Science Podcasts

Fat is bad? Not always, some fats may in fact help fight obesity-related disease.

How do we get bright images of planets and why do distant lights seem to blink?

Illuminating the new light based technologies looking to provide a brighter future.

Could testing of nuclear weapons lead to earthquakes?

And how are medicines named and how do HIV protective drugs work ?

This week we explore the Milky Way as the first batch of data is returned from Gaia.

Could your pet be fooled by fake pills?

Why are men hairier than women and how can a cockroach survive a microwave?

Older drivers are often thought to be more dangerous on the roads but is this really true?

This month we're commemorating twenty years since the birth of Dolly the Sheep

This week, we don our uniforms for a lesson in the science of education.

Clothes dried on a washing line can end up crunchy and stiff. Why does this happen?

Dee O'Hara recals what it was like to work with America's first astronauts...

New research uncovers how polluted air affects our lungs at a molecular level.

The Earth is entering into a new era, what's in store?

How old is an atom? What's the fastest way to die in space? Why's it colder at altitude?

Scientists have developed a new way to extract gold from electrical goods.

Dwarf planet Ceres is spilling its secrets thanks to new data from NASA's Dawn mission

How do birds sit on electric wires without getting hurt and why would hot weather cause...

It's our 15th birthday and we're celebrating by putting science under the microscope...

Human height, fish joints, colour vision, chimpanzees using tools and open science...

New technique that makes whole rats see-through allows scientists to image intact organs.

What causes your eye to twitch? How do we know that the Earth isn't flat?

... and Graihagh Jackson made it her mission to find out about this hunk of space rock.