Podcast Episodes

Wildfires: past, present and future

Geologist Prof Andrew Scott on our complex relationship with wildfires

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Inequality in Science

Women are underrepresented in science, and some experts are asking whether there are biological reasons why. Meanwhile, racial studies are creeping b…

7 years, 10 months ago

What’s the deal with algorithms?

Algorithms are everywhere. They can make our lives easier, by curating our Twitter feeds and Netflix suggestions. But they can also be bad. They lack…

7 years, 10 months ago

Mike Garrett: Is there anybody out there?

There are 100 billion stars in our Galaxy – surely we can’t be the only intelligent lifeform out there? In this week’s Science Focus Podcast we speak…

7 years, 10 months ago

Russia's canine cosmonauts

Russian space dogs paved the way to sending humans into the cosmos. By studying how space flight affected dogs, scientists could establish whether it…

7 years, 11 months ago

Sin: Why we do the things we shouldn’t

Whether it’s cheating on our spouse, slacking off at work, or eating too much junk, we all occasionally do things we shouldn’t. Jack Lewis talks to u…

7 years, 11 months ago

Solving the plastic problem

It’s estimated that there are currently more than 6 billion tonnes of plastic waste buried in land fill sites or floating on the surface of the ocean…

7 years, 11 months ago

Everything that's wrong with the human body

We like to think of ourselves as highly evolved, well-adapted creatures, but our retinas face backwards, we have too many bones in our wrists, and at…

7 years, 11 months ago

How to keep yourself busy in space

Chris Hadfield has been to space three times, completed two spacewalks and visited two different space stations, but for many, he is best known for h…

8 years ago

The truth about dinosaurs

The image of dinosaurs as drab, slow-witted reptilians is slowly being overturned thanks to exciting new fossil discoveries and advances in the techn…

8 years ago