Jimi Hendrix called it the 'Third Stone from the Sun', James Lovelock knows it as Gaia, and to us it is our home, planet Earth. The atmosphere is a relatively thin blanket of gas, held in place by the ...

While the menopause occurs as a single day in a woman's life – when the ovaries cease producing hormones – the time leading up to this life-changing event can last for several years. This is the ...

Hatty Willmoth is a trends editor at BBC Science Focus. She has previously written for Newsweek, the Independent and Live Science, among others, and has a background writing about health, nutrition ...

Most cultures have stories and myths detailing the end of days, from the eventual fate of humans to what will happen to our world and any other realms inhabited by their respective deities. These ...

Thomas is Digital editor at BBC Science Focus. Writing about everything from cosmology to anthropology, he specialises in the latest psychology, health and neuroscience discoveries. Thomas has a ...

Claire has worked in the health and fitness industry for the past 20 years. Having studied at the London School of Sports Massage, she gained a BTEC Level 5 Professional Diploma in Soft Tissue Therapy ...

Dr Margaret McCartney is a GP based in Glasgow and a regular contributor to the British Medical Journal and BBC Radio 4’s Inside health.

Tom is trends editor at BBC Science Focus. He obtained an MPhil degree in advanced chemical engineering from the University of Cambridge, where he conducted research into amyloid protein folding using ...

Mother Earth, Gaia, the third rock from the Sun - whatever you call it, this 4.5 billion-year-old planet is the one that we and all known living creatures call home.

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From the creators of BBC Science Focus, Instant Genius is a bite-sized masterclass in podcast form. With each episode, a different world-leading expert will help you understand the latest ideas and ...

Colin Stuart is an astronomy author and speaker.