Podcast Episodes
Back to Search#118: Heatwaves push limits of human tolerance; chemical computer to mimic brain; first non-human to practice medicine
Season 1 Episode 118
It feels like temperature records are being broken almost daily. We’ve seen heatwaves already this year in Texas and Mexico, with forecast highs of 5…
4 years, 4 months ago
#117: US threat to women’s health; saving the world with bacteria; Darwinian feminism and primate gender; invasion of the earthworms
Season 1 Episode 117
Women’s abortion rights are under threat in the US. Leaked documents suggest the Supreme Court is on the verge of overturning the landmark Roe v Wade…
4 years, 4 months ago
#116: DNA from outer space; Devi Sridhar on covid lessons; climate change in an Oxford wood
Season 1 Episode 116
Could life on Earth have an extraterrestrial origin? The team revisits this ancient theory as we’ve now found all four of the key building blocks of …
4 years, 4 months ago
#115: Quantum consciousness; next decade of space exploration; songs played on rat whiskers
Season 1 Episode 115
What is consciousness? We’ve discussed many theories on the podcast, but in this episode the team explores a particularly bonkers one. Experiments wi…
4 years, 4 months ago
#114: A message to aliens, phage therapy for acne, calibrating the world’s oldest computer
Season 1 Episode 114
Two teams are developing messages to send into space, in the hope that some advanced alien civilization will be able to pick them up. While METI is s…
4 years, 5 months ago
#113: Climate change: suing governments to cut emissions; shock discovery in particle physics; a new function for dreams
Season 1 Episode 113
The latest major report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is out, and the message is clear. Time is running out to keep global warmi…
4 years, 5 months ago
#112: Gene therapy success; biodiversity talks; the genetics of blood sucking; the farthest star ever seen
Season 1 Episode 112
A world-first gene therapy has been used to successfully treat a rare genetic skin disease. Referred to as “the worst disease you’ve never heard of”,…
4 years, 5 months ago
#111: Antarctic and Arctic record-breaking heat; octopus brains insight; black hole paradox explained
Season 1 Episode 111
Extreme weather events have been recorded at both of Earth’s polar regions, as the Arctic and Antarctic are hit by major heat waves. To put this into…
4 years, 5 months ago
#110: Solution for Ukraine food crisis; why young blood rejuvenates; climate horror in Australia; Hannah Peel’s new music
Season 1 Episode 110
As 10 percent of the world’s wheat comes from Ukraine, Russia’s attack on the country could spark global food shortages. But the team discuss a simpl…
4 years, 6 months ago
#109: Ukraine war stokes energy crisis; emergency sounded over Amazon rainforest; secular intelligent design; mammalian virgin birth
Season 1 Episode 109
The war in Ukraine has sparked an energy crisis, as European countries attempt to cut ties with Russia. The team discusses what this means for the fu…
4 years, 6 months ago