In short: brief podcast episodes telling compelling science stories.

05 January 2011

This is a special edition of the Planet Earth podcast, featuring some of our favourite audio diaries from the past year...

26 December 2010

In this special episode of the Naked Scientists podcast, we explore the world of Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES...

22 December 2010

Tetrodotoxin podcast from Chemistry World - the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry

21 December 2010

A new detector, GROND, has shed light on the mysterious objects known as Dark Gamma Ray Bursts...

15 December 2010

Sodium hydroxide podcast from Chemistry World - the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry

09 December 2010

Red squirrels used to be the most common squirrel in Britain. But since the grey squirrel was introduced from the USA...

09 December 2010

In this podcast from National Pathology Week 2010, we join Dr Alun Williams at the Natural History Museum to discover...

08 December 2010

Tetrahydrocannabinol podcast from Chemistry World - the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry

08 December 2010

We explore the role of pathologists in pregnancy and childbirth in this podcast from National Pathology Week 2010. We...

07 December 2010

In this podcast Richard Hollingham reports from an unusual and somewhat cold location - onboard the British Antarctic...

07 December 2010

We go behind closed doors in this special podcast from National Pathology Week 2010, visiting the pathology labs at the...

01 December 2010

Methane podcast from Chemistry World - the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry

24 November 2010

Nicotine podcast from Chemistry World - the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry

23 November 2010

Does your shopping basket contain chocolate, biscuits and shampoo? If it does, you may be unwittingly contributing to...

17 November 2010

Luciferin podcast from Chemistry World - the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry

16 November 2010

It seems that hardly a week goes by without a major earthquake striking somewhere in the world, which may be why many...

10 November 2010

Nickel carbonyl podcast from Chemistry World - the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry

10 November 2010

In this Planet Earth podcast, Sue Nelson reports from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew where she finds out that some...

09 November 2010

In this month's podcast Professor Ron Laskey discusses the links between our DNA and cancer to reveal how changes...

09 November 2010

Professor Ron Laskey discusses the links between our DNA and Cancer to reveal how cells become cancerous as well as how...

08 November 2010

In this Planet Earth podcast, Sue Nelson hears about the birth of an ocean in the Afar depression in the Horn of Africa...

04 November 2010

This week, Richard Hollingham finds out that bowerbirds are not just brilliant at making elaborate bowers, they're...

02 November 2010

Caffeine podcast from Chemistry World - the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry

28 October 2010

Unless you've never seen the sea, you've probably seen a jellyfish. And even if you haven't seen one,...