Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchCan AI ever really be ethical?
Season 1 Episode 184
Artificial intelligence has grown drastically in recent years, entering everything from art to medicine. We talk to Nigel Cannings, an expert in arti…
2 years, 8 months ago
What clean energy will look like after renewables
Season 1 Episode 183
When it comes to the climate crisis, energy is one of the biggest and most complex topics. To help us break it down into something more manageable, w…
2 years, 8 months ago
The future of drug discovery
Season 1 Episode 182
If we learnt anything from the COVID-19 pandemic it was that, as a society, we owe a huge debt to the scientists around the world that work, day in, …
2 years, 8 months ago
Sustainability Special – Why ‘biodegradable’ doesn’t mean what you think
Season 1 Episode 181
We humans depend on the Earth’s natural resources for our very existence so it’s vital that we take as good care of them as we can. However, it’s abu…
2 years, 8 months ago
Sustainability Special - The potential of smart materials
Season 1 Episode 180
We humans depend on the Earth’s natural resources for our very existence so it’s vital that we take as good care of them as we can.
However, it’s abun…
2 years, 8 months ago
Sustainability Special - Solving the world’s plastic pollution problem
Season 1 Episode 179
We humans depend on the Earth’s natural resources for our very existence so it’s vital that we take as good care of them as we can. However, it’s abu…
2 years, 8 months ago
Sustainability Special – How can we make our food more secure?
Season 1 Episode 178
Like it or not, food plays a central role in all of our lives. It’s so important that whole societies and economies have formed around it, wars are f…
2 years, 9 months ago
What mass extinctions can teach us about the future of life on Earth
Season 1 Episode 177
Most of us are aware that an asteroid strike led to the extinction of the dinosaurs some 66 million years ago. But fewer are aware that this was just…
2 years, 9 months ago
Neil DeGrasse Tyson explains the Universe’s greatest mysteries
Season 1 Episode 176
What’s beyond our Universe? Will time travel ever be possible? And what might aliens look like? All huge questions that today we’re asking a special …
2 years, 9 months ago
The bizarre science of cat behaviour
Season 1 Episode 175
Why is it that cats sleep so much? Can they be taught any tricks? And are dogs actually smarter than cats? These are just some of the questions you m…
2 years, 9 months ago