This week the USA has carried out its first executions by lethal injection since April.
In short: brief podcast episodes telling compelling science stories.
01 August 2015
Your way of thinking is a good indicator of whether you'll enjoy Joni or Metallica
31 July 2015
Rocket power might be about to revolutionise the world of punting...
31 July 2015
Drinking one fizzy pop per day increases the risk of diabetes substainally...
29 July 2015
Simon Cotton on the compound that turns a shrinking violet into a hero: Adrenaline
25 July 2015
A show by students from the UK and Japan about everything from genetics to astrophysics
24 July 2015
Scientists have produced the first 3D, beating human heart chamber from a single stem cell
22 July 2015
Brian Clegg tells us about a silicone gel, which can sometimes be a bit silly
17 July 2015
Raychelle Burks introduces a red dye with a prickly history.
17 July 2015
Evidence links volcanoes to the fall of the Roman Empire...
15 July 2015
Could we separate the health benefits from psychoactive properties in marijuana?
14 July 2015
A study tracking bee populations shows that they do not mix well with climate change.
14 July 2015
A substance that directly causes brain ageing has been uncovered for the first time...
13 July 2015
Half of all children with a genetic anxious temperament go on to develop depression
13 July 2015
All hail self-driving taxis, as they could reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to 94%.
08 July 2015
If life hands you lemons, make lemonade – or you could make citric acid, a very useful commodity chemical according to...
04 July 2015
A study on mice has shown males and females feel pain via different biological pathways.
03 July 2015
What do fish and aircraft have in common?
01 July 2015
Brian Clegg on sodium sulfate, known as 'the miraculous salt' because of its strong laxative effects.
30 June 2015
Tonight, a second will be added to clocks across the world, but what is this leap second?
24 June 2015
Tempted by a tipple of home-brewed moonshine? Andrew Turley examines the risks associated with drinking methanol.
23 June 2015
Proton pump inhibitors could significantly increase your risk of suffering a heart attack
22 June 2015
A new brain implant resembling chicken wire can be used to stimulate the nervous system.
22 June 2015
75 million year-old dinosaur blood cells and protein fibres found in fossils.
22 June 2015
Hawkmoths can hover, eat and track motion all in the pitch black. How do they do it?