Just lost a brutal round of Catan. Thought I had the perfect strategy lined up—until someone slipped in with a sneaky settlement and flipped the whole board against me. And it hit me: this is exactly how today’s “debates” play out. It’s not about who’s got the best plan or …

It’s tempting to talk about “the West” or “the East” as if they were single, unified blocks — one voice, one agenda, one mindset. But this kind of reductionism flattens reality. The United States, for example, is not one policy or worldview; it’s a landscape of competing voices — from …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Mission begins to save snails threatened by own beauty 4 August 2025 Share Save Victoria Gill Science correspondent, BBC News Share Save Bernardo Reyes-Tur A Polymita snail in its native forest habitat in Eastern Cuba Researchers have embarked on a mission to save what some consider to be the world's …

Hot, dry summers bring new 'firewave' risk to UK cities, scientists warn 7 days ago Share Save Justin Rowlatt • @BBCJustinR Climate Editor Share Save PA Fires at Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh on Sunday Cities across the UK are facing a growing threat from an emerging phenomenon called "firewaves" as …

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Expect smaller broccoli if heatwave continues, farmers warn 3 days ago Share Save Malcolm Prior and Jenny Kumah BBC News rural affairs team Share Save BBC/Malcolm Prior Some farmers in the driest parts of the UK are finding their broccoli yields are down more than half Farmers in the driest …