Science Podcasts

Can a vasectomy be reversed? Can phantom limb pain be treated? Are diesel and petrol made differently?

This month's highlights from the world of neuroscience research...

How can we observe things we can't see?

How are wombat droppings cube shaped?

This week we look at the science of samba and the chemistry of cha-cha-cha

Why do we need sleep? How do tides work? Your questions answered...

After a millennium of fighting tuberculosis, we still cannot eradicate it due to emerging antibiotic resistance, but...

Scientists identify a way to target severe gum disease...

This week, the molecular chemists that make the world go round: catalysts.

How dangerous is second hand smoking?

What happens in the brain when we're scared?

We uncover the history of the greatest inventors who ever lived.

Young people are drinking less or not starting to drink alcohol at all, a new study finds...

Why does time slow down during accidents? Is table salt bad for us? Plus, a lumpy Earth!

Join Space Boffins for a podcast special recorded at the European Space Agency’s ESTEC facility.

How gut bacteria alter diabetes risk, and how the microbiome can manipulate your mood...

The Naked Scientists tackle the questions you've been sending in!

NASA turns 60 this year! So looking to the future, what does the organisation hope to achieve in the next 60 years?

How did life begin? How do you explain the big bang? Why do people think the moon landing was faked?

Scientists have successfully eliminated a group of mosquitoes in the lab, by editing their genes...

What's in the products so many of us put on our skin, and why do we care about our appearance?

Are we better off being barefoot?

Is the Y chromosome a mutated X chromosome? Does a blood transfusion change your DNA?

Researchers from Yale have developed something called “Omniskin” - a sheet of material that can animate everyday...