Science Podcasts

What happens when the scientist...becomes the subject? Meet the medical mavericks who test their own bodies...

Meet the millipedes that are disrupting train timetables!

Is there a finite amount of new music?

What's really going on when something smells fishy?

Can you dial in to AM radio with your mouth? Also, Covid-19 vaccines, cytokine storms and nuclear rockets...

Turns out that plant roots choose to stop growing in compacted soils...

How has artificial intelligence changed chess, influencing human grandmasters? And is it a good thing?

The movement of peoples seems to be as old as the hills they move across. We take the long view...

Could playing music to patients during surgery impact the amount of pain they feel afterwards?

Is nuclear power a necessity, or something we could go without?

Listener Eleanora wants to know the reason behind her dad's toilet quirks...

Accusations of "despicable behaviour" see the EU backtrack on vaccine regulations. What's the current...

How does your body fight infection

What actually is a hallucination, and what is happening in the brain?

Claims for a game-changing A.I. breakthrough in biological science were made recently by Google. True or hype?

How moist is the Martian landscape?

A new study shows why cats love silver vine, which is like catnip, with bonus mosquito-repelling properties

How do medical imaging technologies actually work?

What's in the coronavirus vaccine. Also, how maggots get into wounds, and ivermectin and Covid...

On a planet with more mass, could rockets still reach orbit? A space systems engineer explains...

We review the latest Hitman, and find out how chess computers have become unbeatable!

What happens to the body at altitude?

We often take knitted garments for granted, but how did knitting evolve through history?

Why a tired moment produces a jet of saliva, and antibodies and Covid severity...