Work begins to create artificial human DNA from scratch 26 June 2025 Share Save Pallab Ghosh • @BBCPallab Science Correspondent Gwyndaf Hughes Science Videographer Share Save How the researchers hope to create human DNA Work has begun on a controversial project to create the building blocks of human life from …

Will there be a drought where I live? 16 July 2025 Share Save Mark Poynting, Jess Carr and Phil Leake BBC Climate and Verify data journalism teams Share Save Getty Images Many reservoirs in northern England, like Lindley Wood in Yorkshire, have hit extremely low levels Millions of people in …

Recent droughts are 'slow-moving global catastrophe' - UN report 2 July 2025 Share Save Tim Dodd Climate and science reporter Share Save Getty Images Record low water levels in the Amazon basin disrupted drinking water for thousands of people From Somalia to mainland Europe, the past two years have seen …

Ancient Egyptian history may be rewritten by DNA bone test 2 July 2025 Share Save Pallab Ghosh • @BBCPallab Science Correspondent Share Save Liverpool John Moores University. Nature Tests on the skull could give new insights into ancient history A DNA bone test on a man who lived 4,500 years …

Tiny creatures gorge, get fat, and help fight global warming 4 July 2025 Share Save Georgina Rannard Climate and science correspondent Share Save Prof Daniel J Mayor @oceanplankton A tiny, obscure animal often sold as aquarium food has been quietly protecting our planet from global warming by undertaking an epic …

5m year-old ice to be melted to unlock mystery 18 July 2025 Share Save Georgina Rannard Climate and science correspondent Reporting from British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge Share Save PNRA/IPEV The end of the ice cores are a 1. 5 million year or even older time capsule An ice core that …

Thousands of river pollution tests cancelled because of staff shortages 24 July 2025 Share Save Jonah Fisher BBC environment correspondent Share Save Jonah Fisher/BBC Between May and July 2025 10,000 tests for water pollution at the Environment Agency's Starcross laboratory in Devon were cancelled Thousands of water tests to identify …

Why did Russian mega earthquake not cause more tsunami damage? 30 July 2025 Share Save Esme Stallard and Mark Poynting BBC News Climate and Science Share Save It has been one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded – but so far has not brought the catastrophic tsunami that many feared. …

'Communities' of strange, extreme life seen for first time in deep ocean 31 July 2025 Share Save Victoria Gill Science correspondent, BBC News Share Save Watch: some of the strange, extreme life filmed at the depths of the ocean Beds of clams, mats of bacteria that look like ice and …

Russian volcano erupts for first time in more than 500 years 3 August 2025 Share Save Adam Durbin BBC News Share Save Watch: Huge plumes of smoke could be seen rising from the volcano A volcano in far eastern Russia has erupted for the first time in more than 500 …