Science Podcasts

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...

What does coffee do to my heart rate? Why are hailstones round? How do you avoid getting seasick? Are energy drinks bad...

Brian Clegg reminisces about indoor fireworks and Vesuvian fire with this week's compound: Ammonium dichromate

In a special ethics show, we discuss how we decide which drugs our health services can afford and what are the limits...

Are there antimatter galaxies out there? What would they look like? And how would we tell they exist? We find out!

What sort of star is the Sun? How are calories in food calculated? What gives water its colour? What is sleep paralysis?

Meet melatonin, the 'Dracula of hormones', essential in regulating the body's natural circadian rhythm

This week, a farm worker in Argentina stumbled upon a bone belonging to the largest dinosaur to have ever walked the...

Do environmental pollutants play a role? Is it simply extreme male behaviours? And can we diagnose babies before they...

Can nature's recyclers, bacteria and fungi, help us clean up man-made environmental problems from oil spills to...

What's the difference between aspirin, paracetamol and ibuprofen? We turn to a Professor of Pain for the answer.

Are flies getting harder to swat? Why does more food in the microwave take longer to cook? Should penicillin-allergic...

This week an explosion and fire in a mine in Turkey claimed almost three hundred lives. But why are explosions such a...

Once a fusty way of keeping moths out of clothes, Brian Clegg explains how naphthalene may have helped bring life to...

Are our brains a product of nature or nurture, and how does learning change them?

How will power grids be transformed? We look at technology to reduce our energy prices and new ways to include wind and...

We light up our brains with this burning question, igniting the issue with a Professor of Chemistry and Fire Science!