603 Episodes

  1. How can we save our planet? - Sir David Attenborough

    Published: 3/27/2019

  2. Can we slow down the ageing process? - Sue Armstrong

    Published: 3/20/2019

  3. Matt Parker: What happens when maths goes horribly, horribly wrong?

    Published: 3/13/2019

  4. Why is the magnetic north pole moving? - Ciaran Beggan

    Published: 3/6/2019

  5. Are we facing an insect apocalypse? - Brad Lister

    Published: 2/27/2019

  6. Is religion compatible with science? - Professor John Lennox

    Published: 2/20/2019

  7. What does it mean to be happy? - Helen Russell

    Published: 2/13/2019

  8. How geology can influence elections - Lewis Dartnell

    Published: 2/6/2019

  9. The mindset behind the Moon landing – Richard Wiseman

    Published: 1/30/2019

  10. How technology is changing politics – Jamie Susskind

    Published: 1/23/2019

  11. There’s no such thing as Blue Monday - Sir David Spiegelhalter

    Published: 1/16/2019

  12. The most mysterious objects in the Universe - Colin Stuart

    Published: 1/9/2019

  13. Eating for your genes - Giles Yeo

    Published: 1/3/2019

  14. What makes me 'me'? - Aoife McLysaght

    Published: 12/26/2018

  15. Why ASMR gives you tingles – Emma WhispersRed

    Published: 12/19/2018

  16. Air pollution is killing us, here’s how you can stop it – Gary Fuller

    Published: 12/12/2018

  17. Should we be worried about sex robots? – Kate Devlin

    Published: 12/5/2018

  18. Filming a Dynasty - Nick Lyon

    Published: 11/28/2018

  19. There is no Plan B for planet Earth – Lord Martin Rees

    Published: 11/21/2018

  20. What NASA’s InSight will tell us about Mars - Bruce Banerdt

    Published: 11/14/2018

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