Science Podcasts

NASA's Curiosity rover has spent that past 15 months exploring a region of the planet called Gale Crater.

A popular way to weed out unwanted pest plants, Jen Newton introduces Glyphosate

Ancient human ancestor DNA, male contraceptive pill, pain-free injection, world's biggest marine reserve and...

The Space Boffins have a lunar love-in featuring Apollo 13 astronaut Jim Lovell and studio guests David Baker and...

How much energy is generating using renewables?

So sweat. Do the birds and bees do it? And even educated fleas? Or is sweating just limited to humans and err, horses?

This week, Ben Valsler investigates the smoky compound that links whisky, kippers, bacon, hot dogs, coffee, creosote...

Live from Cambridge, the search for planets around other stars, mapping the Milky Way and the prospects of life in...

Protein crystallography with electrons, a receptor for carbon dioxide, bacteria and rheumatoid arthritis, plastic...

An introduction to the history and science of HIV/AIDS

'Tubby' is a gene found in vertebrates and plants. But what's in a name?

Using snails to decode the genetics of left-right asymmetry

The mental scars left following trauma and how ecstasy can help treat post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

For many, it's the smell of spring and summer. But hexenal - responsible for the aroma of freshly cut grass -...

We discover more about our sense of smell - how it works, why it's so subjective, and what life would be like...

The Space Boffins report from the UK control room of the Mars SAFER field trial as scientists operate an ExoMars rover...

Could plankton shells hold the key to understanding ancient climate conditions?

The 19th November was World Toilet Day. Here's a Quick Fire Science on sanitation, and the future of the toilet

Neurochemical warfare, how serving in Afghanistan can leave mental scars plus brainwashing to tweak belief systems.

We find out how our thoughts can get so overloaded that we experience visual cortex blindness and overlook the obvious!

Did chemistry help control tension in the trenches? Brian Clegg investigates potassium bromide

Repair and restore! Everything from self-healing concrete to Dr Who episodes and to the human heart...

We look at how molecules in cells self-organise to create structures, plus bee sex, tough mice, and a happily married...

The 2013 opium harvest was the largest on record. But what is it, and what is its history?