Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchAnaesthesia; Chilean earthquakes; Strange weather; Jellyfish
Anaesthetics. General anaesthetic is an essential part of modern medicine. Millions of surgical procedures, many life-saving, simply could not be per…
11 years, 8 months ago
New dinosaur; GM chickens; Lightning; Rosetta; Diatoms
Dinosaur A jumble of bones found in Venezuela belong to a group of very early dinosaurs, that could have been herd animals. Paul Barrett from the Nat…
11 years, 8 months ago
ExpeRimental; Rosetta; MOOCs
ExpeRimental There's an online wealth of science demonstrations you can try at home with your kids. But what's sometimes lacking is the encouragement…
11 years, 8 months ago
Science's fascination with the face
Face recognition The software that analyses images of your face, captured online or when you're out and about, has rapidly improved. Adam visits Amsc…
11 years, 8 months ago
A special programme on plants and their pollinators, poisons and pests
Plants and bees The relationship between flowering plants and bees is a long-evolved, complex one. Plant scientists at the Royal Botanic Gardens at K…
11 years, 9 months ago
Behavioural profiling at airports; Light and colour in art; Hadrian's Wall; Cassini
Airport security has been tightened recently. Passengers must be able to switch on their electronic devices to prove they don't contain explosives. I…
11 years, 9 months ago
Informed consent, El Nino, Gravitational Waves, Cloud cover
Informed consent Facebook has been under fire for running a controversial 'emotion manipulation' study on 689,003 Facebook users. The experiment, to …
11 years, 9 months ago
Longitude Prize Winner; Solar cells; New species; Fiji fisherwomen; Physics questions
Longitude Prize 2014 Winning Challenge Antibiotics resistance has been selected as the focus for the £10m prize. The World Health Organization (WHO) …
11 years, 9 months ago
Antarctic Invaders; Patents; Longitude Challenges for Water and Antibiotics
Antarctic Invasion Antarctica is the most pristine place on Earth, having only been visited by humans in the last 200 years, and being tens of thousa…
11 years, 10 months ago
Turing test; World Cup exo-skeleton; Plant cyborgs; Music hooks
The first ball kick of the opening ceremony of the 2014 World Cup is taken by a young paraplegic Brazilian, wearing a robotic exo-skeleton, controlle…
11 years, 10 months ago