563 Episodes

  1. Ebola model, Partula snails, Malaria origin

    Published: 10/17/2019

  2. Extinction Rebellion, UK net zero emissions and climate change; Nobel Prizes

    Published: 10/10/2019

  3. HIV protective gene paper retraction, Imaging ancient Herculaneum scrolls, Bill Bryson's The Body

    Published: 10/3/2019

  4. Oceans, ice and climate change; Neolithic baby bottles; Caroline Criado-Perez wins RS Book Prize

    Published: 9/26/2019

  5. MOSAiC Arctic super-expedition, Likely extinction of the Bahama nuthatch, Tim Smedley's book on air pollution

    Published: 9/19/2019

  6. Model embryos from stem cells, Paul Steinhardt's book on impossible crystals, Mother Thames

    Published: 9/12/2019

  7. Inventing GPS, Carbon nanotube computer, Steven Strogatz and Monty Lyman discuss calculus and skin

    Published: 9/5/2019

  8. Amazon fires, Royal Society Book Prize shortlist announced, John Gribben on quantum physics

    Published: 8/29/2019

  9. UK's black squirrels' genetic heritage; nuclear fusion in the UK and the Royal Society's science book prize

    Published: 8/22/2019

  10. UK power cut, Huge dinosaur find in Wyoming, Micro-plastics in Arctic snow

    Published: 8/15/2019

  11. Making the UK's dams safe, AI spots fake smiles, How many trees should we be planting?

    Published: 8/8/2019

  12. Lovelock at 100; Hydrothermal vents and antibiotic resistance in the environment

    Published: 8/1/2019

  13. False positives in genetic test kits, Impact of fishing on ocean sharks, Sex-change fish

    Published: 7/25/2019

  14. Turing on the new £50 note, Moon landing on the radio, 25 years since Shoemaker-Levy comet

    Published: 7/18/2019

  15. Earliest modern human skull, Analysing moon rocks, Viruses lurking in our genomes

    Published: 7/11/2019

  16. X-Rays on Mercury, Monkey Tools, Music of Molecules, AI Drivers

    Published: 7/4/2019

  17. Global Food Security, Reactive Use-By Labels, Origins of the Potato

    Published: 6/27/2019

  18. Rinderpest destruction, Noise and birdsong, Science as entertainment

    Published: 6/20/2019

  19. Net-Zero carbon target, Science Policy Under Thatcher, Screen time measures

    Published: 6/13/2019

  20. CCR5 Mutation Effects, The Surrey Earthquake Swarm, Animal Emotions

    Published: 6/6/2019

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A weekly programme that illuminates the mysteries and challenges the controversies behind the science that's changing our world.