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.

The thought experiment: What would happen if the Earth stopped spinning? © Getty Images

Everyday science

Why don’t I feel the Earth spinning?

Whatever happened to irradiated food? © Alamy

Everyday science

Whatever happened to irradiated food?

How did people set their clocks before TV and radio? © Getty Images

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How did people set their clocks before TV and radio?

Am I living in a simulation where nothing is real? © Dan Bright

Everyday science

Am I living in a simulation where nothing is real?

The weird ways extraordinary scientists made synthetic elements (© Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg, standing in front of a map of the Laboratory © Fritz Goro/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

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Synthetic elements 5 of the weirdest ways they were first made in the lab

How hot would a pavement have to be in order to fry an egg on it? © Getty Images

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Quick Q&A: How hot would a pavement have to be in order to fry an egg on it?

Striking photos from the 2019 Royal Photographic Society’s Science Photographer of the Year shortlist tb © Viktor Sýkora

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Striking photos from the 2019 Royal Photographic Society’s Science Photographer of the Year shortlist

How many states of matter are there? © Getty Images

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How many states of matter are there?

3D-printed Stonehenge model tests monument's acoustics © Andrew Brooks/University of Salford

3D-printed Stonehenge model tests monument’s acoustics

Five signs that someone is trying to mislead you with statistics © Getty Images

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Five signs that someone is trying to mislead you with statistics

Why does my energy-saving light bulb sporadically shine after it's been switched off? © Getty Images

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How do colour-changing light bulbs work?

Do animals get embarrassed? © Getty Images

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Do animals get embarrassed?

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Aleks Krotoski Why don't we care about our data privacy?

Aleks Krotoski

Five weirder facts about maths © Getty Images

Everyday science

5 weirder facts about maths