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Science Podcasts
All of our free science podcasts and science radio shows on science, technology, medicine and engineering in one place...
11 September 2013
Prof Peter Gore explains how we can simulate life on the grand scale and what this can teach us about dealing with our...
11 September 2013
Concrete that can repair its own cracks using plastic ligaments and embedded bacteria...
10 September 2013
The space boffins present a special Mars-themed podcast.
10 September 2013
Rutherford Appleton Central Laser Facility scientist Dr Ceri Brenner enlightens Ginny Smith about the world of lasers...
10 September 2013
Physicist Chris Frost explains, at the British Science Festival 2013, how cosmic rays disrupt the everyday technologies...
06 September 2013
Do diamonds melt? What is heartburn? What should anglers wear so fish don't see them? Why does holding an aerial...
06 September 2013
Simon Cotton introduces the dynamic Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson, and the catalyst that carries his name
05 September 2013
In another question and answer edition of the show, the team get to grips with your questions - including can you...
04 September 2013
The poison from deadly nightshade, used in a recent attempted murder - Dan Johnson introduces atropine
04 September 2013
Would it kill you to have a penny dropped on your head from the tallest building in the world, the Burj Khalifa in...
04 September 2013
The 'Walkie Talkie' in London has been damaging cars this week by acting as a parabolic reflector, targeting...
29 August 2013
In the final show from Australia, we find out how a wetsuit might protect surfers from sharks and a new development in...
29 August 2013
We find out what happens in our brains as we dream, why we have them, and what nightmares are all about.
29 August 2013
Concerns are being raised about cooling water leaks at Fukushima. But how does a nuclear power station work?
28 August 2013
Brian Clegg is taken back to his childhood by zinc oxide
25 August 2013
This autumn, the Gaia spacecraft will be launched on a mission to find out where the Milky Way's stars came from.
22 August 2013
How can DNA sequencing technology tell us what was put on Australia's first BBQ?
22 August 2013
We find out why ice cubes can make fizzy drinks bubble over, by asking a French champagne specialist!
22 August 2013
Could trains be built to travel as fast as jet liners?
21 August 2013
David Lindsay explores the first of the conducting organic polymers, polyacetylene
20 August 2013
Have a gander at this glorious and glistening material... glass
16 August 2013
The cocktail party effect, genetic dead relics in inflamation, genetic responses to flu jabs, and stem cells in...
15 August 2013
Could other planets make a substance like diamond?