Science Podcasts

We seem to be drowning in a rising tide of anger and rancour. How can we disagree better?

Frequent exposure to hot and cold could make you lose weight and improve your sleep

Huge numbers of old electrical items are piling up in our homes - recycling them helps recover key materials

When scientists do risky research on viruses, who decides if it's too dangerous and how is it kept safe?

An immortal cell line finds itself at the centre of a new lawsuit, raising big ethical questions

If I have different colour eyes, will my children have different coloured eyes too?

The best tests for Covid-19, stress and going grey, and the impacts of junk food...

There’s a disturbing amount of anti-Semitic material on the social media, and hate postings in general are rife...

Batteries, clouds, cheese and dreams, Captain Kirk in space, and are farts infectious...

Injections with a new compound that inhibits pain nerve cells greatly reduced pain behaviour in rodents

From neutrinos to dark matter, we're exploring what the Universe is made of

Neither the Torah nor the Quran are short of violent calls to arms. So is this where terrorism comes from?

How did gaming lead to a trip to China and a job as China Media Analyst?

From bananas to helium, we're uncovering the science behind some of our favourite at-risk resources

Why do we acquire lifelong immunity against some pathogens but not others?

We've all seen bodies ejected into space during sci-fi films, but what would happen to the grizzly remains?

The chemistry of batteries you can replenish, and do our feet change shape as we age?

The theory that the COVID epidemic escaped from a lab in Wuhan is gaining traction...

Naked Astronomy goes in search of the civilisations with which we might share the cosmos...

We talk viral evolution, vaccine quality control, and why we usually sneeze more than once!

Why can't most of the universe be seen through a telescope, and can we commercialise atmospheric CO2

“Big Pharma” is sometimes painted as a greedy villain, protecting its patents at any cost. But is this fair?

Boris Johnson has stepped back from introducing vaccine passports across England. Why?

A cheap membrane filter that can remove fluoride from drinking water has been developed