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Weekly: Thorin and the lost Neanderthals; Fish that use mirrors; SpaceX’s spacewalk
Season 1 Episode 267
Episode 267
The remains of an ancient Neanderthal man discovered in France may be one of the last members of a lost line. Researchers analysing the DN…
2 years ago
CultureLab: Amorina Kingdon on the grunting, growling and singing world underwater
Have you ever heard a haddock knock? What about a cusk eel’s chatter?
Sound travels four-and-a-half times faster through water than air and can be he…
2 years ago
Weekly: First living transparent mouse; lab-grown stem cells; Spy balloons
Season 1 Episode 266
🎧 Episode 266
⚡️ The first human blood stem cells have been created in a lab and successfully turned into functioning bone marrow. This research could…
2 years ago
Weekly: Could mpox be the next covid-19?; Science of beat drops; Clothes made from potatoes
Season 1 Episode 265
🎧 Episode 265
⚡️ The latest mpox variant has infected a record number of people in central Africa, has been found in travellers in Sweden and Thailand…
2 years ago
CultureLab: Lucy Foulkes on how adolescence shapes us
Ever wondered how your teenage years shaped the person you are today? Or why certain rebellious behaviours, like underage drinking, seem almost inevi…
2 years ago
Weekly: 1 in 5 coma patients have awareness; How to end the opioid crisis; ‘Wow’ space signal…is lasers?
Season 1 Episode 264
#264
Some people in comas can understand what’s happening around them. Previously estimated to be 1 in 10, that figure has now shot up to 1 in 5 – mea…
2 years ago
Anxiety Special: The science of anxiety and how to make it work for you
Season 1 Episode 263
#263
Anxiety. We’ve all felt it – some worse than others. But what exactly causes anxiety and why are some of us more likely to be hit by it? Science …
2 years, 1 month ago
CultureLab: The best science TV of the year – so far.
With so many new TV series and documentaries available, it can be tough to decide what's truly worth your time. That’s where our TV columnist Bethan …
2 years, 1 month ago
Weekly: Deepest hole ever drilled in Earth’s mantle; Glitter on Mars; Quantum telepathy
Season 1 Episode 262
#262
Geologists have just drilled deeper into Earth’s mantle than ever before. The hole is in an area of the ocean called Atlantis Massif, where the u…
2 years, 1 month ago
Dead Planets Society: Can We Move the Sun?
Season 2 Episode 9
Earth and all the other planets in our solar system are being dragged on a joyride through the universe, as the Dead Planeteers attempt to move the s…
2 years, 1 month ago