Podcast Episodes

Are we in the age of trillionaires?

Elon Musk could be about to become the world’s first trillionaire. That’s after a record-breaking pay package - that could be worth nearly $1tn (£760bn) - was approved by Tesla shareholders. The elec…

Published on 4 weeks ago

Do students learn best in their first language?

Children learn best when they’re taught in the language they use at home, research suggests. But there's the question about the power of world languages like English, Spanish, French or Arabic and ho…

Published on 4 weeks, 1 day ago

Why your plane’s GPS might be sabotaged (but don’t be scared)

GPS interference or GPS ‘jamming’ is getting more common. It’s when radio signals on the same frequencies as GPS satellites are used to overwhelm and block legitimate navigation signals. It’s led to …

Published on 1 month ago

COP30 made some progress, but not on fossil fuels

COP30, the big meeting where countries discuss climate change annually, has finished. This year it was hosted in the city of Belem in Brazil, in the Amazon forest, which is directly affected by it. T…

Published on 1 month ago

The ancient origins of kissing

Scientists at Oxford University in the UK now think that kissing evolved more than 21 million years ago, and it wasn’t humans that started it.

As a behaviour, it has no obvious survival or reproductiv…

Published on 1 month ago

The drama at this year’s Miss Universe

Miss Mexico Fatima Bosch has been crowned Miss Universe at a ceremony in Bangkok, marking the end of an exceptionally scandal-filled pageant season. It's the 74th Miss Universe pageant and there was …

Published on 1 month ago

Epstein files: What are they and when will they be released?

After months of mounting pressure, US lawmakers have just voted to release all of the so-called Epstein files. So documents from criminal investigations into the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein before h…

Published on 1 month ago

Sudan: Studying in a war zone

In Sudan, where a civil war has been raging for over two years, millions of students have had their education disrupted. Over half of all schools are in conflict zones. Many schools are being used as…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

How can islands protect against typhoons and hurricanes?

Both Jamaica and the Philippines have been battered by tropical storms in the past month. Hurricane Melissa, a category five storm, was the worst storm to ever hit Jamaica and one of the strongest so…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Would price caps on reselling tickets stop touts?

These days, buying concert tickets is a huge expense. If fans miss out, they can often find tickets on resale sites at hugely inflated prices. Sometimes people resell their tickets because they can’t…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago