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Science Podcasts
All of our free science podcasts and science radio shows on science, technology, medicine and engineering in one place...
06 February 2015
The way scorpion venom kills its victims has inspired a novel way to look for new drugs
06 February 2015
Remote-controlled sperm, hibernation, body clocks, and why stress is linked to infertility
04 February 2015
What are so-called "3 parent embryos", and what are the arguments for allowing it?
04 February 2015
Brian Clegg introduces the 'ogres' that make up transparent electronics
03 February 2015
How does our microbiome keep us healthy?
02 February 2015
Why does petrol create a rainbow effect when in contact with water?
02 February 2015
Baby chicks have been shown to count from left to right, just like humans...
02 February 2015
250 millions of years ago, before the dinosaurs, 95% plants and animals were wiped out.
30 January 2015
How do people get drunk? Why do we get brain freeze? Why do clouds form?
28 January 2015
Nina Notman describes the dance of olefin metathesis, and how the tempo is set by Grubbs' catalysts
27 January 2015
What are plastics, why they don't break down and how to grow plastics on trees...
27 January 2015
A tiny ink pen that can be used to control the shapes of polymers on a nano scale...
26 January 2015
Could vacuum cleaners fitted to ships suck up all the plastics in the oceans?
24 January 2015
New super-metals created that are super-slippery and super water repellent
23 January 2015
What are phantom limbs ? Can power stations affect local weather? Plus, avoiding jet lag
21 January 2015
Brian Clegg explains how titanium nitride could protect artificial joints and pimp out your ride
20 January 2015
Why we sleep talk, how to lucid dream and what happens when sleep goes wrong...
20 January 2015
From rags to riches: how fruit seller, inspired by the NHS, built a hospital in India
19 January 2015
Different types of waking dreams affect how refreshed you feel.
17 January 2015
Sea turtles use earth's magnetic field to find their birthplace.
16 January 2015
Why don't animals in the wild die during child birth? Do babies make you forgetful?
16 January 2015
Volvo crash a brand new car in the pursuit of making their vehicles safer.
16 January 2015
Bar-headed geese take a roller coaster route to save energy while crossing the mountains.
14 January 2015
How do mice learn tasks like playing the piano? And why do flies drink after a hangover?