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