New issue: Reboot your immune system

New issue: Reboot your immune system

The older I’ve gotten the more I’ve come to know my body’s immune system. In my twenties, a cold would hit me like a train. Fevers would burn like a furnace, I would sleep like the dead and then, in a few days, it’d be over. These days everything’s drawn out. First, come the aches, then the hot, dry eyes, and finally an overwhelming weariness. But what if we could turn back the clock on our immune system? It's an appealing thought, and as it turns out, one that might not just be wishful thinking. Grab a copy of our November issue to find out what the latest science says about sprucing up your body’s natural defences and the best thing you can do to give your immune system a helping hand.

Holly Spanner

Published: November 12, 2024 at 8:00 am

The hunt for ghost particles

Currently under construction in China, the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) is set to unlock the secrets of nature’s most elusive subatomic particle: the neutrino. It may ultimately provide the missing pieces of the unified ‘Theory of Everything’.

Creating an internet of animals

Wildlife populations around the world are in trouble. Meet the scientists creating a high-tech network of animals to reveal the extent of this biodiversity crisis.

The best (and worst) from TikTok Shop

The TikTok Shop sells tech at unbeatably low prices. But does any of it measure up to the more expensive equivalents? We put some of the cheapest TikTok tech to the test.

Soundscapes to supercharge your focus

How AI-generated sounds can help us relax and sleep, or focus and be more productive.

Plus

  • Solar apocalypse: How the Sun's demise will cause ripples of stellar devastation that’ll be deadly to nearby planets... and destroy all life on Earth.
  • Changing Earth's spin: How human activity – from construction projects to climate change – is altering Earth’s spin.
  • A viable alcohol alternative? With the damaging effects of alcohol now so widely documented, is the world ready for a new, all-natural alternative? BBC Science Focus technology editor Alex Hughes finds out.

Issue 412 on sale Tuesday 12 November 2024

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Holly Spanner

Staff Writer, BBC Science Focus

Holly is the Staff Writer for BBC Science Focus and looks after the popular Q&A section. She holds an MSc (distinction) in Geoscience (Space and Climate Physics) from UCL, and specialises in astronomy and earth sciences. Before joining Our Media, she worked as a geoenvironmental consultant and engineer, informing on ground risk and remediation in the north of England, while hunting for exoplanets in her spare time. Alongside this, she was regional editor of a popular theatre website for nine years, and has a solid background in curating and developing content for the digital space. Holly is also an artist and illustrator, and regular contributor to the craft website, Gathered. She has previously worked with the RSPB, English Heritage, Disney, Pilot and Brother, as well as on BBC Good Food magazine, Home Style magazine, and Papercraft inspirations magazine. She enjoys photography and has a sustained interest in antiques.

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