Science Podcasts

Dissolving teaspoons, plants sunbathing, halting multiple sclerosis and Antarctic warming.

How do chameleons change colour? Why do pigeons bob their heads? How do railguns work?

What's it like to hear voices that no one else hears?

Compared with Hollywood, twice as many people die in cartoons, especially lead roles...

In this seasonal podcast, we look at the compounds found in frankincense and myrrh

The psychology behind the best roast, how to cure your hangover and the science of singing

In this episode of the eLife podcast we hear about reproducibility and drug resistance.

Trotting the globe to open our minds featuring brain interviews from across the world.

The Curiosity Rover exploring Mars has found organic molecules and whiffs of methane...

How do I get my pen to work? Why can't mules reproduce? How do touch screens work?

Racial prejudices can be altered using virtual reality...

Feeling older than your age raises risk of death by 40%

Nina Notman introduces isoniazid - an antibiotic key to treating tuberculosis

What wiped out the dinosaurs and are we next?

The tectonic plates below our feet move. But where does the energy for this come from?

How do we know which creatures roamed the Earth in ancient times?

Scientists are getting close to finding the engram, where memories are stored in the brain

How do birds lay eggs? Why is it so hard to lose stomach fat?

How astronauts get their caffeine fix in space, the future of NASA and the Orion launch...

Could this be the sweetener that causes the most online panic?

What exactly is sound, and how do we hear it?

Used to make synthetic cannabis, cannabicyclohexanol may be more risky than its non-synthetic counterpart

We untangle the good, the bad and the ugly side of the Internet...

Can you catch a yawn from a cat? Plus, how and why do the Earth's tectonic plates move?