Podcast Episodes

Hobbit; Genetics of height; Solar science; Snails

It's 10 Years since an unusual skeleton was unearthed on the island of Flores. This species, Homo floresiensis, dubbed 'the Hobbit' because of its sh…

11 years, 5 months ago

Ebola; Ada Lovelace Day; Space Weather

Ebola Outbreak As the World Health Organisation announces that the situation in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone is deteriorating, with widespread an…

11 years, 6 months ago

Nobel Prizes 2014; Gauge; Genetics and Diabetes; UK Fungus Day

Nobel Prizes 2014 The annual Nobel Prizes for Physiology or Medicine, Physics and Chemistry were announced this week.

The Nobel Prize for Physiology o…

11 years, 6 months ago

Women, Science and the Royal Society; Open Access Research

Royal Society investigates the decline in their awards to female scientists Last week, the UK's national science academy, the Royal Society, announce…

11 years, 6 months ago

Cosmic inflation latest; Indian space success; Science and language; Wax Venus

BICEP - gravitational waves and dust One of the biggest scientific claims of 2014 has received another set-back. In March this year, the BICEP2 resea…

11 years, 6 months ago

European ancestry; Cern is 60; Graphene plasters; Penguins

European Ancestry New genetic investigation of ancient human remains, combined with archaeological evidence, is shedding new light on the origins of …

11 years, 7 months ago

Jack the Ripper; Future of Scottish science

Jack the Ripper "identified" Some of us are morbidly fascinated by the legend of Jack the Ripper - not the world's first serial killer, but the one t…

11 years, 7 months ago

Bardarbunga volcano; Geology in Minecraft; Synthesising opioids; Ammonia

Bardarbunga A group of earth scientists was in Iceland performing annual maintenance of its equipment, when the volcano Bardarbunga erupted. Professo…

11 years, 7 months ago

Manipulating mouse memory; London pollution; Nature of knowing; Snail fur

Manipulating mouse memory Optogenetics allows researchers to use light to turn the genes involved in memory, in the brain, off and on. It's a powerfu…

11 years, 7 months ago

TB in the New World; Trusting Wikipedia; Shipwreck of the London; @LegoAcademics

TB in the New World Brand new work in comparative genetics is shedding light on the spread of TB. Scientists have shown that the initial spread of th…

11 years, 7 months ago