Science Podcasts

Should every new human be genetically sequenced, and are data already lurking in the literature the key to conserving...

Plus, are mammals really halfway through their time on Earth?

What can Steller's sea cows teach us about oxygen delivery at low temperatures, and the brain's response to...

Also, why are dreams so believable? And can sunflowers absorb radiation?

Do they simply enjoy their own reflection...

A pioneer of IVF, and a lover of the opera...

Plus, the mission to bring an asteroid sample back to Earth...

Why do most mammals have four limbs? What will happen when the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies collide?

The answer relates to the two layers which make up our skin...

Chris Berrow chats to Sea of Stars creator Thierry Boulanger

Charting a commendable career of public service, saving millions of lives during the HIV and Covid crises...

Plus, the molecule dubbed a 'slam dunk' sign of life is detected on a planet in our galaxy...

Is it less about the temperature, and more about the container...

Also, how does colour blindness work? And is there anything dangerous about mobile phones?

What is life like aboard a space station?

Plus, how much of a brain boost will free school meals provide?

Is this listener's music playlist playing tricks on them...

And why are DNA tests never 100% accurate?

Chris Smith chats with the first Briton to ever go to space

And what you might see if you could...

Why does my nose itch when I brush my teeth?

Plus, the worm found in a woman's brain!

We review the progress of the major powers' lunar programmes...

Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the flight of the first black astronaut, and India makes it to the moon...