Plus, we look back on the life of Paul Alexander, who lived inside an iron lung for 70...
Science Podcasts
All of our free science podcasts and science radio shows on science, technology, medicine and engineering in one place...
03 July 2012
We find out if applying ice to an injury actually helps to speed up healing. Plus we ask, would dining with a silver...
02 July 2012
How can you communicate when you can't move a muscle? In this NewsFlash, we discover a new way to communicate...
01 July 2012
Later this month, the 2012 Olympics kicks off in London. With hundreds of thousands of people expected from overseas,...
27 June 2012
Nitroglycerine podcast from Chemistry World - the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry
25 June 2012
What can farmers learn from physicists? This month in Naked Astronomy we'll find out how satellite imaging can...
25 June 2012
This week we uncover if you could use gene therapy to cheat a DNA test and help escape detection at a crime scene. Plus...
25 June 2012
Microbes make for a healthy immune system, how pitcher plants use raindrops to trap their prey...
24 June 2012
Science and technology can catch criminals and tackle terrorism. This week, we're exploring two ways to sniff out...
22 June 2012
Is the moon brighter overhead? Why do babies have higher heart rates? Do men snore more than women? What is peripheral...
20 June 2012
Titanium dioxide podcast from Chemistry World - the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry
19 June 2012
This week in the Planet Earth Podcast: how knowing exactly which bees pollinate which crops may help us grow food more...
18 June 2012
We find out why men generally die before women. Plus we ask, could we use gene therapy to cheat a DNA test and escape a...
18 June 2012
In this NewsFlash, we wave goodbye to Voyager as it leaves the solar system, and say hello to the first replacement...
17 June 2012
How do flies fly in a lift, are slug pellets painful for slugs, and where is Voyager heading next...
15 June 2012
What gives a flame its colour, and what is the hottest part? What limits the height of a skyscraper? How does post-...
14 June 2012
Potassium nitrate podcast from Chemistry World - the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry
14 June 2012
Complex, mysterious and currently incurable - the challenge for researchers working on neurodegenerative diseases is...
12 June 2012
Who was Phillip Tobias, how do self-focusing binoculars work, are muscle transplants possible, what is the bone...
11 June 2012
Why is it sometimes such a big deal when species end up in the wrong places? We explore ocean invasions, look at...
11 June 2012
This week, how a fetal genome can be sequenced before birth, how pregnant women protect their babies from immune attack...
10 June 2012
We find out if we can create life by heating up some basic chemicals. Plus we ask, why do women live longer than men?
10 June 2012
How do we look for life beyond Earth? And how did it first get started down here? To help us take on these big...
10 June 2012
This week at Naked Astronomy, we're launching something very special. We've teamed up with the Space Boffins...
06 June 2012
Carbon tetrachloride podcast from Chemistry World - the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry