602 Episodes

  1. How the mind affects physical health and vice versa

    Published: 4/7/2024

  2. How AI will make the world a better place, not bring it to an end

    Published: 4/4/2024

  3. Busting social media diet and nutrition myths

    Published: 3/31/2024

  4. What happens in our bodies as we age? And is it possible to turn back the clock?

    Published: 3/29/2024

  5. How science can help you have better conversations

    Published: 3/25/2024

  6. Synaesthesia: How some of us experience music as shapes and colours and words as flavours

    Published: 3/22/2024

  7. Why you’re not actually addicted to your phone

    Published: 3/18/2024

  8. How personalised medicine is about to change healthcare

    Published: 3/15/2024

  9. How some of the most fascinating discoveries in astronomy were made by accident

    Published: 3/11/2024

  10. The surprising role of clouds in climate change

    Published: 3/8/2024

  11. Why giraffes are undergoing a silent extinction

    Published: 3/4/2024

  12. Why we are seeing the return of infectious diseases

    Published: 3/1/2024

  13. How to overcome social paranoia and anxiety

    Published: 2/26/2024

  14. How feelings of listlessness and aimlessness has become an epidemic, and how we can beat it

    Published: 2/23/2024

  15. Placebo: Why this miraculous experience really works

    Published: 2/19/2024

  16. How to cope with whatever life throws at you

    Published: 2/16/2024

  17. How understanding your boredom can improve your life

    Published: 2/12/2024

  18. How animals speak to each other

    Published: 2/9/2024

  19. How to perfect your coffee routine

    Published: 2/5/2024

  20. Why humans need laughter

    Published: 2/2/2024

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