16 April 2019
Why do I, or any other human, get sore and cracked heels? I understand it's less common in men than women – presumably this is down to footwear choices? The cream product I use to cure it works very well, but its active ingredient appears to be urea....
16 April 2019
I have just spent a few hours cutting up oranges and lemons to make marmalade, and was startled to see that none of the oranges had seeds. How do the trees they come from reproduce?
16 April 2019
Plus veggie burgers get a rebrand, Uri Geller tries his hand at political protest, and bits of Cornwall go on holiday to North Africa
16 April 2019
Einstein’s genius casts a long shadow over fundamental physics. The documentary Chasing Einstein wonders if reverence for the past is blocking breakthroughs
16 April 2019
Explore the life and work of director Stanley Kubrick, watch ancient folklore in an endangered language, and discover how emotion shapes the human brain
16 April 2019
Everything from breakfast cereal to ice cream and even water is now laced with extra protein. Is there any evidence that consuming more of it does us good?
16 April 2019
From the development of our remarkable brains to the geographic divides in the way we vote, our shape-shifting planet has guided the path of humanity
16 April 2019
What would the 1980s have been like if Alan Turing had lived? Ian McEwan talks about his exploration of a speculative past for AI in his novel Machines Like Me
16 April 2019
Measles outbreaks across the US are forcing public health officials to take drastic action to get people vaccinated, threatening fines or even jail time
16 April 2019
A study of some 8-million-year-old teeth found in Greece suggests a controversial idea: that hominins arose in Europe and then moved into Africa later
