Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThe spacesuits saving mothers’ lives
A suit originally designed for astronauts has been adapted to save the lives of mothers who experience bleeding after giving birth. It stems the blee…
5 years, 6 months ago
A forest down your street
Forests the size of tennis courts are being planted in towns and cities around the world. They use a special method from Japan which can grow a dense…
5 years, 6 months ago
The solutions whisperer
Dhruv Boruah’s mission is to inspire other people to solve problems facing the planet. What’s more, he gets them to come up with their ideas in just …
5 years, 7 months ago
Can doughnuts save the planet?
Imagine a ring doughnut. This is the basis of an idea about how we could run the world in a way that gives everyone what they need - food, homes, hea…
5 years, 7 months ago
What happened next to our problem solvers
We revisit Lewis to find out how the hydrating sweets he designed for people with dementia have gone into production. We find out how a housing proje…
5 years, 7 months ago
Saving mums and their unborn babies
Women in a village in Northern Nigeria have come up with an emergency transport scheme that is saving lives. They decided to act when they saw mums…
5 years, 7 months ago
Making meat in a lab
Imagine if the meat we ate was all grown in shiny silver vats, with no animals harmed in the process. That’s the vision of start-ups around the wor…
5 years, 7 months ago
Building with fungi
Companies are growing light and durable packaging from mycelium that is easy to compost. Another team in Europe is creating a fungal home, which will…
5 years, 8 months ago
Perovskites: The future of solar?
A new kind of solar cell - made by drying a special liquid on a surface - is being heralded as a revolution in solar power.
The minerals known as per…
5 years, 8 months ago
Riding the solar railway
Can you make the railways greener by powering trains with energy from the sun? We hear about the pioneering train in Australia that’s run entirely on…
5 years, 8 months ago