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#198 Giant: An opera about the legacy of the ‘Irish giant’ Charles Byrne and the surgeon John Hunter
Season 1 Episode 198
Welcome to CultureLab, from New Scientist podcasts. In this episode, culture and comment editor Alison Flood speaks with composer Sarah Angliss.
Sara…
3 years, 3 months ago
#197 Ancient human Homo naledi had advanced culture; AI passes the world’s biggest Turing Test; climate change hits New York
Season 1 Episode 197
A species of ancient human with a brain the size of a chimpanzee’s is upending what we thought we knew about human cognition and culture. Recent find…
3 years, 3 months ago
#196 Animal Liberation Now: Peter Singer on eating and living ethically
Season 1 Episode 196
What does it mean to eat and live ethically in today’s world?
In 1975, Australian philosopher Peter Singer published his landmark book Animal Liberat…
3 years, 3 months ago
#195 Breakthrough in suspended animation; treatment using stem cells from umbilical cord; moon dust threat
Season 1 Episode 195
Suspended animation - the stuff of science-fiction, or a real-world solution to surviving long voyages into deep space? Actually it’s neither, but re…
3 years, 3 months ago
#194 Rewilding special: a night in the beaver pen at the rewilded Knepp Estate
Season 1 Episode 194
The world is undergoing a catastrophic biodiversity crisis, and the UK is one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world. The problems are bi…
3 years, 3 months ago
#193 Drug that could cure obesity; world’s largest organism; octopus dreams; mood-enhancing non-alcoholic drink
Season 1 Episode 193
A new class of drugs that can reliably help you lose weight are generating great excitement in the fight against obesity - and Elon Musk and Hollywoo…
3 years, 3 months ago
#192 Life-extending mutation; Kangaroo poo transplant for cows; irregular sleep linked to increased risk of death
Season 1 Episode 192
Want to live 20 percent longer? Well, it may be possible in the future thanks to a new discovery. A life-extending mutation has been found in mice, a…
3 years, 4 months ago
#191 Special episode: the most mind-bending concepts in science
Season 1 Episode 191
On this bonus episode of the podcast we present a guide on how to think about some of the most important and mind-bending concepts in science, from a…
3 years, 4 months ago
#190 Problems for lab-grown meat; do we need vitamin D supplements?; waking the sleeping Arctic ocean; fish sing for Eurovision
Season 1 Episode 190
Lab-grown meat may be cruelty free, but is it really better for the environment? Not at the moment. In fact, the team finds out how it’s up to 25 tim…
3 years, 4 months ago
#189 Spinal cord stimulation: bringing movement back to paralysed stroke survivors
Season 1 Episode 189
Spinal cord stimulation has, for the first time, been shown to help two people with upper body paralysis due to stroke regain some arm movement.
To f…
3 years, 4 months ago