Science Features

The May 2024 E. coli outbreak across the UK turned out to be associated with lettuce. So what is STEC, and how does it...

In the infamous words of Richard Nixon - aka “Tricky Dickie” - “Let me make one thing perfectly clear:” religion is a...

The extraordinary life of a regular contributor to The Naked Scientists radio show, Peter Cowley - angel investor,...

Will the hundreds of millions of SARS-CoV-2 cases in one of Asia's most populated countries forge a new variant...

Microscopy is just as relevant as it was 400 years ago...

The 8 week journey to becoming a better science communicator...

Wherein we witness time dilation of eight weeks into one very short internship...

Microplastics can attract drug-resistant bacteria that can cause illness.

Teaching a scientist how to communicate in 8 short weeks...

Here's what happened during my eight-week internship...

And why some snow makes better snowballs...

Does plastic help or hinder us on climate?

Why life in the post-covid-19 era needs common sense, not common law...

The omicron variant is claimed to be clinically milder than delta. Is this the first step down the endemic path?

Although we think of wood as medieval stuff, it can be a sustainable solution to many of today's problems...

A report on my eight-week experience with The Naked Scientists…

Living the best intern life at The Naked Scientists...

Trillions of tiny objects are rushing through your body right now, and yet you probably have no idea...

Does this question leaf you stumped?

My eight weeks with The Naked Scientists...

The term 'flu' is often misused to describe a range of mild respiratory bugs, but true influenza is a...

A new supercomputer built in Cambridge is the fastest yet in the UK. It will be dedicated to advanced research in the...

Words like “test tube” or “designer” summon visions of sci-fi dystopias. But what's the reality?

If the pandemic has taught us anything it's that most of us are terrible at judging risks...