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BBC Science Focus, 22 Oct 2026

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BBC Science Focus magazine has been published monthly by Our Media since its U.K. launch in 1992. It offers an accessible, visually striking exploration of scientific discovery, engineering breakthroughs and natural phenomena. The magazine blends curiosity-driven features with expert insight, making complex ideas understandable without sacrificing depth or detail. Each issue includes interviews with scientists, myth-busting articles and infographics that distill topics from climate change to quantum computing. Columns explore ethical dilemmas and future-facing technologies, encouraging critical thinking about innovation. The magazine’s editorial team works with leading researchers and science communicators to ensure accuracy, relevance and broad appeal in every issue. Science Focus also includes trivia and puzzles that challenge and entertain. While the editorial scope is global, it maintains strong U.K. relevance by highlighting local research and science leadership. Available on PressReader, BBC Science Focus inspires inquisitive minds of all ages – making cutting-edge science clear and impossible to ignore.

In This Edition

ArticleFROM THE EDITOR

There is no light quite like the one inside my fridge. It makes everything look deli­cious, espe­cially when I’m gaz­ing in at the con­tents con­sid­er­ing a mid­night snack. But it’s not just a trick of the light. If my eyes settle on the leftovers...

FROM THE EDITOR

ArticleClick­bait Clinic with Sta­cey Dooley

Is the car­ni­vore diet good for you? Are IV drips the best way to get a glow-up? Sta­cey Dooley enlists the help of Drs Alex George and Nighat Arif to invest­ig­ate the well­ness trends cir­cu­lat­ing online. Watch now on BBC iPlayer

Click­bait Clinic with Sta­cey Dooley

ArticleThe Inter­face

BBC tech journ­al­ist Thomas Ger­main and Prof Jes­sica Mad­dox, a social media expert, sift through the trends, obses­sions and algorithms shap­ing the inter­net, online cul­ture and our lives. Listen now on BBC Sounds

The Inter­face

Article13 Minutes: Trouble with Hubble

The space series returns with an in-depth look at the prob­lems that plagued the Hubble Space Tele­scope mis­sion and how NASA fought to solve them. Listen now on BBC Sounds

13 Minutes: Trouble with Hubble

ArticleMIRIAM FRANKEL

Sci­ence writer Miriam finds out what the world’s most advanced robots are cap­able of and, per­haps more import­antly, what’s hold­ing them back. The second World Humanoid Robot Games took place in Beijing this August. Dubbed the ‘Robot Olympics’,...

MIRIAM FRANKEL