Science Podcasts

This week we're looking at the big impact of the tiny electron...

Why do men go bald starting on top? Can you really get TB of the spine? Chris Smith has the answers.

How will climate change affect monsoons? We have been pour-ing over an answer...

The Science Behind Jet Engines

The science behind science

What might iron-deficiency mean for the heart?

Will flights get faster? Could electric planes exist? And can our own Naked Scientist land a plane?

What can we expect in the future?

Do sunrises and sunsets "look different" in photos or paintings?

From trees and climate change, to electric shocks from tracksuits... Chris Smith has the answers.

Supposedly, you can survive on only 473 genes - if you're a bacterium. But what do these genes actually do?

We celebrate the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 and landing on the moon.

Every summer in the mid-Atlantic, a monstrous island of brown seaweed has been growing...

For the first time, a full map of all the neurons in a worm's body...

What's it like struggling with gaming addiction?

Why what we smell like can be an indicator of health and ill-health...

How did the Moon form? And can my Tourette's make me speed?

It is now almost certain that alien technology is not a viable explanation for Oumuamua’s peculiar traits

Could we be living in The Matrix?

Can an animal's fur coat prevent them from overheating on a hot summer day?

More answers from Chris Smith. What's the link between diabetes and amputation? What causes shingles?

Continuing the anniversary celebration - and featuring the only woman in launch control for Apollo 11...

The blind monkey that can see, wasps that fumigate to keep food fresh, and imaging blood vessels...

We take a close look at Alzheimer's Disease