Life as we know it

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When the asteroid smashed into Earth 66 million years ago, it wiped out the fierce

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BBC Science Focus Magazine

8 June 2022

BBC Wildlife Magazine

Birds that break the rules

Many birds have fabulous plumage to attract mates or send warning messages. Some of the colours in their feathers are produced by microscopic structures on the feather surface that absorb and reflect

BBC Sky at Night Magazine

Bulletin

After spending over a decade mapping our Milky Way, the European Space Agency’s Gaia satellite is now being put into retirement. The spacecraft has almost depleted its reserves of the cold nitrogen ga

All About History

The spanish crusader el cid

How a Castilian knight fought Christians and Muslims alike to become a national icon

How It Works

What’s the oldest known disease?

Amazing answers to your curious questions

National Geographic Traveller (UK)

The danube

WHETHER BIKING TO CASTLES OR KAYAKING THROUGH GORGES, A TRIP CENTRED ON THIS RIVER IS THE EPITOME OF EUROPEAN ROMANCE.

What Doctors Don't Tell You

When pain is all in your head

The majority of back pain resists any sort of treatment or diagnosis because it’s an emotional pain, says Dr John Sarno. Cate Montana investigates