Science Weekly

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

Episodes

Total: 309

Anyone who has had a urinary tract infection knows how agonising they can be. Some infections go awa

Ian Sample and science correspondent Hannah Devlin discuss some of the science stories that have mad

Last week more than 400 scientists signed an open letter to political parties urging ambitious actio

Here in the UK talking about the weather is already a national pastime, but this month the water-coo

Ian Sample hears from Linda Geddes about her recent trip to the Netherlands to try cultivated meat s

A court in the Philippines has banned the commercial growth of golden rice, a genetically modified r

For a long time, western science and Indigenous knowledge have been seen as distinct ways of learnin

It’s been a busy week in the world of artificial intelligence. OpenAI found itself in hot water with

Concrete is strong and durable – which is why it’s the basis for so much of our infrastructure. It’s

On Tuesday a British man died and several others were injured when their plane encountered severe tu

Right now, across much of the midwestern and eastern US, trillions of cicadas are crawling out from

Last week the founder of the dating app Bumble forecasted a near future dating landscape where AI ‘d

As AI systems have grown in sophistication, so has their capacity for deception, according to a new

Sales of cottage cheese are booming thanks to a boost from protein-hungry social media influencers.

A study has found that more than two dozen US coastal cities are sinking by more than 2mm a year. It

Glioblastomas are an extremely aggressive type of brain tumour, which is why the news this week of a

Guardian Seascapes reporter Karen McVeigh tells Madeleine Finlay about a recent trip to the Galápago

As bird flu is confirmed in 33 cattle herds across eight US states, Ian Sample talks to virologist D

Labradors are known for being greedy dogs, and now scientists have come up with a theory about the g

Billed as a rival to the Olympic Games, the Enhanced Games, set to take place in 2025, is a sporting