Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchSecrets of the microbiome: the vagina
The trillions of microbes living on and inside the human body are an important part of who we are, from mediating all our interactions with the envir…
2 years, 3 months ago
Secrets of the microbiome: the gut
The trillions of microbes living on and inside the human body are an important part of who we are, from mediating all of our interactions with the en…
2 years, 3 months ago
How to stop doomscrolling and reclaim your brain
If you’ve made a resolution to spend less time on your phone this year, help is at hand. The Guardian has launched a new newsletter, Reclaim your bra…
2 years, 3 months ago
Is guilt-free flying on the horizon?
In November, a plane powered by 100% ‘sustainable’ jet fuel took off from London to New York. It was hailed by some as a milestone in reducing the ca…
2 years, 3 months ago
Our science predictions for 2024
Last year was a bumper year for science news, with the rise of weight-loss drugs such as Wegovy, record-high global temperatures, not to mention an a…
2 years, 3 months ago
What the science says about how to get active (and make it stick)
As parks and gyms fill with people hoping to make 2024 their year of fitness, Ian Sample speaks to Martin Gibala, professor of kinesiology at McMaste…
2 years, 3 months ago
Revisited: Weight of the world, the climate scientists who hold out hope
Science Weekly revisits episode three of this 2023 mini-series from Full Story. In the final part of this three-part series, the Australian climate s…
2 years, 4 months ago
Weight of the world revisited: the climate scientists who copped it
Science Weekly revisits episode two of this 2023 mini-series from Full Story. In part two of Weight of the world, three Australian climate scientists…
2 years, 4 months ago
Revisited: Weight of the world – the climate scientists who saw the crisis coming
Science Weekly revisits episode one of this 2023 mini-series from Full Story. Pioneering Australian scientists Graeme Pearman, Lesley Hughes and Ove …
2 years, 4 months ago
Best of 2023, Killing the Skydancer: episode three, An Open Secret
In this special Age of Extinction mini-series from Science Weekly, which first aired in 2023, the Guardian’s biodiversity reporter, Phoebe Weston, ex…
2 years, 4 months ago