Could playing music to patients during surgery impact the amount of pain they feel...
In short: brief podcast episodes telling compelling science stories.
19 June 2020
Astronomers have taken what might be the first ever picture of a baby planet being formed...
17 June 2020
Turns out that eggs choose sperm...
15 June 2020
Growing livers in the lab to replace donor transplants...
12 June 2020
Where are we now, six months into the COVID-19 pandemic? Two virologists discuss...
09 June 2020
Phase 2 of the hydroxychloroquine debacle, and did Covid come out of a lab?
09 June 2020
White storks have hatched in the UK for the first time in half a millennium...
04 June 2020
A narrow wavelength of UV light could help in the fight against coronavirus...
03 June 2020
How do we know about the incidence of Covid-19? And what progress has been made towards a vaccine...
01 June 2020
Goats can follow human pointing gestures; we kid you not...
28 May 2020
Many believe care homes have been ignored during the pandemic so far - with disastrous consequences...
25 May 2020
Progress in vaccine trials, and the longevity of immune responses to Covid-19...
23 May 2020
Results from the coronavirus symptom tracker app, rethinking the office aircon, covid in pregnancy, and safe public...
16 May 2020
Will SARS-CoV-2 continue to circulate for years to come?
11 May 2020
Are ring-tailed lemurs using odour to communicate with mates?
04 May 2020
The 'myc' gene, linked to most human cancers, unexpectedly turns out to help heart cells divide...
02 May 2020
Experts acknowledge that you probably can't catch Covid-19 again, at least in the short term...
29 April 2020
How are universities coping with Covid? What will the impact be?
28 April 2020
A chemical contaminant, commonly found in plastics, has been linked to increased risk of pre-term birth...
25 April 2020
Human trials on Covid-19 vaccines kick off in the UK. So what kind of protection might we expect?
24 April 2020
With spring very much sprung here in the UK, what better time than now to get those fingers green!
23 April 2020
Join us for a giggle with science comedian Fran Chadha-Day...
19 April 2020
Will a vaccine against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus be forthcoming, and what other measures are effective at fighting...
13 April 2020
Are people becoming reinfected, or are the tests just poor? And how, and when, will we return to normality post-...
11 April 2020
The risk of bringing home coronavirus on your groceries is very low, but what's the best way to minimise the...