Science Podcasts

Chris is joined by palaeoanthropologist Lee Berger and BMJ editor Theo Bloom to dissect the latest science...

Do weight changes affect our bones, Also, why take a whale carcass to landfill?

As coronavirus cases surge again, we review the latest Covid-19 news...

Placing fresh fruit at eye level by the supermarket check-out counts as a nudge. But is nudge theory really a euphemism...

What exactly is a period? And why, in 2020, is period poverty such a problem?

We have adrenaline to send us into 'fight or flight' mode, and many insects are great at flight

Artificial intelligence reveals a better test for prostate cancer, and why the brain is stuffed with stem cells...

Gene "Bean" Baxter from Podcast Radio (and Radio Hall of Famer!) chats to Leigh Milner and Chris Berrow.

15,000 students are arriving for the new academic year at Cambridge University: what experience awaits them?

We discuss the situation, and hear toddlers have potbellies and whether free-divers get the bends?...

Welcome to the end of the universe. Which one will we get? We discuss astrophysicist Katie Mack's new book...

Should we reconcile our drive and ambition with a need for humility?

What would a more plant based diet mean for us, and the planet?

Listener Margaret noticed the difference between sweat when she exercises, and sweat when she's nervous...

Also,Covid outbreaks in Britain, and would a baby exposed to 5 languages from birth learn all of them...

Can we control animals' attention using magical techniques?

What's the difference between a state and a nation? And should nationalism play a part in spurring scientific...

Using CRISPR in mice to reverse symptoms of the most common form of adult onset muscular dystrophy

Do algorithms run the world? We explore the limits of automation, and whether we're losing our free will...

AstraZeneca's Covid vaccine trial was temporarily halted recently. Why? And what does this mean for our chances of...

From little ones to big ones, we're delving back into the neuroscience of play...

And does being in space affect your body clock?

Run your own railway, and, with the release of Flight Simulator 2020, the best (and worst) simulators money can buy...

And are some microbes immune? Also, life on Venus, and same-sex relationships in the animal world...