A new way to repair diseased livers has been unveiled by University of Cambridge...
In short: brief podcast episodes telling compelling science stories.
08 April 2020
What traits make urban birds successful?
04 April 2020
What's the evidence that a facemask works for SARS-CoV-2, and is the lockdown working?
25 March 2020
How similar is lettuce grown in space to lettuce grown on Earth?
21 March 2020
The scientific basis for the tactics deployed against SARS-CoV-2 doesn't currently have an end game...
18 March 2020
Seagulls use human touch as a cue to identify good food - but how exactly do you test that?
14 March 2020
The UK stance is currently at odds with the response across Europe. Is this the right approach to controlling the...
11 March 2020
The energy from wastewater could power every house in Mexico and the USA
03 March 2020
As cases climb beyond 80,000, how is the world reacting?
28 February 2020
Cannabis can make people misremember key events - or even remember things that never actually happened...
14 February 2020
How big a diamond could you make with the carbon in a piece of coal?
13 February 2020
Charcoal incorporated into mud wasp nests has timestamped important indigenous art in Australia's Kimberley region...
08 February 2020
The World Health Organisation declare the Chinese coronavirus outbreak a global health emergency. Chris Smith returns...
06 February 2020
Chris Smith's appearance on Radio New Zealand National, January 2020
06 February 2020
Does running a mile every day help keep primary school children from gaining weight?
02 February 2020
Hate cleaning? Wish things just wouldn’t get dirty? This technology might help...
30 January 2020
Where did the disease come, and how far might it spread?
29 January 2020
Scientists unveil to new strategies to rid the body of HIV...
24 January 2020
Weather forecasters are big fans of the wind measurement data coming from the Aeolus satellite...
21 January 2020
A breakthrough in motor neuron disease shows how different forms might have the same underlying cause...
21 January 2020
We hear what Doug Cockle to find out what he thinks of the latest Netflix TV show...
15 January 2020
Cigarette consumption is dropping, but so is people's desire to quit...
12 January 2020
Do you also find it difficult to control what you eat? Scientists have made bacteria not need food at all...
03 January 2020
For the first time, scientists have found evidence of a giant, Neptune-size planet orbiting a white dwarf star