Everyday science

Physics, chemistry and biology are your "big three", but there are so many more branches of science, including the formal sciences, natural sciences and social sciences. They're all here, and you can rely on us to put the 'fun' in fundamental science for you.

What’s the most popular dog breed? © Daniel Bright

Everyday science

What’s the most popular dog breed?

Science history: Does renaming a building rewrite its past? © Alamy

Reality Check Does renaming a building rewrite its past?

What makes soup explode in the microwave? © Getty Images

Everyday science

What makes soup explode in the microwave?

Why is cheese so addictive? © Adam Gale

Everyday science

Why is cheese so addictive?

A First World War German submarine that has been surveyed for the first time since its loss in 1917 © MMT/Reach Subsea

WWI U-boat sunk by Royal Navy surveyed for the first time

Is the ‘seven-year itch’ a real thing? © Daniel Bright

Everyday science

Is the ‘seven-year itch’ a real thing?

Everything you need to know about quantum physics (almost) © Getty Images

Everyday science

Everything you need to know about quantum physics (almost)

When human life or the future of the planet is at stake, betting against science is absolutely unconscionable © Justus Sustermans / Public domain

Mario Livio "When human life or the future of the planet is at stake, betting against science is absolutely unconscionable"

Why can’t we predict prime numbers? © Alamy

Everyday science

Why can’t we predict prime numbers?

Is fruit juice just as bad for you as fizzy drinks? © Daniel Bright

Everyday science

Is fruit juice just as bad for you as fizzy drinks?

Could we bring back an extinct species using DNA, Jurassic Park style? © Daniel Bright

Everyday science

Could we bring back an extinct species using DNA, Jurassic Park style?

Could the internet become conscious? © Getty Images

Everyday science

Could the internet become conscious?

Subhadra Das: What part has science played in racism? (British scientist Sir Francis Galton (1822-1911) © Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Everyday science

Subhadra Das What part has science played in racism?

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What is rocket science?

The Long March-5 rocket carrying an orbiter, lander and rover as part of the Tianwen-1 mission to Mars lifts off from the Wenchang Space Launch Centre in southern China's Hainan Province © Noel Celis/AFP via Getty Images

A history of rocket science