Science Podcasts

What makes us catch colds on holiday? Why go to Mars?

Addiction, decriminalisation and potential good: the science behind the drugs debate.

40 years ago Richard Dawkins' The Selfish Gene hit the shelves. We look back on its legacy

Scarred ovaries may cause infertility.

What is the sun? Why do I get hiccoughs after spicy food? How accurate is carbon dating?

Why do the sunflowers chase the sun as they grow?

Space Boffins are at the Blue Dot festival where they hear music from Cern's cosmic piano.

Dinosaurs suffered from painful arthritis just like humans

From farting fish to the link between diet and cancer, we take on your questions...

Jupiter's Great Red Spot is hundreds of degrees hotter than anywhere else on the planet.

Three new types of Zika vaccine have been found to be effective in trials on monkeys.

Scientists at Oxford use machine learning to help diagnose childhood pneumonia.

Anti-­cancer skin patch combats colon cancer using targeted therapy...

From the Olympics to jet engines, this week we're turning up the temperature.

If we slice the earth in half and leave the inner and outer core intact, like cutting the avocado, what would it look...

Is it possible to absorb vitamin D through glass, what happens to cosmetic microbeads...

As transport changes and we become more sustainable, what is the future of fuels?

Young scientists from UK and Japan got engaged in science communication.

Young scientists from UK and Japan got engaged in science communication.

Juno reaches Jupiter in a death-defying mission through radiation belts but what now?

The rumbly in our tumbly revealed!

Why don't our ears stop growing and can stem cells reverse type 1 diabetes?

A mechanical masticator, or “chewing robot” gave the palaeontologists something to chew on.

What can we learn from our canine companions, and have we taken breeding too far?