Science Podcasts

Reporting from Lake Baikal, how nicotine switches off attention in the teenage brain, and a visit to a Siberian sauna!

We find out if a mountain on Earth could ever reach 20 km high. Plus we ask, what is going on during an emotional...

Fooling GPS devices to report the wrong locations, pinpointing people in buildings, tracking volcanic dust, and nuclear...

Is Michael Douglas right when he claims his oral cancer was caused by HPV?

The stuff of action films and horrifying news stories, Simon Cotton introduces the infamous nerve agent, VX

What's the radiation dose for trips to Mars? Is dental amalgam dangerous? Why do trees drop their leaves in winter?

We find out if street lights are affecting plants and birds. Plus we ask how high can a mountain be here on Earth?

New LEDs and how LED lighting affects health, a new way to fight flu, treating schizophrenia with avatars and 400 year...

It's 60 years since the first complete ascent of Mount Everest by Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norgay! How did they...

It's a catalyst, an abrasive, a bright white pigment and the basis for beautiful gemstones - Neil Withers...

The processes that can trigger a galaxy to double in brightness

What is genetic diversity? What causes colourblindness? Why does a microwave turntable sometimes rotate in the opposite...

We find out what happens if you take a plant into space, and we ask how does new lighting affect nature?

This week, how plants keep track of time, viruses spread by sapsuckers, smoke makes fire-sensitive seeds germinate, and...

A massive tornado a mile wide ripped through the town of Moore, Oklahoma. But what's the science behind these...

Simon Cotton introduces us to cathinone, the active ingredient in the stimulant Khat

Infected by earworms, does Mozart make you smarter, plus are creativity and delusions linked?

Why are bubbles always white? What does a thrusting rocket push against? How do we know a random number is random?

How are random numbers generated, and how could it be proved - to the satisfaction of a mathematician, that a number...

We find out what is wind and why do we have it? Plus we ask, why and how do plants always grow upwards?

Actress Angelina Jolie had a double mastectomy because she carries a gene called BRCA1, which greatly increases her...

How are weather forecasts made? Are they accurate, and if not why not? And how do we know when extreme weather is on...

Emma Stoye on digoxin, a toxic product of foxgloves, and the birth of modern pharmacology

Genetic technology is expanding at a pace that few can keep up with, but is this explosion of information delivering...