Science Podcasts

Who's your Bronze Age Ancestor?

Live on location at the Cambridge Science Centre: Atmospheric chemistry, human papilloma viruses, jet engines and DIY...

The regeneration gene, evolution of photosynthesis, mice at the disco, cells that think they're dead and how much...

Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider have found evidence of a new fundamental particle, that could be the much...

A molecule exploited by HIV to spread between cells can be altered to block viral transmission, heralding a new...

What do nerve cells look like, how do they carry information, and how does one nerve connect and communicate with...

One of Western Australia's best-loved and most striking birds - the red-tailed black cockatoo - though once common...

Serotonin, the 'happy molecule', may be at the root of depression, but Hayley Birch finds we still have a lot...

We examine whether Earth can sustainably support this many humans.

Why do we need sleep and why do some people fall asleep at the wrong times? We explore the science of snoozing and how...

What colour were human ancestors? What does a rocket push against in space to propel itself forward? Why does yawning...

Researchers have developed a new way of tracking the development of Alzheimer's disease using a radioactive marker...

A mummified body known as the Cashel man was recently found to be the oldest so called 'bog body' with intact...

Wrongly blamed for murders and hallucinations, Simon Cotton raises a glass of absinthe to this week's compound:...

Dominic Ford reports from the European Planetary Science Congress, where he heard about the latest misisons to Mars and...

Does the cycle of the moon affect your sleep patterns? We find out!

Pottery and it's properties...

We look at some of the best projects which let you get involved in scientific research from home, from hunting spiders...

Why scratch your head if you don't know the answer? What about the Earth made the dinosaurs so big? Why does the...

Toddlers addicted to smart phones, speaking with a cyborg and electrically inducing human creativity.

The largest passenger ship salvage operation ever is currently underway in Italy, as experts try to raise the MS Costa...

How can whale waste make you a fortune? This week, Helen Scales searches for Ambergris

What are the relative risks of e-cigarettes, nicotine patches and snuff?

We expose how electricity powers the nervous system, how ion channels could tackle diabetes and how algae could shed...