Podcast Episodes
Back to Search
’Rapture and beauty’: a writer's portrait of the International Space Station
Samantha Harvey's Booker Prize shortlisted novel Orbital is set inside an International Space Station-like vessel circling 250 miles above Earth. It …
1 year, 10 months ago
Surprise finding reveals mitochondrial 'energy factories' come in two different types
00:46 Mitochondria divide their labour to help cells thrive
Researchers have uncovered that mitochondria divide into two distinct forms when cells are…
1 year, 10 months ago
REBROADCAST: Talking politics, talking science
This series was originally broadcast in 2020.
Science and politics are not easy bedfellows - "Stick to the science" is a three part series which aims …
1 year, 10 months ago
REBROADCAST: Politics of the life scientific
This series was originally broadcast in 2020.
Science and politics are not easy bedfellows - "Stick to the science" is a three part series which aims …
1 year, 11 months ago
REBROADCAST: A brief history of politics and science
This series was originally broadcast in 2020.
Science and politics are not easy bedfellows - "Stick to the science" is a three part series which aims …
1 year, 11 months ago
How to recover from the trauma of a climate disaster
00:48 Rebuilding mental health after the floods
Researchers have been investigating the best ways to help people deal with trauma in the wake of a cli…
1 year, 11 months ago
Audio long read: Which is the fairest electoral system? Mega-election year sparks debate
By the end of 2024 up to two billion people will have gone to the polls, in a pivotal year of elections around the globe. This is giving political sc…
1 year, 11 months ago
Massive lost mountain cities revealed by lasers
00:48 The hidden cities of Uzbekistan
Researchers have uncovered the scale of two ancient cities buried high in the mountains of Uzbekistan. The citie…
1 year, 11 months ago
Star-eating black hole could power cosmic particle accelerator
In this episode:
00:46 An unusual γ-ray producing microquasar
A type of binary-system known as a microquasar has been found to be firing out γ-rays at …
1 year, 11 months ago
This AI powered 'tongue' can tell Coke and Pepsi apart
00:55 Graphene Tongue
Researchers have developed a graphene ‘tongue’ that uses AI to tell the subtle differences between drinks. Graphene has long bee…
1 year, 11 months ago