Science Podcasts

Can animals other than humans experience same-sex attraction?

Thinking about things that are important to us improves how we respond to health advice

Can we manufacture water? Can animals predict the weather? Plus, counting chickens.

There are epigenetic differences between the male and female brains, as babies and adults

The way scorpion venom kills its victims has inspired a novel way to look for new drugs

Remote-controlled sperm, hibernation, body clocks, and why stress is linked to infertility

What are so-called "3 parent embryos", and what are the arguments for allowing it?

Brian Clegg introduces the 'ogres' that make up transparent electronics

How does our microbiome keep us healthy?

Why does petrol create a rainbow effect when in contact with water?

Baby chicks have been shown to count from left to right, just like humans...

250 millions of years ago, before the dinosaurs, 95% plants and animals were wiped out.

How do people get drunk? Why do we get brain freeze? Why do clouds form?

Nina Notman describes the dance of olefin metathesis, and how the tempo is set by Grubbs' catalysts

What are plastics, why they don't break down and how to grow plastics on trees...

A tiny ink pen that can be used to control the shapes of polymers on a nano scale...

Could vacuum cleaners fitted to ships suck up all the plastics in the oceans?

New super-metals created that are super-slippery and super water repellent

What are phantom limbs ? Can power stations affect local weather? Plus, avoiding jet lag

Brian Clegg explains how titanium nitride could protect artificial joints and pimp out your ride

Why we sleep talk, how to lucid dream and what happens when sleep goes wrong...

From rags to riches: how fruit seller, inspired by the NHS, built a hospital in India

Different types of waking dreams affect how refreshed you feel.

Sea turtles use earth's magnetic field to find their birthplace.