Science Podcasts

Gold? Oxygen? Heroin? The Naked Scientists find out what the most expensive element is...

A study on mice has shown males and females feel pain via different biological pathways.

How high can a fly fly? Are you more likely to get ill in cold weather?

What do fish and aircraft have in common?

Brian Clegg on sodium sulfate, known as 'the miraculous salt' because of its strong laxative effects.

60 years since the discovery of atomic time, we ask what is time and when did it begin?

Tonight, a second will be added to clocks across the world, but what is this leap second?

Is the assumption that everyone has a unique fingerprint correct?

Tempted by a tipple of home-brewed moonshine? Andrew Turley examines the risks associated with drinking methanol.

Tinnitus, hyperacusis, salamanders, chemical harpoons, fly duets and mouse ultrasound...

A scorcher of a show investigating the Black Death and the Great Fire of London.

Proton pump inhibitors could significantly increase your risk of suffering a heart attack

A new brain implant resembling chicken wire can be used to stimulate the nervous system.

75 million year-old dinosaur blood cells and protein fibres found in fossils.

Hawkmoths can hover, eat and track motion all in the pitch black. How do they do it?

What is the Earth made from? Where has the Voyager 1 spacecraft gone?

Brian Clegg investigates a compound that calms inflamed joints and excites the stressed brain: Cortisol

What's the point of mosquitoes? Do your eyes pop out if left open when sneezing?

Images from the WISE spacecraft give insight into how Saturn's largest ring was formed.

For centuries, enthusiastic breeders have selected plants or animals with desirable traits

Does Botox harm your face? Why is the speed of aircraft limted?

Relieving stress at fault lines, using fluid injection, could prevent huge earthquakes...

Coffee is an essential part of life for many of us, but could it help to cut depression?

Ben Valsler examines the chemicals at the heart of one of the latest cosmetic & food additive scare stories:...