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Competition

Living Science Competition Winner!

We are proud to announce the winners of the Living Science Competition!

First prize goes to Rupert Hitchcox (above).

The runners up prizes go to Anne Hird and Andreas Sakka!

Thank-you for all of the entries!

Maura's Story

The science that saved him and made him well
Anne's Story

Sight kept by science
Georgie's Story

Amazing advances
Dawn's Story

Science proved an emergency help
Richard's Story

I owe my life to medical science

Gary and Al's Story

Inspiration in the sky
Andy's story

Science makes remote surgery possible
Andreas's story

Never thought I would come to rely on science
William's story

Now 100% well
Saul's story

Saving sight in Ethiopia

Future Jobs

Shape of Jobs to Come

Science:[So what? So everything] has been scanning the horizon for emerging science and technologies to find out what jobs we will be doing in the next decade and beyond.

What career fires your passion and will make the most of your skills in 2020? How about a memory augmentation surgeon, an avatar manager or a weather modification police officer?

Find out more about future jobs >>>

The future is a great place to work

What will going to work be like in 2020?
Future jobs: alternative vehicle developer

Wanted: Designers and builders of next-generation cars.
Future jobs: Parents and carers of young children

Ideas for parents and carers of young children
Future jobs: Parents and carers with teens

Ten ideas for parents and carers of teens and older children

Future jobs: Avatar moderator

New technology is changing the way we teach and learn
Future jobs: vertical farmer

Living in the city won't mean you can't be a farmer in the future.
Future jobs: what might you be doing?

Check out our 20 dream jobs of the future.
Careers in IT and games design

Find out how you could design and build virtual worlds.

Future jobs: Pharmer

See how science is helping us grow life-saving medicines.
Future jobs: Body part maker

How new science and technology is saving lives
Find out more: STEM careers

Find out about entering careers in science, technology, engineering and maths.
Careers in pharmacy and genetics

See how science is letting us grow life-saving medicines.

In Focus

Video

The future is a great place to work

What will going to work be like in 2020?
How do you make ice cream without a freezer?

The Science So What? team went to the seaside and made their own ice cream

Health and Society

The Living Science Winners!

Rupert Hitchcox wins first prize!
The Science of Curry

The science details behind Britain's favourite dish
Ginger

Give your health a spicy zing

Space and Tech

Finding Ada

An international celebration of women in science
SciFi to SciFact: Part 1

Turning famous fictions into real technology
SciFi to SciFact: Part 2

Turning famous fictions into real technology

Living World

Biodiversity in the UK

Find the wild close to home
Old homes to get green makeover

£17m pilot fund to retrofit housing stock
Can a natural disaster be man-made?

Why "acts of God" might not be

Health and Society

Video

The real pathologist

What does a pathologist do?
The weird science of music

Does a song have DNA? Are we hard-wired to enjoy music?

Body

The Science of Curry

The science details behind Britain's favourite dish
Ginger

Give your health a spicy zing
Garlic

Garlic breath may be good for your health, if not your love life

Mind

World Maths Day: the maths of nice

Is there a mathematical reason to be nice?
Darwin 2009: Evolution - Your views?

What do you think about Darwin's big idea?
Christmas: Get moving to beat the stress

Christmas can be a challenge for both body and mind, but exercise can make you h

People

The Living Science Winners!

Rupert Hitchcox wins first prize!
As luck would have it

What do X-rays, penicillin and Viagra have in common?
Darwin 2009: A Tale of Two Beagles

What effect has Darwin had on your life?

Space and Technology

Video

The teardrop explodes!

Strange glass drops that explode when touched at the wrong end!
Incredible Powers Of Ten video

A journey from the very edge of space to deep inside your cells.

High-tech World

Finding Ada

An international celebration of women in science
SciFi to SciFact: Part 1

Turning famous fictions into real technology
SciFi to SciFact: Part 2

Turning famous fictions into real technology

Outer World

Storms in Space

See how space weather affects life on Earth
Saturn’s Rings Vanish

Once every 15 years a strange illusion occurs on Saturn.
Perseid meteors light up the sky

Meteor shower reaches its magnificent peak.

Hidden World

Pancake Day: How is maple syrup made?

The secrets behind the sweetness
Incredible Powers Of Ten video

A journey from the very edge of space to deep inside your cells.
Stephen Hawking meets US President

Hawking awarded US Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Living World

Video

Herping with Dylan

Armed with a camera and a love of nature, anyone can make a nature doc.
The Mouth of Hell?

A giant fiery crater in the Karakum Desert.

Plant Life

The botfly in her head

Great video from a wildlife filmmaker removing a bug from inside her head
Why the sea smells like it does

Scientists find tiny organisms give scent to ocean spray.
The living bridges of Cherrapunji

In northeastern India, bridges aren't built - they're grown!

Animal Kingdom

Biodiversity in the UK

Find the wild close to home
Real life dragons

Mythical creatures come to life
Mosquitoes wings clipped to curb dengue fever

Gentically engineered 'lame' males to bring down species

Environment

Old homes to get green makeover

£17m pilot fund to retrofit housing stock
Can a natural disaster be man-made?

Why "acts of God" might not be
The Darwin Initiative

The race to save the world's biodiversity hotspots.