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I’m a high school teacher and music teacher in Brisbane, Australia. I really enjoy listening to the podcast version of...
Professor Barry Everitt tells us about the basis of addiction - What happens in the brain to get people hooked?
How does addiction change the brain? Professor Julie Kauer has found that the changes involved in becoming addicted...
Each term Cambridge University’s Rising Stars project helps young researchers to tell the world about their work. We...
It’s that time of the year when everyone is thinking, ‘how many inches extra, feet, pounds, stone have I gained over...
Why is it that headphone wires, even when put away neatly, always end up in a tangle - worse even than you could do on...
A gene-treatment to reduce the risk of heavy drinking
We tend to think of parasites as evolutionary cheats, surreptitiously taking advantage of their hosts’ hard work while...
Snowflakes form when water vapour condenses directly into ice crystals, and for many years writers have used their...
Now, we all know what snowflakes are, but have you ever gone out and looked at them properly? They’ve got extremely...
Are Christmas cracker jokes really funny? What does your choice of Christmas card say about you? We've got...
Which way of cooking do you think will have the best outcome for the healthiness of your sprouts? We sent out Ben to...