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The state of our substrate: What is drought doing to our soil?
The surprising science of how drought affects the health of our soils.

Are we alone in the universe?
What if the Goldilocks zone is for idiots?

Testing testosterone testing
Will the US army benefit from testing its male soldiers for testosterone levels?

How might we spot nukes in space?
What’s the point of having a treaty banning nukes in space if we can’t spot them?

Are we one step closer to creating life in a lab?
Researchers say they have created a synthetic cell-like system that can grow and divide.

How do you immortalise natural history?
The latest cutting-edge research on show at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition.

Can we engineer ourselves out of a heatwave?
Is it time to start considering solar geoengineering to help us combat extreme heat?

Finding the evidence for the social media ban
How do you research the impacts of social media on young people?

How do you build an unbuildable tower?
How engineers fulfilled Gaudi’s once impossible vision for the Sagrada Familia.

How is AI going to change science?
What role will humans play in the future of scientific research?