Science Podcasts

We brush away at this question: is it better for your teeth to suck on, or chew, your sweets?

It kept the explosions on the silver screen instead of in the projection booth - Brian Clegg on cellulose acetate

This week, the seductive and slinky raw material, rubber. We cook up a scientific treat exploring rubber's origins...

Rats being tickled, a visit to the laughter clinic, and a toddler's favourite joke. We uncover the brain basis of...

Why space is dark, do bags of coins deter flies, why don't cats go grey, is GPS or an odometer more accurate, and...

MRI brain scanning could aid in the diagnosis of autism in young infants, a US research group have found.

Just 50 grams could kill everyone on the planet, but we have it injected into our faces. David Lindsay on Botox

What do sufferers of schizophrenia experience, and why? Might the immune system be to blame? And could an avatar be the...

Are babies the ultimate yoginis? How do they do their headstands in the womb? We find out!

A team at Toronto university won the “Igor I. Sikorsky Competition” by building a man-powered helicopter...

Plants do molecular mathematics to "thyme" starch consumption, how cancers evolve resistance to chemotherapy...

Summer loving is in the air, so what better time to think about sex? We're talking about the genetics of sex...

With gender switching flowers and humungous leaves, the giant water lily at the Cambridge Botanic gardens has to be...

Why are we ticklish? What happens to blood when we die? Why are mechanical hearts hard to make? Why does microwaved...

The latest in solar technology, nerves controlling cancers, wobbles in the Earth's core changing time, and can...

A baby was born in the US this week, thanks to a new genetic screening technique for IVF embryos

Can we get power from poo?

Phillip Broadwith discusses one of the neonicitinoid insecticides believed to be causing problems for bees

Space Boffins Richard Hollingham and Sue Nelson go to a comet, Mars and into space.

Do plants do maths? Has the Internet made us all more intelligent? How did people realise Earth is round? What's...

How are astronomers modelling the dark matter in the Universe?

What will be the last organism living on Earth when the Sun swells, a replacement liver grown from stem cells, and the...

Naked Physicist Dave Ansell tries to recreate Space in his garden, in order to get to grips with a listeners question...

Nineteen fire-fighters were killed in Arizona tackling a wildfire that had got out of control. But how do blazes like...