Accessibility Links

THE ONLINE HOME OF BBC FOCUS MAGAZINE

Subscribe to BBC Focus Magazine
  1. Home
  2. Everyday science

Everyday science

Graphene nanoribbons (black) harvest energy generated by cyanobacterial ‘bio ink’ (green) © sudeep joshi/stevens institute of technology
News

Mushrooms unlock energy-producing potential of cyanobacteria

Can maths defeat terrorism? © Getty Images
Everyday science

Can maths defeat terrorism?

Advertisement
10 extraordinary objects from the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures (image painted by Terence Cuneo)
Everyday science

10 extraordinary objects from the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

Why is it rude to point and laugh? © Getty Images
Everyday science

Why is it rude to point?

Should we go vegan in 2019? © Getty Images
Everyday science

Should we go vegan in 2019?

Who really discovered the Higgs particle? © Getty Images
Everyday science

Who really discovered the Higgs particle?

Who was the first scientist? © Getty Images
Everyday science

Who was the first scientist?

My Life Scientific: Dr Zoe Laughlin © Yasin Isik
Everyday science

“Don’t use silver cutlery – silver tastes horrible. You’re much better off with stainless steel”

Advertisement
Why do we associate citrus smells with being clean? © Getty Images
Everyday science

Why do we associate citrus smells with being clean?

16 of the best science books from 2018
Everyday science

16 of the best science books from 2018

Why does rain smell so good? © Getty Images
Everyday science

Why does rain smell so good?

My Life Scientific: Dr Sue Black © Yasin Isik
Everyday science

“Technology took me from living on benefits on a council estate, to the career that I have today”

How it works: fireworks. © Getty Images
Everyday science

How do fireworks work?

Why do high-voltage power lines crackle and hiss? © Getty Images
Everyday science

Why do high-voltage power lines crackle and hiss?