Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchOrigins of life, Earthquakes in London, Frog plague, Ancient pollen
Think of earthquake cities and places like San Francisco or Los Angeles spring to mind. But London is also seismically active. 200 years ago, there w…
10 years, 10 months ago
Self-adapting robots, Artificial intelligence in medicine, Ageing healthily
We're becoming more reliant on robots to assist in hostile zones from extinguishing forest fires to bomb disposal to decontaminating nuclear faciliti…
10 years, 10 months ago
El Nino, Echolocation, Seasons, Snakes
El Nino is a weather event that happens every 5 years. It leaves Europe largely unscathed but causes havoc around the southern hemisphere. El Nino ca…
10 years, 10 months ago
Seasonal Variation in Immunity, Chemosynthesis, Role of the ISS, Storing Digital Data in DNA
Many diseases strike harder and more often in the winter, including major inflammatory conditions such as Type 1 diabetes, multiple sclerosis and rhe…
10 years, 11 months ago
Listeners' Science Questions
Adam Rutherford investigates the news in science and science in the news.
10 years, 11 months ago
Nepalese Earthquake, Monkey Hands, Maritime Light Pollution, Light in Bacteria
Nepalese Earthquake The earthquake that struck central Nepal last weekend measured 7.8 in magnitude and has affected up to 1.4 million people. Inside…
10 years, 11 months ago
Healthy Guts; Future High Speed Trading; Body Clocks and Colour; William Smith's Geology Map
The Yanomami people are Amerindians thought to have been completely isolated since their ancestors arrived in South America after the last ice-age. N…
10 years, 11 months ago
Hubble Space Telescope at 25
On 25th April 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) was released into space from the Discovery space shuttle. Though off to a famously bumpy start -…
11 years ago
Legacy of Messenger, Computer Touch, AI and Traumatic Forgetting, Stained Glass Restoration
This month sees the end of NASA's MESSENGER mission to Mercury. It's been the first mission to the sun's closest planet since Mariner 10 flew by in t…
11 years ago
Invasive Species, Coral Seaview Survey, Evolution of the Brain, A New Virtual Reality
Invasive alien species from the cursed Signal Crayfish to the scourge of gardeners, the Japanese Knotweed, are considered some of the biggest threats…
11 years ago