Science Podcasts

What does it take to build a 57.5km tunnel?

Can we reduce carbon emissions whilst meeting the demands of a global housing shortage?

When given the choice of plastic particles or zooplankton, fish prefer to eat plastic.

What you feed a macrophage can change its behaviour.

What if there was one vaccine that could protect against all the many forms of cancer?

How do active noise cancelling headphones work?

Do chemicals in food cause cancer, how do we vomit, how does the moon affect the tides?

Why we're all stressed out; what the consequences are and what we can do to be happier.

We are consuming too much salt as a nation, but what does this mean for our health?

Why do we get dark circles under our eyes, could animal blood be used for human transfu...

In this episode of the eLife podcast: parasitic worms, dog tumours and epilepsy.

When you look up and see thousands of stars, do you ever wonder what you are looking at?

How we can try to prevent salt from killing our crops and harming our health.

Botox impairs your ability to read the emotion of others

Solomon emailed in to ask how cooking food affects the process of digestion.

Do frogs jump out of boiling water but stay in if you heat them slowly? No frogs harmed...

What does uranium look like, is heated olive oil toxica and can you treat allergies?

Get a sneak preview of the new robot exhibition at the Science Museum in London.

Is a woman's memory superior? What's the evidence for climate change? You ask: we answer!

Researchers have found a new link in the theory of how life began on early Earth.

From maths hacks to poker playing bots - Can science help you win big?

Solving the Zika puzzle - Scientists have developed a new mouse model to study Zika

Your health, immune system and even love-life are governed by compatibility genes.

Peak phosphorus could be as little a decade away. We need to act now but what can we do?