Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchDemocracy in Space
This week a US based billionaire launched a giant space rocket and sent a car vaguely in the direction of Mars. As a space mission it was to say the …
8 years, 2 months ago
Scientists on Trial
In 2016 there was an attempted coup in Turkey. This led to many people who the government saw as opposition figures being sacked from their jobs and …
8 years, 2 months ago
Did typhoid kill the Aztecs, DNA stored in Bitcoin, Glow-in-the-dark plants and levitating humans
What killed the Aztecs? In some areas of the Americas, as many as 95% of the indigenous population died of diseases brought in by the discoverers of …
8 years, 2 months ago
African swine fever, Oil spill update, CRISPR gene editing, Rat eradication in New Zealand, Chimp kin recognition
African Swine fever is deadly to pigs and is spreading west from Russia across Europe. The virus that causes it is very resilient and can stick aroun…
8 years, 3 months ago
Sanchi oil tanker, Gut gas-monitoring pill and Chimpanzee portraits
After the Sanchi oil tanker collided with another ship it discharged its cargo of 1 million barrels of condensate oil. This could cause one of the bi…
8 years, 3 months ago
Tabby's Star, Space 2018, Mosquito sounds, C diff and food additive link
Adam Rutherford talks to astronomer Tabetha Boyajian at Louisiana State University about the wierd star that's perplexed astronomers since its discov…
8 years, 3 months ago
Ancient DNA and Human Evolution
Twenty years ago, a revolution in the study of human evolution began. A team in Leipzig in Germany successfully extracted DNA from the bones of a Nea…
8 years, 3 months ago
Antisense RNA therapy, Fossils vs Trump, Printing mini-kidneys, Electric eel power
Promising results from a small clinical trial of Huntingdon's disease patients have led to RNA-directed therapy such as antisense RNA being hailed as…
8 years, 3 months ago
The Future of Coral Reefs, Little Foot, Arthur C Clarke
Oxford is hosting the European Coral Reef Symposium this week. Climate change is seen as the number one threat to the future of coral reefs. Adam tal…
8 years, 4 months ago
Trophy hunting, Gene drives, Nuclear lightning, Peregrine falcons and drones
Trophy hunters are always after the lion with the largest darkest name and the stag with the most impressive antlers. Research by Rob Knell at Queen …
8 years, 4 months ago