Science Podcasts

We find out if Earth's expanding human population will affect water supplies. Plus we ask, does the new anti-fat...

Brian Clegg opens our eyes to the compounds that enable sight

2013 looks like a good year for comets! We find out where these balls of dust and ice come from and what to expect from...

Why do ovaries run out of eggs? Why does diesel smell nice but burning engine oil is unpleasant? More of your science...

New drugs for flu, bees read electrical fields, why moles are sensitive to seismic vibrations and how good is a sharks...

What happens when you fall into, and out of, love? Can you enhance monogamy with oxytocin? And what does a fruit fly...

Josh Howgego looks into the past, with help from some alkenones

Why textbook depictions of our early ancestors may have to be re-drawn; and why underwater canyons contain a wealth of...

You've probably heard of DNA, but what do you know about RNA? As well as being the molecule that shuttles...

Love is... neurochemistry? This week, we look at love from a scientific perspective...

Many other species have multiple partners, but are humans meant for monogamy? Plus we ask, do flies have a super sense...

Philip Robinson tells us about the first chemotherapeutic drug

The Space Boffins meet British astronaut Tim Peake at the British Interplanetary Society, and discuss Martian methane,...

How does alcohol cause liver cirrhosis? Can we make matter massless by removing Higgs particles? How did spiders evolve...

We find out if you can emulate a Martian environment in the kitchen, and if so, can you grow plants there? Plus we ask...

Earth is due a very near miss next week, so we Analyse Asteroids! We'll meet the companies looking to go...

Brian Clegg looks at one of the original environmental villains

In this Planet Earth podcast, how a new genetic strain could halt ask dieback, and the challenges of getting biofuel...

Are helium-filled balloons less likely to pop? How does a cordless toothbrush charge? Is there much mercury in compact...

Cambridge scientists have uncovered a new way to combat the pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Cats can have patterned fur, but can you get a tabby human? Plus we ask can we make a miniature Mars at home?

New research reveals why an infectious cancer that's spreading amongst Tasmanian Devils isn't attacked by...

Laura Howes looks back to a time when feeling blue was a good thing - and wearing it was 'bling'

What is involved in blood doping in sports? Can beetroot make urine red? Can mosquitoes transmit HIV? How do dung...