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CultureLab: Oppenheimer – The rise and fall of the “father of the atomic bomb”
Season 1 Episode 207
First J. Robert Oppenheimer created the weapon, then he fought for years to warn of its dangers. During the second world war, the so-called “father o…
3 years, 1 month ago
Weekly: How to measure consciousness; Nature-made graphene; New sabretooth cats
Season 1 Episode 206
New Scientist Weekly #206
A major theory of consciousness is being put to the test with brain scans. Integrated information theory proposes a value ca…
3 years, 2 months ago
Dead Planets Society #1: Kill The Sun
Season 1 Episode 1
The sun is the centre of our solar system, the parent body to all the planets, unquestionably the most important cosmic object for life on Earth. But…
3 years, 2 months ago
Weekly: JWST’s amazing year; Giant sloth jewellery; $1million mathematics prize
Season 1 Episode 205
New Scientist Weekly #205
Following a year of incredible, awe-inspiring images from deep space, the team is celebrating the 1st birthday of the James …
3 years, 2 months ago
CultureLab: Earth’s Deep History: Chris Packham on the epic and tumultuous story of our planet
Season 1 Episode 204
Our world has led a long, sometimes tumultuous, and always complicated life. Over the last four billion years, Earth’s geology has changed radically …
3 years, 2 months ago
Weekly: Earth breaks heat records; Quantum LiDAR for self-driving cars; Cryptography in pre-Viking runic writing
Season 1 Episode 203
New Scientist Weekly #203
July has become a record-busting month. In fact, this month has seen the hottest global average temperatures ever recorded o…
3 years, 2 months ago
Weekly: New era in gravitational astronomy; Upending stereotypes of women in hunter-gatherer societies; Orangutan beatboxing and human speech origins
Season 1 Episode 202
New Scientist Weekly #202
In a potentially era-defining scientific breakthrough, we are now able to detect some of the biggest objects in the cosmos. …
3 years, 2 months ago
Weekly: The truth behind the orca uprising; Earth enters uncharted territory; genetic treatments for unborn babies.
Season 1 Episode 201
New Scientist Weekly #201
A new therapy is being used to treat a rare genetic disorder in babies, before they’ve even been born. The condition, called…
3 years, 2 months ago
Weekly: Claims that secret alien technology is held in the US; link between gut bacteria and intelligence; the parasite that makes ants live longer
Season 1 Episode 200
New Scientist Weekly #200
Always trust your gut! A recent study shows that the composition of our gut microbiome may be directly linked to our overall…
3 years, 3 months ago
#199 Being Human: Lewis Dartnell on how our biology shapes our actions
Season 1 Episode 199
Are humans the product of their environment, or do we shape the world around us? Lewis Dartnell, author of a series of books which explores this very…
3 years, 3 months ago