Science Podcasts

We examine some of the surprising capabilities that satellites have and the dangers satellites face in orbit

Is paying people to turn off their appliances the precursor to a digital control of our energy consumption?

What is a wormhole?

Leigh and Chris take on Goat Simulator 3, and we find out if physical copies of games are on the way out.

Large language models are ushering in a new era of idea generation...

Hair follicles remodel scar tissue, and mature brain cells grown in the lab

Also, why do stars appear to flicker, or move? And can animals experience regret?

The past, present, and future of our relationship with alcohol

Marine noise causes dolphins to yell, and what went wrong at Spaceport Cornwall...

Why do the half moons under our nails disappear as we get older?

Chris chats to TV presenter, House Music lover, fitness enthusiast, and Naked Gaming host Leigh Milner.

Ben McAllister talks to Paul Davies on some of the biggest questions confronting cosmologists...

Is it sometimes necessary or even productive to stop negotiating?

Putting your questions, from the cosmic to the microscopic, to our panel of expert guests...

Also, does flash photography harm baby's eyesight? and what does it mean to be double-jointed?

Also, is carbonated water better for you than still water? And Is there a cure for tinnitus?

Some of our favourite stories from the past 12 months

Nasa’s outgoing head of science, Thomas Zurbuchen, discusses the James Webb Space Telescope, future missions to the...

How data on our oceans is collected, and what we then do with it...

A breakthrough in nuclear fusion energy, but what does it mean?

Why does nothing last anymore? Why does a blackout occur?

Is the world population, at eight billion and rising, too high?

The era of digital palaeontology can bust ancient dinosaur myths, the power of intercropping, and why siblings subject...

How magnets, quite literally, shape the world we live in...