Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHow old are we really? What a test can tell us about our biological age
Direct to consumer tests that claim to tell us our biological – as opposed to chronological – age are getting a lot of attention, but what can they r…
1 year, 5 months ago
Why did Spain and Portugal go dark?
Authorities are still trying to understand what triggered the massive power outage that left the majority of the Iberian Peninsula without electricit…
1 year, 6 months ago
Why did Just Stop Oil just stop?
Just Stop Oil, the climate activism group behind motorway blockades, petrol station disruption and tomato soup attacks on major artworks, has disband…
1 year, 6 months ago
Evidence of alien life, a clue about the rise of bowel cancer, and a new colour?
Madeleine Finlay and Ian Sample discuss three intriguing science stories from the week. From a hint at alien life on a distant planet to a clue in th…
1 year, 6 months ago
Is ‘de-extinction’ really possible?
The American biotech company Colossal Biosciences recently made headlines around the world with claims it had resurrected the dire wolf, an animal th…
1 year, 6 months ago
RFK Jr’s mixed messages on vaccines
As a measles outbreak expands across the US, comments by health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr have come under scrutiny. Kennedy has said that the bes…
1 year, 6 months ago
What 40 years as Observer science editor has taught Robin McKie
Robin McKie reflects on his 40 years as science editor for the Observer and tells Madeleine Finlay about the game-changing discoveries and scientific…
1 year, 6 months ago
Streams of medicines: how Switzerland cleaned up its act
Switzerland is leading the world in purifying its water of micropollutants, a concoction of chemicals often found in bodies of water that look crysta…
1 year, 6 months ago
Streams of medicines: what’s hiding in the UK’s waterways?
The UK is known for its national parks: areas of outstanding natural beauty with rolling hills and crystal-clear streams and lakes. But research has …
1 year, 6 months ago
‘Parasites should get more fame’: the nominees for world’s finest invertebrate
Invertebrates don’t get the attention lavished on cute pets or apex predators, but these unsung heroes are some of the most impressive and resilient …
1 year, 6 months ago