Podcast Episodes

Venus mission, Science highlights for 2015, Sonotweezers, Tsunami 10 years on

Adam Rutherford investigates the news in science and science in the news.

This week's announcement of the discovery of 8 planets lying within the habi…

11 years, 3 months ago

Listeners' Science Questions

Adam Rutherford and guests oceanographer Dr Helen Czerski, cosmologist Dr Andrew Pontzen and zoologist Dr Tim Cockerill answer the listeners' science…

11 years, 3 months ago

Microplastics; Holey Ice; Vesalius; Overeating

Microplastics For the first time, scientists have studied the abundance of microplastics in deep sea sediments They have found that tiny fibres of pl…

11 years, 4 months ago

Water on Comets; DNA in Space; Sounds of the Ocean; Science in Fashion

Where does the Earth's water come from? It's thought that it arrived from space, carried by comets. But recent research suggests otherwise. Professor…

11 years, 4 months ago

Orion Launch; Fake Mars trip; XDNA; Richard the Third's skeleton

A NASA space capsule, Orion, that could transport humans to Mars is due to make its maiden flight. Given that this is a first outing, there will be n…

11 years, 4 months ago

Campylobacter in Chicken; Artificial Intelligence Guru Demis Hassabis; Sexology; Lucy

Food Standards Agency report reveals 70% of supermarket chicken contaminated. Chicken: It's the nation's favourite meat. But today, a report release…

11 years, 4 months ago

Comet landing detects organics molecules; Lunar Mission One; Biological warfare

Philae lander detects organic molecules on Comet 67P Rosetta scientist, Professor Monica Grady from the Open University discusses the latest news fro…

11 years, 4 months ago

Rosetta; Thought-controlled genes; Biophonic Life; Arecibo message 40 years on

Rosetta After a nail-biting, bumpy, bouncy landing, European Space Agency's Rosetta probe - 'Philae' -lands on the comet 67P. It's already collecting…

11 years, 5 months ago

Science of ageing; Microneedles; Firelab; Rosetta; Scientific authorship

What is ageing? In 1900, the global average life expectancy was 31, today it's 70, and the number of people over 85 in the UK is predicted to double …

11 years, 5 months ago

The Making of the Moon

It's the nearest and most dominant object in our night sky, and has inspired artists, astronauts and astronomers. But fundamental questions remain ab…

11 years, 5 months ago