone Layer Close?

The mysteries of the ocean floor

How vulnerable is our power supply?

What would cuts to Nasa mean for space science?

Answers to Your Science Questions

How can science help us fight wildfires?

Is this finally the moment for UK tidal power?

Is everything we know about the universe wrong?

Wild birds in crisis

Are boys doing better than girls at maths and science?

Better Than Gold: Critical Minerals

Are embryos made from skin cells the future of fertility treatment?