Science Podcasts

A slice of sheep's liver showing greatly dilated bile ducts containing several liver flukes (Fasciola hepatica).

A portion of skin with underlying subcutaneous tissue and muscle from a foot showing induratedmycetoma extending...

A 1938 autopsy specimen from a 62 year old merchant seaman who died suddenly in Cairo. No other clinical details...

A 1937 surgical resection specimen (Archibald McIndoe) comprising a large excised portion of skin and underlying...

An autopsy specimen comprising the grossly mutilated left hand and distal forearm showing almost complete reabsorption...

A 1934 autopsy specimen from an adult male who only reported sick two days before death with a three week history of...

A 1935 autopsy specimen comprising the bladder from a 15 year old Nigerian boy who died of lobar pneumonia. The bladder...

An autopsy specimen from a patient who died of renal failure due to pneumococcal septicaemia. No further clinical...

A 1963 autopsy specimen from a 40 yr old schizophrenic Eteso male of Uganda, warded in a mental hospital and who for...

An entire Taenia species tapeworm, an incidental finding at post mortem

Computers that can lip-read, a robot that follows your brain waves, prosthetic arms controlled by thinking about...

Dimethyl sulfide podcast from Chemistry World - the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry

Eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano gave scientists an unparalleled opportunity for research, and why sediment...

For Easter this week, we explore how synchrotron radiation can be used to probe and find answers to a variety of...

In this special podcast from the National Astronomy Meeting in Llandudno, we hear how twisted sunspots cause solar...

DNA podcast from Chemistry World - the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry

Giraffes have very long necks indeed so how do they go about barfing? We find out how they revisit their dinner.

This month we go down to atomic scales and investigate the properties of magnetism. We investigate the different forms...

In NewsFlash this week, how ums and ahs can boost a baby's learning power, how mankind talked his way out of...

Two pioneers in the field of gene therapy join us to discuss how they're developing modified viruses to deliver...

Re-creating the experiments carried out by Barnes Wallis on the bouncing bomb; we discuss the Texan pre-Clovis finds;...

Dr. Zhong Lin Wang explains how we could use nanofibres to harvest energy from our everyday movements to power...

This week, modelling schizophrenia in a dish, why bats roost inverted, what remains in the ground after oil has been...

The "ums" and "ers" uttered by parents plays a key role in helping toddlers to learn new words...