Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchIs our understanding of light completely wrong? Two consciousness theories go head-to-head; decoding dolphin whistles
Episode 301
Our understanding of the nature of light might be completely wrong. The double-slit experiment is one of the most famous experiments in p…
1 year, 4 months ago
Weekly: Why the climate crisis is an issue of injustice and inequality
Episode 299
In a climate justice special episode of the podcast, the biggest issue of the century is up for discussion. Find out the true impact of cl…
1 year, 4 months ago
Weekly: First brain engineering in a mammal; landmark in fossil fuel lawsuits, the legacy of Pope Francis
Episode 300
The first genetically engineered synapses have been implanted in a mammal’s brain. Chemical brain signals have been bypassed in the brains…
1 year, 4 months ago
Weekly: Have we really just found the strongest evidence for alien life yet?
Episode 298
Big news has just broken - astronomers claim they’ve detected the strongest evidence for alien life yet. The news has got the world’s medi…
1 year, 5 months ago
Weekly: Dire wolves (not) brought back from extinction; US science in existential crisis; how to pour the perfect coffee
Episode 297
The “de-extinction company” Colossal Biosciences claims to have brought dire wolves back from extinction. This is an ancient animal that r…
1 year, 5 months ago
Weekly: How plant skin transplants could supercharge crops; China’s pollution win spikes global temperatures; the oldest ivory tools ever found
Episode 296
There’s a strange phenomenon in the plant world that we’ve known about for ages - but have only just figured out how to make use of it. Th…
1 year, 5 months ago
Weekly: A remarkable view of pregnancy; how to waste less time on your smartphone; superacid diamond rain
Episode 295
The changes the body goes through during and after pregnancy have been examined in more detail than ever before. A landmark study is final…
1 year, 5 months ago
Weekly: Life on Mars; biggest dark energy discovery in decades; the mystery of dark oxygen
Episode 294
Markings discovered on rocks from Mars look to be good evidence that microbial life once existed on the Red Planet. NASA’s Perseverance ro…
1 year, 6 months ago
Weekly: America is turning its back on science and the cosmos; photosynthesis limits; mysterious memory illusion
Episode 293
The future of NASA and of US science is under threat, following cuts made by the Trump administration. Johns Hopkins University lost $800 …
1 year, 6 months ago
Weekly: Chimps, bonobos and humans have more in common than you might think
Episode 292
Chimps are often seen as our hyper-aggressive ancestral cousins, while bonobos are famously more peaceful and caring. But studies of their…
1 year, 6 months ago