Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchMissing in the Amazon: the disappearance – episode 1
The British journalist Dom Phillips and the Brazilian indigenous defender Bruno Pereira vanished three years ago while on a reporting trip near Brazi…
1 year, 4 months ago
Into the photic zone: does a darkening ocean threaten marine life?
Vast areas of the ocean are getting darker, according to research based on satellite imaging. Marine ecosystems are governed by faint light changes –…
1 year, 4 months ago
The incredible world of animal medicine
Ian Sample meets Jaap de Roode, professor of biology at Emory University in Atlanta, and author of the book Doctors by Nature: How Ants, Apes and Oth…
1 year, 4 months ago
Your microbiome questions answered: part two
Ian Sample is joined by Dr James Kinross, colorectal surgeon and author of the book Dark Matter: The New Science of the Microbiome, to answer all you…
1 year, 5 months ago
Your microbiome questions answered: part one
Ian Sample is joined by James Kinross, colorectal surgeon and author of the book Dark Matter: The New Science of the Microbiome, to answer all your q…
1 year, 5 months ago
The extraordinary promise of gene editing
Doctors in the US have become the first to treat a baby with a customised gene-editing therapy after diagnosing the child with a severe genetic disor…
1 year, 5 months ago
The latest twist in a Canadian medical mystery
In March 2021, the Toronto-based reporter Leyland Cecco heard about a memo sent by New Brunswick health officials that warned about a possible unknow…
1 year, 5 months ago
Is it time to try geoengineering?
Geoengineering, the controversial set of techniques that aim to deliberately alter the Earth’s climate system, may be inching a step closer to realit…
1 year, 5 months ago
Have we got the appendix all wrong?
For a long time the appendix was considered disposable. After all, millions of people have theirs removed each year and go on to live healthy lives. …
1 year, 5 months ago
Surviving 200 snake bites, decoding ancient scrolls and the countries ‘flourishing’
Science correspondent Hannah Devlin joins Ian Sample to discuss three intriguing science stories from the week, from a global study that puts the UK …
1 year, 5 months ago