Science Podcasts

It's rare but we need it and supplies have been low. Scientists find a way to source it.

Answering your queries, from how do tattoos work to what's the best position to sleep in

After five years of travelling through space, NASA's Juno has finally reached Jupiter...

The vaccines have been tested successfully on mice, that may help combat the Zika virus.

Is the vaccine against Zika feasible? Are GM crops bad for us? Can we cure aging?

A new approach to music - making violins from silk.

Mini-guts are paving the way towards personalized therapy for cystic fibrosis

Sun powered aeroplane Solar Impulse 2 breaks world record without the drop of a jet fuel.

Drug production, early career researchers, honeybees, human migrations and pain.

From the physics of chocolate emulsions to the psychology of the right cutlery.

How do octopuses camouflage if they are colour blind?

... and should we? Or should we be looking further afield to Mars?

Holy smokes! Tobacco plant may light up the way to beat malaria.

Is there a new way to treat Zika? Can an inflammatory cream help to fight Zika?

Want to know how to survive a heart failure?

Exercising four hours after learning has been shown to boost long term memory.

Chris observes a post mortem and asks how this once common practice is still saving lives

What is the composition of water, could strong magnets on cars stop crashes...

Could genetic testing help identify who is at risk from dying young?

Is the public ready to look inside its genes?

With heart disease as the leading killer in the west, how can we keep our hearts healthy?

A new type of carbon capture that can convert carbon dioxide into limestone.

How does light move without force, is there a connection between migraines and storms?

Captain Gene Cernan and Rusty Schweickart join the Space Boffins at Spacefest in Tucson...