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31 October 2013
With Bonfire Night fast approaching, the chemistry of fireworks and gunpowder receives the Quick Fire Science treatment
30 October 2013
Chimpanzees use conceptual metaphors, the hyperactivation of sperm, using bacteria to estimate the time of death and a...
30 October 2013
We often see headlines that foods like red wine and veggie curry might decrease your likelihood of catching cancer. Is...
30 October 2013
By tasting fantastically bitter, but only to some, phenylthiocarbamide (or PTC) exposed the genetics of taste
29 October 2013
In another live special from the Cambridge Science Centre the team discuss volcanoes and earthquakes and answer...
25 October 2013
As Comet ISON draws near to its close approach with the Sun in November, much uncertainty remains over how brilliant it...
24 October 2013
GM plants with high leaf oil content could transform farming, while reducing environmental damage
23 October 2013
Sitting on your glasses is no longer a death sentence for spectacles, thanks to shape memory alloys like nitinol
23 October 2013
The microorganisms all around us, and inside us, can influence some surprising facets of life - including our mood and...
23 October 2013
Why do I fart after cottage pie? And what exactly is a fart? Do certain foods and cooking techniques affect fart...
23 October 2013
As a new Great British Bake Off champion is crowned, here's your quick fire science on baking...
20 October 2013
How did antibiotic-resistant superbugs arise, and how can new drugs be designed to combat them? Plus, blood from a...
20 October 2013
A special edition Question and Answer show: how do prosthetic limbs work? Can you train your brain? And is a brain...
17 October 2013
With researchers asking for help to track the Spanish slug, here's your quick fire science on invasive species...
16 October 2013
It's a massive molecular record breaker. Andrew Holding introduces Titin, the largest protein in the human body
16 October 2013
Could you pass the flu onto your pooch? Could your dog then sneeze over your Great Aunt Mildred? We find out!
16 October 2013
How do you look for the cause of a brand new medical problem?
15 October 2013
What weighs 1000 tonnes, is 150 metres long and moves 200 metres a day? Meet the new tunnel-boring machines burrowing...
14 October 2013
We take a look at the genetics of heart disease, tame the tiger genome, and our gene of the month is for hopeless...
11 October 2013
Why tugging on nasal hairs causes crying? What triggers static shocks? Why are computers based around binary? What are...
10 October 2013
Helen Scales looks at cantharidin, the active ingredient in this famous aphrodisiac
10 October 2013
Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham undergo G forces with a special podcast from QinetiQ's centrifuge.
10 October 2013
Awarded annually for Chemistry, Physics and Medicine, what are the Nobel Prizes?