Science Weekly

Is the US on the brink of a new era of political violence?

Putin’s quest for longevity

Shrinking states: a positive future with fewer people?

Shrinking states: are we on a path to depopulation?

Is curiosity the key to ageing well?

RFK Jr and the chaos at the CDC

‘AI psychosis’: could chatbots fuel delusional thinking?

A decade long mystery - why were billions of starfish turned to goo?

Can science crack the mystery of ME?

Why can’t the world get its act together on plastics?

Staying cool in Europe’s record-breaking heat

Is sunscreen really toxic?

Summer picks: Where do our early childhood memories go?

In this episode of Science Weekly, Ian Sample interviews Professor Nick Turk-Browne about infantile amnesia, the phenomenon where people can't remember events from their early childhood. Professor Turk-Browne discusses his research using fMRI to study memory formation in infants, revealing that the hippocampus shows in...

Summer picks: what is ‘mirror life’ and why are scientists sounding the alarm?

Summer picks: The science of racism, and how to fight it

Summer picks: Where did our attention spans go, and can we get them back?

Why do we age in dramatic bursts, and what can we do about it?

The babies born with DNA from three parents

Two black holes collide, lab-grown organs, world’s first climate visa

Why are parents using melatonin to help their kids sleep?