SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT

Jim Reed,Health reporter,Wesley Stephenson,BBC VerifyandNick Triggle,Health correspondentGetty ImagesThe NHS remains on high alert over flu, health bosses say, but there are clear signs the surge in the virus has come to an end for now at least.Community spread appears...

Arriving at a 1987 Gamblers Anonymous event in Dallas, Chris Anderson was at a low point. After years of losing money on high-risk stock option trades, his mental health had deteriorated and he had filed for bankruptcy. Fed up...

Scientists are trained to be professional skeptics: to always judge the validity of a claim or finding on the basis of objective, empirical evidence. They are not cynics; they just ask themselves and each other...

Hospitals across the UK are seeing high levels of flu cases this winter.The NHS in England has said it is on "on high alert" after seeing the highest ever number of flu cases in hospital for this time of...

Getty ImagesAmber and yellow cold health alerts have already been issued across much of England this winter. The alerts warn the public when low temperatures pose a potential risk to health. How does the weather health alert system work?The...

Alexander StevanovicEssexFiona GrahamA GP says she has experienced patients putting "weights on their backs" to falsify readings in order to be prescribed weight-loss injections online.Fiona Graham, who runs a private clinic in Chelmsford, Essex, said she regularly received requests...

Giancarlo RinaldiSouth Scotland reporterGuard Archaeology"What is significant about the Twentyshilling remains is that they were cremated and then buried almost immediately," he said.He said that was unusual as there was "quite a tradition" in the Bronze Age of leaving...

The Trump administration intends to dismantle one of the world's leading climate research institutions over what it said on Tuesday were concerns about "climate alarmism," despite opposition to the plan. The National Center for Atmospheric...

Available for over a yearWith the festive season approaching in parts of the world, Ruth Alexander explores what’s actually happening in the body during a hangover, why some people suffer more than others, and whether common remedies make any...

The latest United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) concluded in November without a roadmap to phase out fossil...