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BBC Science Focus, 20 Aug 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

As I write this, it’s stu­pid hot. I mean that lit­er­ally: it’s so hot that it’s dif­fi­cult to think. My thoughts feel like they’ve been wrapped in cot­ton wool and then set on fire. It turns out this is one of the rare instances in which the way I...

FROM THE EDITOR

ArticleTiger Island

In the forests of west­ern Nepal, a team of cine­ma­to­graph­ers and big cat sci­ent­ists are join­ing forces to doc­u­ment the unseen lives of tigers and show how the anim­als go about hunt­ing, fight­ing and par­ent­ing in more detail ever...

Tiger Island

ArticleHow does co ee change your gut?

If your morn­ing routine rotates around the moment your lips first brush against the so­ froth of a €at white, well… ahem… you’re prob­ably over­ro­man­ti­cising your rela­tion­ship with co‰ee. But you can guar­an­tee that your gut won’t have been le­...

How does co ee change your gut?

ArticleTen Fights That Made the Green Move­ment

Justin Rowla… looks back at the protests staged by Just Stop Oil to see how much impact the group’s actions had and if they’ve made act­iv­ism tougher for other cam­paign­ers. Listen now on BBC Sounds

Ten Fights That Made the Green Move­ment

ArticleROB REDDICK

Life­forms unknown to sci­ence are lurk­ing beneath the Ant­arc­tic. Biotech writer Rob talks to the sci­ent­ists who are start­ing to get a glimpse at them.

ROB REDDICK

ArticleDR KIRSTY KING

Can you spot a liar? Maybe not from their body lan­guage, but their verbal lan­guage is packed with valu­able clues. Kirsty, a forensic lin­guist, reveals how to pick up on them. Spot­ting a liar is a vital skill. We all want to be bet­ter at it...

DR KIRSTY KING

ArticleSANDY ONG

Dia­gnoses of pre­dia­betes are increas­ing around the globe. Sandy, a health journ­al­ist, reveals why being told you have the con­di­tion isn’t neces­sar­ily bad news.

SANDY ONG

ArticleNATE SCHARPING

More fre­quent and intense heat­waves aren’t just hurt­ing the planet, they’re affect­ing our brains too. Sci­ence writer Nate invest­ig­ates. Hot weather doesn’t just make us more drowsy and irrit­able, it dir­ectly affects our brain chem­istry and...

NATE SCHARPING