Science Podcasts

This month we're commemorating twenty years since the birth of Dolly the Sheep

This week, we don our uniforms for a lesson in the science of education.

Clothes dried on a washing line can end up crunchy and stiff. Why does this happen?

Dee O'Hara recals what it was like to work with America's first astronauts...

New research uncovers how polluted air affects our lungs at a molecular level.

The Earth is entering into a new era, what's in store?

How old is an atom? What's the fastest way to die in space? Why's it colder at altitude?

Scientists have developed a new way to extract gold from electrical goods.

Dwarf planet Ceres is spilling its secrets thanks to new data from NASA's Dawn mission

How do birds sit on electric wires without getting hurt and why would hot weather cause...

It's our 15th birthday and we're celebrating by putting science under the microscope...

Human height, fish joints, colour vision, chimpanzees using tools and open science...

New technique that makes whole rats see-through allows scientists to image intact organs.

What causes your eye to twitch? How do we know that the Earth isn't flat?

... and Graihagh Jackson made it her mission to find out about this hunk of space rock.

The latest floppy creation in robotics.

Explore the physics and psychology that brings animations to the big screen!

Empathy may make us learn faster when it comes to helping others...

Find out how you can unlearn something that you have already learned!

What makes us catch colds on holiday? Why go to Mars?

Addiction, decriminalisation and potential good: the science behind the drugs debate.

40 years ago Richard Dawkins' The Selfish Gene hit the shelves. We look back on its legacy

Scarred ovaries may cause infertility.

What is the sun? Why do I get hiccoughs after spicy food? How accurate is carbon dating?