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第2814期:AI to predict your health in the future
Episode 28
Nasa's Perseverance Rover has spent the past four years exploring an area of Mars called the Jezero Crater. It's dry and dusty, but billions of years…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
第2813期:AI to predict your health in the future
Episode 29
The researchers describe this artificial intelligence model as like a weather forecast for your health. But instead of warning of a 70% chance of rai…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
第2812期:What are the chances of an asteroid hitting you?
Episode 30
An asteroid ended the age of the dinosaurs 66 million years ago. Could something as catastrophic as that happen again?6600 万年前，一颗小行星结束了恐龙时代。 如此灾难性的事情…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
第2811期:Is your dog reading your mind?
Episode 31
Everyone knows that dogs are supposed to be our best friends. Could it be that they know what we are thinking? Whether it's getting excited at the pr…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
第2810期:How exactly do inhalers work?(4)
Episode 32
The real beauty of inhalers is how they get these medications into your lungs. They work by suspending, or aerosolizing, medications into the air to …
7 months, 3 weeks ago
第2809期:How exactly do inhalers work?(3)
Episode 33
In chronic bronchitis, the airway’s lining is inflamed and produces more mucus to trap incoming smoke or dust particles. And the little hairs lining …
7 months, 3 weeks ago
第2808期:How exactly do inhalers work?(2)
Episode 1
So how do they work? When you take a breath, air travels through your lungs using tubes called airways, or bronchi. The airways funnel to sacs, calle…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
第2807期:How exactly do inhalers work?(1)
Episode 2
Early 20th century writer, Marcel Proust, finished his magnum opus “In Search of Lost Time” from bed— in a cork-lined room to keep allergens out. Pro…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
第2806期:Energy drinks to be banned for under-16s in England
Episode 3
The major supermarkets have imposed their own voluntary ban on selling high-caffeine drinks to the under-16s, but this isn't the case in many smaller…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
第2805期:Life lessons learnt from pocket money
Episode 4
How much pocket money did you get as a child, if any? Was it a regular, weekly allowance, or just occasional one-off payments for chores? Parents aro…
7 months, 3 weeks ago