Science Podcasts

Epigenetics controls the activity of genes inside cells and holds the key to new treatments for old diseases...

Carp with compasses, why we have earwax, can genes re-write their own code and do bananas in brown bags stay fresher...

Urea podcast from Chemistry World - the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry

The history of life in the oceans spans over 3.5 billion years. In this Naked Oceans we'll take a whistlestop tour...

We find out if we could mix spider and human DNA to create a real life Spiderman. Plus we ask, do foetuses get cancer?

How the grand canyon may be older than we thought, why hagfish may provide future fibres and the icy ecosystem in an...

How should we protect marine ecosystems? We explore the science behind Marine Protected Areas. Plus, news of a...

Why do we age? Are mosquitoes attracted to some more than others? What is epigenetics? Join Dr Chris answering...

Tetracycline podcast from Chemistry World - the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry

How an online tool is helping to protect bats, weather balloons for atmospheric research and how telomeres and ageing...

On Mars nobody can hear you scream. Is that really true? And if so, why? Plus we ask, can we mix spider and human DNA...

In this NewsFlash - Why general health checks are generally unhelpful, how to make steam from sunlight and printing new...

We take you on a tour of ISIS, the neutron source, to discover how neutrons can probe the properties of matter and...

Vinegar podcast from Chemistry World - the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry

Do menstrual cycles synchronise for women who live together? If so, is there any evolutionary reason for this?

This week we find out how long you could survive by just eating your own severed limbs, plus we search for synchrony in...

We explore the teenage brain, and ask should we all be taking drugs to boost our memories?

How DNA sequencing identified an unsuspecting carrier of MRSA, why light at night makes mice depressed and a lonely...

Why does biro ink smell? How can you reset your tolerance to caffiene? Why can't my sat nav and my speedometer...

In this Planet Earth Podcast - Potential solutions to urban flooding & peatland carbon storage...

Fiction and Science collide this month revealing the stories lurking beneath the synchrotron. Plus the latest news from...

Ricin podcast from Chemistry World - the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry

Our world - and our bodies - are teeming with bacteria. And although some of them are friendly, many of them are not.

In this NewsFlash - Ancient Arrowheads in Africa, a working lung-on-a-chip disease model and the disease attacking...