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#66: Sea level rise; Bitcoin carbon pollution; how to measure self-awareness
Season 1 Episode 66
The most detailed analysis yet of global warming and sea level rise has been published. The paper’s lead author, Tamsin Edwards of King’s College Lon…
4 years, 10 months ago
#65: Chernobyl radiation safety; Chinese space station; wisdom of trees
Season 1 Episode 65
It’s been 35 years since the devastating explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. But new research shows there has been no increase in genetic…
4 years, 10 months ago
#64: Earth Day rescue plan: climate change and biodiversity special
Season 1 Episode 64
To mark Earth Day 2021, we’ve assembled a panel of experts to discuss climate change and biodiversity loss - “two runaway crises tightly interlinked …
4 years, 10 months ago
#63: Musical spider’s webs; magic mushrooms for treating depression; the sound of coronavirus
Season 1 Episode 63
The vibrations of a spider’s web have been transformed into some spectacularly haunting pieces of music. The team shares the work of MIT researcher M…
4 years, 10 months ago
#62: Synthetic life; rescue plan for Earth; muon g-2 new physics
Season 1 Episode 62
Scientists tinkering around with the creation of synthetic life have taken a significant step forward. The team explains how synthetic cells could on…
4 years, 11 months ago
#61: Worse allergies; black hole in our backyard; new flavours of vanilla
Season 1 Episode 61
Spring has sprung and… ACHOO!! Yep, hay fever is back with a vengeance. This week the team has some bad news for hay fever sufferers, as allergies ar…
4 years, 11 months ago
#60: New physics; anti-ageing human embryos; Mars update
Season 1 Episode 60
The Large Hadron Collider might, just might, have found something that challenges the Standard Model of particle physics. The team hears why an anoma…
4 years, 11 months ago
#59: Vaccine success; hibernation and anti-ageing; world’s first computer
Season 1 Episode 59
We’re tantalisingly close to resuming normal life, as promising news from Israel has shown that vaccines are swinging the fight against covid-19 in o…
4 years, 11 months ago
#58: Covid good news; cold water swimming; quantum unreality
Season 1 Episode 58
This week: relief and joy for people in the US, with the news that those who’ve had two doses of vaccine will be allowed to meet up inside with frien…
4 years, 11 months ago
#57: Moon base; Neanderthal speech; Elizabeth Kolbert on geoengineering
Season 1 Episode 57
Ever looked up at the Moon and thought “I could live there”? Well… this week we hear how Chinese researchers have managed to make an almost completel…
5 years ago