Science Podcasts

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We're unpicking the science of covid testing, monitoring and tracing this week...

What makes instant coffee disappear so quickly into hot water?

We're told it's instantaneous, but is that true? Also, how does the bladder work, and why don't inverted...

Humans can understand chimp vocalisations...

And if something could move faster than light, how would we detect its speed?

Artificial Intelligence is destined to play a big part in our lives. How might its development affect religious beliefs?

How sweetness takes away the pleasure of consuming and makes you eat more...

How do you cut emissions, kill the coronavirus, and rescue the economy all at the same time?

If identical twins have children with identical twins, how related are all the children?

Does a mirror multiply light, and is climate change down to us, or natural temperature cycles?

In the absence of the Glastonbury Festival, we take time instead to contemplate the mysteries of music.

Puzzling problems and confounding conundrums in our science pub quiz

How did the world of gaming react to #BlackLivesMatter?

Tension, migraine, ice cream....we're talking headaches

Astronomers have taken what might be the first ever picture of a baby planet being formed...

Are we reaching a tipping point in our attitudes towards racial inequality?

Turns out that eggs choose sperm...

We're digging into the science under our feet...

If dimpled golf balls fly better, why aren't there dimpled planes?

Growing livers in the lab to replace donor transplants...

Following the successful Crew Dragon launch, Apollo 8 commander Frank Borman talks about the terrors of splashdown...

We take a look at the trendy world of fermented foods. Are they actually good for you? And if so, why?

Also, ventilators and Covid-19, have you seen your brain, and is sunlight stronger in summer?