BBC Science Focus Magazine

With accessible features illustrated with the world’s best photography, BBC Focus Magazine explains the theory behind scientific phenomena and really brings science to life. In every issue you’ll find news of the latest major scientific developments, a lively Q&A section plus exclusive and astonishing photographic reports that range from the breathtaking to the downright odd.

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New treatment could reverse frailty in older adults • Getting old doesn’t have to mean getting frail. A landmark trial suggests stem cells can reverse the physical decline of ageing

Strange movement detected under the Greenland Ice Sheet • The same mechanism that drives volcanic eruptions seems to be making the ice move like magma

‘Astonishingly’ large new dinosaur species discovered in the Sahara • The bus-sized predator was so unusual that scientists didn’t recognise it

Birdwatching could reverse ageing • Becoming a better birder could boost your cognitive health

Seal pups chat just like humans - accents included • Harbour seal pups take turns when speaking and even develop regional accents

Burning ourselves could be how humans evolved so successfully • New research suggests fire was key to human evolution – but not in the way we previously thought

Bird poop powered one of the Americas’ greatest ancient kingdoms • Archaeological analysis of items from a South American kingdom reveals their prosperity was built on guano

Eating oats could lower your cholesterol in just two days • The health benefits of a two-day porridge diet lasted for weeks afterwards

Most people are too sure they can identify fake human faces • Even ‘super recognisers’ struggle with the challenge. Can you do better?

How to stop taking weight-loss drugs, without the weight returning • Weight gain is likely for anyone coming off weight-loss drugs – but it’s not inevitable

Space was never really peaceful. Now everyone’s stopped pretending • From lasers to space planes, the battle for space is already underway – and everyone wants to win it

Bowel cancer rates are rising. Everyone wants to know why • Deaths from the main types of cancer in people under 50 are falling. But for bowel cancer, they’re increasing

THE FART DETECTOR • A new (under)wearable sensor sits in your pants and sniffs your farts, in the hopes of revealing clues about your gut health

CORE MEMORIES • As Apple turns 50 this April, we take a look at some of the company’s most iconic products, the flops that helped shape it, and what could be coming next

EDITOR’S PICKS… • This month’s smartest tech

WATCH YOUR MOUTH • The more we learn about the microbiome living in our mouths, the more we discover the surprising extent to which our oral health affects our overall health

THE TREE-TOP TIME MACHINE • An ambitious project about to get underway in the Amazon rainforest intends to see how the trees will respond to the CO2 levels of the future

A breathalyser for the rainforest

UNLOCKING THE SECRETS OF AUTISM • New biotech is helping scientists pull back the curtain on the developing brain and reveal the causes of autism

TIMES AI GOT IT SPECTACULARLY WRONG • For the past four years, AI has been reshaping how we work and live. But its failures are proving just as transformative as its triumphs

THE PROCRASTINATION TRAP • Can’t stop dilly-dallying over your to-do list? Psychologists say the culprit isn’t sloth, but stress. And...