Science Podcasts

The UK government has provided more than a billion items of PPE - why so much?

Lockdowns, masks, long-term immunity, and the prospect of a Covid comeback...

We're always going forward because we can't find the reverse! But could we go backwards in time?

While global food supplies have been stable so far, an upcoming recession might be one blow too many...

Mars is the destination of choice for three Mars missions this summer, with the US, China and the United Arab Emirates...

An important resource or an environmental catastrophe?

Dementia is a cruel, relentless unraveling of memory that strikes many as they age...

Also, how a grille with holes keeps microwaves in the oven, and how fast is a meteor moving?

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?