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#128 Extreme heatwaves; China’s space station launch; covid’s effects in pregnancy; a black hole symphony
Season 1 Episode 128
Following scolding 40 degree record temperatures, it’s clear the UK is not set up to deal with such heat. But as extreme weather events become more c…
4 years, 1 month ago
#127: Pig hearts transplanted into dead people; James Webb Space Telescope gives best-ever view of the universe; boosting wheat genetics to feed the world
Season 1 Episode 127
After the first pig-human transplant patient died just 2 months after receiving his new heart, researchers are now testing modified pig hearts by tra…
4 years, 2 months ago
#126: Are we stuck in a time loop? Legal action against climate change; covid fifth wave; time loop are we stuck?
Season 1 Episode 126
Ten years since the discovery of the fabled Higgs boson, can the Large Hadron Collider ever make us that excited again? Physicists are now kind of bo…
4 years, 2 months ago
#125: Poo transplants cure IBS; climate change shrinks the human niche; CRISPR babies; monkeypox latest
Season 1 Episode 125
The world’s first CRISPR babies are now toddlers. Now, nearly four years since the super-controversial experiment was announced, scientists in China …
4 years, 2 months ago
#124: Lopsided universe; solar activity affects heart health; hero rats trained for rescue missions
Season 1 Episode 124
If you like things orderly, we have bad news for you - our universe is lopsided. Based on everything we know about gravity and the early universe, we…
4 years, 2 months ago
#123: ‘Sentient’ claim for Google AI; spacecraft spots starquakes; the rise of the mammals; hot brains
Season 1 Episode 123
How will we know when we’ve made a truly sentient artificial intelligence? Well, one Google engineer believes we’re already there. The team discusses…
4 years, 3 months ago
#122: The science of Top Gun; the 1.5°C climate goal is out of reach; return to the moon; hepatitis mystery
Season 1 Episode 122
While it may be technically possible to keep global heating to 1.5°C it’s really not very likely - at all. So why are we clinging to it? The team ask…
4 years, 3 months ago
#121: Creation of artificial life; gene therapy saves children’s lives; new understanding of chronic pain
Season 1 Episode 121
Synthetic cell membranes have been fused with protein machinery from living cells to create an artificial membrane. Could this be a precursor to the …
4 years, 3 months ago
#120: DeepMind claims artificial intelligence breakthrough; searching for ancient life on Mars; Stonehenge surprise; monkeypox latest
Season 1 Episode 120
DeepMind’s new artificial intelligence, Gato, is a step beyond anything we’ve seen before. But how close has it brought us to the coveted goal of cre…
4 years, 3 months ago
#119: How to tackle the global food crisis; rainforest animal orchestra; George Monbiot on humanity’s biggest blight
Season 1 Episode 119
We’re in the middle of a global food crisis, brought on by a combination of the coronavirus pandemic, climate change and the war in Ukraine. As food …
4 years, 4 months ago