Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchPersonal genome; Solar cells and music; Asteroids; Alfred Russel Wallace
A hundred thousand Britons are being asked to donate their sequenced DNA, their personal genome, to a vast database on the internet, so scientists ca…
12 years, 5 months ago
Moon dust; Electro-ceuticals; Soil and climate change; Dogs' tails
A NASA spacecraft the size of a sofa is currently orbiting the Moon, gathering information about the toxic perils of moon dust. Dirt from the moon is…
12 years, 5 months ago
Nuclear Waste; Exoplanets; BBC time and pips, Synthetic Biology Olympics
Britain's legacy of nuclear waste dates back 60 plus years and a long term solution to deal with it hasn't yet been found. After this week's announce…
12 years, 5 months ago
Genetics and education; Golden Rice inventor; Chimp Chatter and Lightning Lab
The link between genetics and a child's academic performance hit the headlines this week when Education Secretary, Michael Gove's outgoing special ad…
12 years, 6 months ago
US shutdown; Nobels; New climate science; Airport heart attack headlines
The US has shut down government science with potentially devastating results for American and international science projects. Many individual scienti…
12 years, 6 months ago
Menopause; IPCC; Fracking feedback; Particle accelerator; Zombie chemicals
Dr Adam Rutherford and guests explore the scientific mysteries of the menopause after scientists in the US and Japan successfully induced pregnancy i…
12 years, 6 months ago
Fracking FAQs; Fingerprint feedback; Lipstick forensics; Snake hook
Fracking is touted as a technology that will lower UK energy bills. It's a controversial technique which unlocks natural gas from shale rock. But it …
12 years, 6 months ago
Chemical weapons; Crowd-sourcing weather; Fingerprint ID; Dino drill
As Syria agrees to destroying its chemical weapon stocks, Adam Rutherford looks at how you solve a problem like Sarin. Dr Joanna Kidd from King's Col…
12 years, 7 months ago
Stem cell news; Science practicals; Phantom head; Sewage power
As Spanish researchers unveil new stem cell research, Dr Adam Rutherford talks to Professor of Regenerative Medicine Fiona Watt. They look back at th…
12 years, 7 months ago
Fukushima ice wall; Martian menus; Science practicals; Eye tracker
Dr Adam Rutherford asks whether the proposed ice wall around the Fukushima nuclear plant will finally halt the radioactive leaks they've suffered sin…
12 years, 7 months ago