Science Podcasts

Following the successful Crew Dragon launch, Apollo 8 commander Frank Borman talks about the terrors of splashdown...

We take a look at the trendy world of fermented foods. Are they actually good for you? And if so, why?

Also, ventilators and Covid-19, have you seen your brain, and is sunlight stronger in summer?

Where are we now, six months into the COVID-19 pandemic? Two virologists discuss...

The age-old but newly-relevant topic of feeling alone in the time of COVID-19...

Phase 2 of the hydroxychloroquine debacle, and did Covid come out of a lab?

White storks have hatched in the UK for the first time in half a millennium...

Meet the fifth state of matter, a strange quantum soup known as a Bose-Einstein condensate...

Is there any research on the antiviral properties of saponins?

Well, we consider two suggestions anyway: microwaves and steam...

A narrow wavelength of UV light could help in the fight against coronavirus...

It is not just COVID-19 that will change the face of our cities in the future...

How do we know about the incidence of Covid-19? And what progress has been made towards a vaccine...

Protecting everyone from COVID-19

How home distillation can be lethal, as well as illegal. Also, rice behaving bizarrely in the microwave oven...

How genetic plasticity enables sparrows to live alongside us, and fish to evolve rapidly to life in caves...

Goats can follow human pointing gestures; we kid you not...

Are astronauts still going to and from the International Space Station? A flight surgeon answers...

Many believe care homes have been ignored during the pandemic so far - with disastrous consequences...

Playing God, or an act of altruism?

What could be the new normal of healthcare, education and transport?

We're lifting the lid on the mind under lockdown...

Do electrons leave their atoms to make electric current?

Does my body perform better than the average engine, and what's a solar minimum...