Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchPersonal genetics kits; Persister cells; Earthquake mapping; Scorpions
For a couple of hundred quid, one of many companies will send you a kit for sampling your own genome, and most will tell you your genetic risk for so…
12 years, 3 months ago
Antarctica weather and climate change; GM Fish Oils; Melanin Fossils; Time Travel
Scientists following in the footsteps of Edwardian explorer, Douglas Mawson, have been trapped in pack ice in the Antarctic. The Chinese vessel that …
12 years, 3 months ago
Ancient Human Occupation of Britain
The ancient inhabitants of Britain; when did they get here? Who were they? And how do we know? Alice Roberts meets some of the AHOB team, who have be…
12 years, 3 months ago
Bacteriophages; Breath-detecting disease; Our bees electric and DNA Barcoding
Professor Alice Roberts talks bacteriophages: viruses that infect the bacteria that infect us. With the rise of antibiotic resistance they are a pote…
12 years, 3 months ago
Antimicrobial soap; GAIA; Stone-age jellybones; Antarctica
Antibacterial soaps and body washes make up an industry worth millions of pounds, but in the USA, producers have been told that they have just over a…
12 years, 4 months ago
Horsemeat; NanoSims; Early bacteria; Crystallography
Food crime is now big business that criss crosses national boundaries, according to today's report into the safety and authenticity of our food. Publ…
12 years, 4 months ago
Badger culls; Douglas Mawson; Plastics; Uptalk
Badger culls in England have ended and Professor Roland Kao from the University of Glasgow discusses with Dr Adam Rutherford the scientific options r…
12 years, 4 months ago
Therapeutic hypothermia; Cameras on Gaia; Methane; Wine microbiota
Therapeutic hypothermia is standard treatment for cardiac arrest patients to protect against the damaging or deadly repercussions of a beatless heart…
12 years, 4 months ago
Bird Atlas; Flywheels; Energy capture; Science lessons for MPs
Every twenty years there's a detailed survey of the birds of the UK and Ireland and today, the 2007-2011 Bird Atlas is published. Adam Rutherford hea…
12 years, 4 months ago
DNA to ID typhoon victims; Volcanic ash; Hope for red squirrels; Robogut
Global experts in DNA identification are flying to the Philippines to assess whether they can help families to determine, beyond doubt, which of the …
12 years, 5 months ago