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Everything you ever wanted to know about… cancer with Dr Kat Arney
In this week's episode of the Science Focus Podcast, we talk to Dr Kat Arney about cancer.
Kat is a science writer and broadcaster, and founder of th…
5 years, 7 months ago
Hugo Zeberg: How could Neanderthal genes affect COVID-19?
In this week's episode of the Science Focus Podcast, we talk to Hugo Zeberg, a geneticist working at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm.
Hugo has …
5 years, 8 months ago
Matt Parker, Helen Arney and Steve Mould: What links coffee, snowflakes and frogs?
Today‘s podcast episode is a special one, with not one, not two, but three fantastic guests. We’ve teamed up with the three spoken nerds – Matt Parke…
5 years, 8 months ago
Merlin Sheldrake: How have fungi shaped the world?
The fungal kingdom is vast, and yet much of it remains unknown to us – it’s estimated that only about 6 per cent of all fungal species have, so far, …
5 years, 8 months ago
Sue Black: What stories do our skeletons tell?
In today’s episode, we’re chatting to Professor Sue Black, an anatomist and forensic anthropologist. You might’ve seen characters doing her job on te…
5 years, 8 months ago
Professor Trevor Cox: Was Stonehenge an ancient acoustic chamber?
For decades, Stonehenge, the mysterious prehistoric circle of stones built on the Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, has left scientists scratching their …
5 years, 9 months ago
Dr Julia Shaw: Why do we do bad things?
Everyone does bad things. We know deep down are wrong, but we do them anyway. Sometimes, people do things so bad that we call them evil.
Criminal psyc…
5 years, 9 months ago
James Hamblin: Should we all stop showering?
We know how important good hygiene is. It protects us from viral infections and diseases, but what if, by washing, soaping and scrubbing, we’re actua…
5 years, 9 months ago
Katie Mack: How will the Universe end?
The end of the Universe may be a common feature in science fiction, but this one isn’t a crisis that can be averted by a team of superheroes. The Uni…
5 years, 9 months ago
Rana el Kaliouby: What if computers could read our emotions?
For many, the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown restrictions has isolated us from the people we love, reducing our social life to screens and Zoom me…
5 years, 9 months ago