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How artificial life was made
09/08/2010

The world’s first synthetic life form has been created in a landmark experiment that could pave the way for ‘designer organisms’ built for specific tasks. How did they do it?

The days that could change Earth
29/07/2010

All it would take is one overnight event to trigger decades of global consequences.

Biocontrol: Nature's pest control
Biocontrol: Nature's pest control
14/07/2010

When it comes to pests, Nature’s own hitmen are the best weapons in our armoury. But are they safe when we send them into battle? Caroline Green investigates…

Extreme labs
World's most extreme science labs
14/06/2010

Laboratories without limits: Aimee Steen checks out the most challenging places that experiments take place.

4 ways to catch a killer
4 ways to catch a killer
01/06/2010

Police arrive at a murder scene. A body lies strewn across the floor, blood seeping from a bullet wound. There’s broken glass on the carpet and a few muddy footprints. The pressure’s on the forensic team to come up with leads using cutting-edge techniques that could snare the murderer.

Deadly insects
Deadly insects
16/04/2010

In a sneak peek at the Alien Assassins feature in this month's Focus, we investigate nature's most deadly hitmen.

Weather patterns
Are weather patterns like El Nino shielding us from climate change?
12/03/2010

Global warming is going to get worse as weather patterns like El Niño and the North Atlantic Oscillation come into sync. Robert Matthews looks at the cataclysmic changes caused by cyclical weather systems.

Population overload
Population overload
24/09/2009

Space, food and fuel are finite and, as the world’s population increases, so will the demand on them. Ian Taylor looks at the outcomes of this growing problem, and how to solve it.

The climate gamble
The climate gamble
01/11/2008

Climate change predictions are based on computer models that are only able to vaguely reproduce Earth’s complex weather systems. Robert Matthews asks whether that’s enough to bet our future on

The last drop
01/08/2008

Planet Earth is running dry. As freshwater supplies come under increasing pressure from drought, agriculture and a booming, thirsty population, Ian Taylor asks what the future holds for H2O

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