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Science Weekly

Science Weekly

Alok Jha and the Guardian's science team bring you the best analysis and interviews from the worlds of science and technology.

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Show overview

Science Weekly has been publishing since 2024, and across the 2 years since has built a catalogue of 175 episodes. That works out to roughly 55 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a several-times-a-week cadence.

Episodes typically run ten to twenty minutes — most land between 16 min and 21 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Science show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 4 days ago, with 55 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2025, with 111 episodes published. Published by Guardian.

Episodes
175
Running
2024–2026 · 2y
Median length
18 min
Cadence
Several per week

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Alok Jha and the Guardian's science team bring you the best analysis and interviews from the worlds of science and technology.

Latest Episodes

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Nature or nurture: can genes shape our behaviour?

Jun 25, 202619 min

Extreme heat: is the UK becoming a 40C country?

Jun 23, 202614 min

The audacious plan to refreeze the Arctic

Jun 18, 202616 min

Should we ban social media for under-16s?

Jun 15, 202620 min

‘The undruggable became druggable’: a breakthrough cancer treatment

Jun 11, 202614 min

The dinosaurs who survived the asteroid

Jun 9, 202617 min

Heatstroke, sports washing and VAR psychology: the science of the World Cup

Jun 4, 202620 min

The incredible science of the sleeping brain

Jun 2, 202614 min

Are robots nearing their ChatGPT moment?

May 28, 202617 min

Do red-light masks really keep you looking young?

May 26, 202614 min

Stateside with Kai and Carter: why the fight over abortion pills is only just beginning

May 23, 202642 min

Can a name change transform PCOS outcomes for women?

May 21, 202616 min

Ebola outbreak: what do we know and can it be contained?

May 18, 202613 min

Stateside with Kai and Carter: Stacey Abrams on why gutting of the US Voting Rights Act is ‘evil’

May 16, 202635 min

Hantavirus update, Pentagon’s UFO files, can art slow biological ageing?

May 14, 202621 min

Trump is backing psychedelic research: here’s why

May 12, 202617 min

100 years on Earth: celebrating David Attenborough’s birthday

May 7, 202620 min

Hantavirus explained: how does it spread and who is most at risk?

May 5, 202613 min

‘Historic breakthrough’: could the fossil fuel era be coming to an end?

May 5, 202614 min

Sub-two-hour marathon, spooky houses explained and why is UK health in decline?

Apr 30, 202619 min
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