This week we celebrated Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths during National STEM Week 2026. This year’s theme, “Curiosity – What is your question?”, encouraged students to explore scientific ...

A recently detected flash of energy appears to have emanated from the wreckage of colliding galaxies, according to an international team of astronomers led by Penn State scientists. The burst, known ...

Gold and other heavy elements are born in some of the universe’s most violent events—but scientists still struggle to understand the nuclear steps that create them. Now, nuclear physicists have ...

The Hindu festival of Holi has the Unexpected Elements team delving into the science of colour. First up, forget chicken and egg, we bring you a whole new controversy of which came first: colour or ...

All the essential ingredients to make the DNA and RNA underpinning life on Earth have been discovered in samples collected from the asteroid Ryugu, scientists said Monday.

Researchers are still studying samples of Ryugu collected by the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency from its Hayabusa2 mission. After the first papers focused on the composition ...

PROF. GRAHAM LUSK is to be congratulated on having produced a very interesting and important book. The author is an investigator imbued with the true scientific spirit, and his work has always been ...

Speaking with FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney, Valentin Pereda, Assistant Professor at the School of Criminology at the University of Montreal, says that "one of the key elements that gives the Mexican ...

Here you will find links to the BBC's best science, technology, engineering and maths resources for primary and secondary schools - all in one place.

It has been argued that climate change can cause abrupt transitions in parts of the Earth system, so-called tipping elements. In this issue, we feature two articles, by Liu et al. and Wunderling et al ...