Science Podcasts

Could a brain scan shape a prison sentence, or determine who will re-offend?

Simon Cotton introduces the first of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor antidepressants: Prozac

Why Newton stuck a needle in his eye, how the brain sees and echoes of the Big Bang...

Can we harvest the power from eels as a source of electricity?

When did humans begin to change the world beyond recognition?

Scientists have come up with a new technology that uses the room lighting to transmit data

We look at the UK government's plan to sequence the genomes of 100,000 people

How do satellites stay in orbit? What is the sun made of?

Once thought to extract the truth and now used to enact the ultimate punishment, this week's compound is sodium...

What parasites are living in and on you, and the tricks these invaders play on their hosts

How NASA's Space Launch System is getting along and Europe's new mission to Mercury....

Our pets can attract a whole host of parasites, but which ones can we catch?

TB, HIV, the smell of a handshake and what makes ants social...

People in the Andes have adapted to the high levels of arsenic in their surroundings.

Dr Kat Arney meets Sophie the Stegosaurus, and her researcher Charlotte Brassey

Can you rewind the radio? Can candles give you cancer?

NASA's Dawn probe is bearing down on Ceres. What do we hope to learn from the asteroid?

It may have been largely superceded in the clinic but Phil Robinson discovers there is no rest yet for barbituric acid

Archimedes shouting Eureka, Isaac Newton's apples, Volta's piles and singing planets...

Why do I get a stitch when I exercise? Why do ropes get tangled up in knots?

In this FameLab talk, hear all about the underwater assassin: the snapping shrimp!

RNA may be less famous than it's more stable cousin, but is central to cellular function

Unrolling the sometimes conflicting stories about the dangers and benefits of cannabis.

Why do we need to urinate more often in cold weather?