Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchTime travel, with Lawrence Krauss
Season 1 Episode 143
From HG Well’s The Time Machine, to Doctor Who and Back to the Future, time travel has become a beloved staple of science fiction. But will humans ev…
3 years, 1 month ago
Body language myths, with Prof Geoff Beattie
Season 1 Episode 142
Want to get better at interpreting body language? Well, most books on the topic are unlikely to help you. At least, that’s the argument of Geoff Beat…
3 years, 1 month ago
AI’s fight to understand creativity, with Ahmed Elgammal
Season 1 Episode 141
Artificial intelligence has seeped into the art world, creating incredible paintings, winning art competitions, and turning amateurs into Picasso. Bu…
3 years, 1 month ago
How to boost your creativity, with Hilde Ostby
Season 1 Episode 140
Ever had an ‘aha’ moment? The point where your thoughts somehow finally coalesce into a revelation? Or have you ever wondered where your creative imp…
3 years, 1 month ago
Ultra-processed Food with Dr Chris van Tulleken
Season 1 Episode 139
Have you ever struggled to put that packet of biscuits back in the cupboard after opening them? Or found yourself dialling for your favourite takeawa…
3 years, 1 month ago
How the battle for space will change the world, with Tim Marshall
Season 1 Episode 138
As space travel becomes more common, questions are being raised over laws in space, how it will be split up amongst countries and even the risk of po…
3 years, 1 month ago
Out-of-body experiences, with Dr Jane Aspell
Season 1 Episode 137
Out-of-body experiences have long fascinated humans, with accounts of people feeling as if they’ve floated above their own bodies going back thousand…
3 years, 1 month ago
A bold new theory of dyslexia, with Prof Usha Goswami
Season 1 Episode 136
About 1 in 10 people in the UK have dyslexia, which is a neurological difference that can result in difficulties learning to read and write. But what…
3 years, 1 month ago
The fight to keep our brains private, with Nita Farahany
Season 1 Episode 135
In the not too distant future, we could all be wearing wearables that scan our brain waves, understanding how we feel, think and act. Before then, au…
3 years, 1 month ago
The science of hay fever, with Sam White
Season 1 Episode 134
Hay fever is something huge parts of the population deal with every year, but what actually causes it, is it genetic and is it something that is face…
3 years, 2 months ago