Next Series

Takeaway: How can wine corks help our health?

This experimental camera makes a 3D image from a single photo Two corks are positioned at different distances After the photo is taken, its focus point can be changed The secret is a special lens cove

16 October 2017

USA

Trump attacks Obamacare with executive order

After the Republicans' failure to repeal the health law in Congress, the president seems determined to dismantle it on his own, with the stroke of a pen.

13 October 2017

World News

Huge rise in child and teen obesity, says WHO

The global health body reports a tenfold increase in 40 years, especially in low and middle income countries.

11 October 2017

Europe News

Monsanto's Roundup faces European politics

10 October 2017

World News

The famous faces helping to de-stigmatise mental health

How some of the most well-known faces on the planet are using their status in tackling mental health

10 October 2017

Earth News

Dancing is the best medicine

Discover an NHS-approved meditative dance and movement system aiding mental wellbeing and physical fitness.

6 October 2017

USA

Adding debt to injury? Las Vegas survivors set for huge medical bills

5 October 2017

Europe News

Debating Glyphosate

Health experts from EU countries are expected to discuss whether or not to extend the license for the herbicide.

5 October 2017

Earth News

Happiness in 4G

Might our smart devices support the search to happiness?

3 October 2017

Earth News

The double-edged sword of mental health apps

Should you trust an app with your mental health?

3 October 2017

World News

US scientists win Nobel medicine prize for work on circadian rhythms

U.S. scientists Jeffrey Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael Young have won the 2017 Nobel prize for medici

2 October 2017

Earth News

Are these real addictions?

Gambling, porn, gaming: are these consumptions real addictions?

2 October 2017

USA

The special camera helping singers hit the right note

Budding performers in the US will be hoping a peculiar back-to-school exam will help them be on song this year.

26 September 2017

France

Man in vegetative state for 15 years 'shows signs of consciousness' after pioneering therapy

The man, 35, left with severe brain injuries, appeared to flicker back into consciousness after the therapy.

26 September 2017

United Kingdom

Around 400 nude swimmers brave the freezing North Sea for annual UK skinny dip

Skinny-dippers young and old endure the chilly waters of the UK's North Sea to celebrate the autumn equinox and raise money for charity

25 September 2017

World News

Measles: a deadly killer that EU countries have failed to eliminate

It's worst in Italy and Romania.

22 September 2017

Romania

‘Not vaccinating your own baby leads to the death of another’

In the past year, 34 people have died after contracting measles in Romania. More than 9,233 cases have been recorded in the current outbreak.

22 September 2017

United Kingdom

Judge passes 'landmark' ruling on right-to-die cases in the UK

The ruling could be the first step towards a "person-centred" end of life care agenda in the UK

21 September 2017

Sci-Tech

Superfast broadband speeds for a brave new Gigaworld

Being connected is changing the way we live, work and play.

18 September 2017

Earth News

Sipping Gascony’s ‘eau de vie’

Living it strolls through a bespoke Armagnac vineyard in southwest France, owned by 4-star thermal spa house-hotel La Bastide.

18 September 2017