Science Podcasts

How much damage can bodies repair? How do I know how to whistle? How likely are aliens?

Chilean mountaintop blasted off to make way for world's largest telescope, E-ELT

Beat anxiety, form healthy habits and induce a happy state of mind, we open our minds!

This week the USA has carried out its first executions by lethal injection since April.

Sustainable plastic may be achievable by using compounds found in plant pulp.

Neil Withers finds out how vermilion has been keeping human civilisation looking bright and beautifully red for...

Fruit flies, arm hair and video games tackle the most significant threat to our generation

Can you combat brain fogginess and aid your french homework by munching sweets?

Twenty years ago, gene therapy was a great hope for the future of medicine - progress has been slow but things may now...

What causes itching? Can parasites manipulate our behaviour? Why do we yawn?

This week a program reportedly passed the 'Turing test'. But what does this actually mean?

Brian Clegg holds his nose to examine one of the real workhorses of the organic chemistry lab: Pyridine

The neuroscience of chewing, sleeping sickness, the proteins that move molecules around cells, skin cancer, and the...

We investigate how scientists are designing new ways to preserve vaccines, probiotic bacteria, enzymes in washing...

How to build a the ultimate spaceship, what it's like to drown in space and Google's new satellite.

Would a scattering of your beloved's ashes be good for plant growth?

Did violence shape our faces? Study shows skulls evolved to protect against punches...

Are we one step closer to finding extra-terrestrials? Astronomers have just discovered the 'Godzilla of Earths...

Are mothballs poisonous? How do chameleons change colour? Why do people open their mouth when they apply mascara? What...

Gannets are using fishing boats as fast-food outlets, as Thomas Bodey explains...

Does Nicolas Cage cause swimming pool deaths? Does margarine consumption cause divorce? Tyler Vigen explains why...

Nathan Adams investigates some of the most important molecular machines within our cells, the cytochrome p450 enzymes

This week, the 'Godfather of ecstasy', who made and tested over 200 psychoactive substances, died peacefully...

Making brainwaves: how the baby brain develops, how the teenage mind differs and ways to improve your memory...