Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWeekly: Have we really just found the strongest evidence for alien life yet?
Episode 298
Big news has just broken - astronomers claim they’ve detected the strongest evidence for alien life yet. The news has got the world’s medi…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Weekly: Dire wolves (not) brought back from extinction; US science in existential crisis; how to pour the perfect coffee
Episode 297
The “de-extinction company” Colossal Biosciences claims to have brought dire wolves back from extinction. This is an ancient animal that r…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Weekly: How plant skin transplants could supercharge crops; China’s pollution win spikes global temperatures; the oldest ivory tools ever found
Episode 296
There’s a strange phenomenon in the plant world that we’ve known about for ages - but have only just figured out how to make use of it. Th…
11 months ago
Weekly: A remarkable view of pregnancy; how to waste less time on your smartphone; superacid diamond rain
Episode 295
The changes the body goes through during and after pregnancy have been examined in more detail than ever before. A landmark study is final…
11 months, 1 week ago
Weekly: Life on Mars; biggest dark energy discovery in decades; the mystery of dark oxygen
Episode 294
Markings discovered on rocks from Mars look to be good evidence that microbial life once existed on the Red Planet. NASA’s Perseverance ro…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Weekly: America is turning its back on science and the cosmos; photosynthesis limits; mysterious memory illusion
Episode 293
The future of NASA and of US science is under threat, following cuts made by the Trump administration. Johns Hopkins University lost $800 …
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Weekly: Chimps, bonobos and humans have more in common than you might think
Episode 292
Chimps are often seen as our hyper-aggressive ancestral cousins, while bonobos are famously more peaceful and caring. But studies of their…
1 year ago
Weekly: How to finally get a good night’s sleep - with science
Episode 291
Who got better sleep - hunter-gatherers or modern-day humans? We’re constantly being told we’re in the midst of an epidemic of poor sleep,…
1 year ago
Weekly: Life-saving mice perform first aid; tiny lab-grown human brains; making skyscrapers and hair condition from wood
Episode 290
Mice have been found saving the lives of their cagemates by performing a resuscitation technique similar to CPR. After opening the mouth o…
1 year ago
Weekly: Resurrecting frozen brains; giant asteroid heads to Earth; you really do have a ‘dessert stomach’
Season 1 Episode 289
Episode 289
Slices of mouse brains have been revived after being in deep freeze, hinting at the future possibility of reanimating humans who have been…
1 year ago