Science Weekly

Twice a week, the Guardian brings you the latest science and environment news

Episodes

Total: 324

Madeleine Finlay speaks to science correspondent Nicola Davis about why octopuses are more similar t

Ian Sample talks to Dr David Furman, an expert on inflammation and ageing at Stanford University. He

Madeleine Finlay speaks to the Guardian’s energy correspondent, Jillian Ambrose, about how offshore

Ian Sample speaks to the cosmologist Dr Andrew Pontzen about the European Space Agency’s Euclid miss

Since 2020, orcas off the coast of Spain and Portugal have been ramming boats, biting rudders and, i

Scientists have created synthetic human embryos using stem cells in a groundbreaking advance that si

At the start of 2023, the UK postal service Royal Mail was hit with an ultimatum: pay $80m (£67m) or

Ian Sample speaks to the Guardian’s health editor, Andrew Gregory, and Dr Roy Herbst about the world

Madeleine Finlay speaks to Doug Weir from the Conflict and Environment Observatory about why the col

Last week, Nasa held the first public meeting of a panel established to investigate sightings of UFO

Ian Sample talks to Dr Rachel Clarke about her experience working in palliative care in the NHS and

Food allergies appear to be increasing globally, but as scientific understanding improves, some expe

Every year, the world’s leaders gather for the UN climate change conference. At Cop28, they will be

Since it was introduced to the UK in 1850, Japanese knotweed has gone from novel ornamental plant to

We now know that global temperatures are likely to temporarily rise by more than 1.5C above pre-indu

A first-of-its-kind non-hormonal drug to treat hot flushes has been approved in the US. Targeting co

More than 40 leading scientists have resigned en masse from the editorial board of a top science jou

The pioneering IVF procedure known as mitochondrial donation therapy (MDT) could prevent children fr

Psychedelic drugs have long been been used for their mind-altering effects. Now, they are making the

For the first time, researchers have found a way to non-invasively translate a person’s thoughts int