Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHow the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs made ants into farmers
Madeleine Finlay hears from Ted Schultz, curator of ants at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, about his recent study into the origi…
1 year, 6 months ago
Is sleep perfectionism making us more exhausted?
As the sleep tracking industry booms, some worry that it could be driving orthosomnia, the medical term for an unhealthy obsession with attaining per…
1 year, 6 months ago
What Milton and Helene reveal about the future of hurricanes
Ian Sample speaks to Bernadette Woods Placky, chief meteorologist at nonprofit Climate Central, about the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season so far, and …
1 year, 6 months ago
All the news and science from the 2024 Nobel prizes
With awards for the discovery of microRNA and the creation of new proteins, plus recognition for artificial intelligence via the physics and chemistr…
1 year, 6 months ago
Could AI help fight conspiracy theories?
We’re used to hearing about the power of artificial intelligence to spread misinformation – but could it also be a tool for persuading people of the …
1 year, 7 months ago
Everything you need to know about Covid this autumn
Madeleine Finlay is joined by Ian Sample, the Guardian’s science editor and Science Weekly co-host, to answer the questions we are all asking about C…
1 year, 7 months ago
End of an era: Britain finally says goodbye to coal
Just before Britain’s last coal-fired power station, Ratcliffe-on-Soar, powered down for the final time, Madeleine Finlay travelled to Nottinghamshir…
1 year, 7 months ago
Is the ocean becoming too acidic to sustain life?
Industrial civilisation is close to breaching a seventh planetary boundary, and may already have crossed it, according to scientists who have compile…
1 year, 7 months ago
Are the world’s oldest people really that old?
Madeleine Finlay speaks to Dr Saul Newman, an interdisciplinary researcher at University College London and the University of Oxford, who has just wo…
1 year, 7 months ago
Live episode: will AI make a good companion?
In a special episode recorded live at the British Science Festival, Madeleine Finlay and guests explore the question: will AI make a good companion? …
1 year, 7 months ago