Science Podcasts

We dish the dirt on pollution and see if electric cars can compete with petrol motors...

Everyone likes a room with a view but why? Is it innate or do we learn to love a vista?

What is the universe made of? Will robots ever take over the world?

Childbirth happens rather a lot - but we still don't know a huge amount about it.

A new material has been created to delay the development of ice.

From an apron aflame to a popular propellant, Michael Freemantle tracks the history of guncotton

In this special debate we ask our experts the BIG question, and why?

Your birth order will not necessarily determine your personality in later life.

A new coating for steel that reduces contaminants, such as bacteria, sticking to it has be

Brian Clegg introduces an essential nutrient, and the first to hold the name 'vitamin': Thiamine or vitamin B

Seven major engineering projects in the UK have been given 21 million in funding.

We look at science from around our world, which could help us build a home on another.

Could zombies become real?

What causes stuttering, how do living things produce oil and why do adults develop alle...

A story which starts knee-deep in sewage and ends with the spread of drug resistant infections like MRSA

Imagine designing bacteria that can do whatever you want - this is synthetic biology.

They say it's the journey, not the destination. For Mars, it's going to be one bumpy ride.

What wind speed does it take to tip a lorry?

On June 16, 1963 Valentina Tereshkova became the first female cosmonaut.

Can you prove or disprove free will? What is the point of going to Mars?

As people move around more and more should we be worrying about the diseases they carry?

How much of what we say and do is reflected in the physical structure of our brains?

Going for a long run gave mice the same high as if they were smoking cannabis.

Pigments detected in fossils, revealing previously unknown colours of extinct animals.