A non-invasive ultrasound technique to gauge breast tissue density could improve cancer...
In short: brief podcast episodes telling compelling science stories.
20 February 2014
UK Science Minister David Willetts visits Chicago to attend the AAAS meeting and make new scientific connections for...
20 February 2014
The Winter Olympics are finishing in Sochi, Russia this week. But how is science involved in grabbing gold on the...
19 February 2014
Simon Cotton explores a dance-scene drug that was designed for horses, ketamine
15 February 2014
Competition and collaboration between the UK and US drives innovation and discovery, explains David Willetts, UK...
13 February 2014
A young, physically healthy giraffe called Marius in a zoo in Copenhagen was put down. We try to understand why.
12 February 2014
Hayley Birch discovers the compound that links explosive anaesthetics, plastics and ripe bananas: Ethene
12 February 2014
How do you pack up 4 million museum items for refurbishment? Cambridge University's museum of zoology is getting a...
06 February 2014
Doctors are trying to bring Michael Schumacher out of a medically induced coma. But why are medically induced comas...
05 February 2014
Lactose intolerance leads to unpleasant and antisocial symptoms. Lars Öhrström finds out why
30 January 2014
Purple tomatoes might soon be making their way onto our dinner plates as the genetically modified fruit is being...
29 January 2014
Simon Cotton investigates tetrahydrogestrinone (THG), a designer steroid that sparked a sporting scandal
27 January 2014
Polio has not been seen in Britain since the 80's, but the disease is still endemic in three countries. Can it be...
22 January 2014
Brian Clegg meets a simple organic compound with a reputation for being something of a bruiser
16 January 2014
Crowd funding programmes have raised money for Hollywood films, but now it could even be used to monitor carbon dioxide...
15 January 2014
Simon Cotton looks back at the history of one of our favourite painkillers, paracetamol
09 January 2014
This week the Michigan town of Hell froze over - but why are temperatures plummeting across America?
08 January 2014
Helen Scales finds out how unique toxins found in deadly cone snail stings could herald the next generation of...
17 December 2013
Brian Clegg explains how the versatile compound boron nitride may be 'the best kept secret in all of chemistry...
13 December 2013
The mysteries of DNA, genetics and inheritance - explained!
11 December 2013
A popular way to weed out unwanted pest plants, Jen Newton introduces Glyphosate
11 December 2013
NASA's Curiosity rover has spent that past 15 months exploring a region of the planet called Gale Crater.
05 December 2013
How much energy is generating using renewables?
04 December 2013
This week, Ben Valsler investigates the smoky compound that links whisky, kippers, bacon, hot dogs, coffee, creosote...
28 November 2013
An introduction to the history and science of HIV/AIDS