Science Weekly
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The incredible science of memory manipulation
Oct 1, 202620 min
Are household cleaning products damaging our health?
Sep 29, 202617 min
Are baby girls more sociable? Super El Niño, meningitis outbreak explained
Sep 24, 202622 min
Do any diets actually work?
Sep 22, 202617 min
The week that changed maths for ever
Sep 17, 202615 min
Is collagen all hype?
Sep 15, 202618 min
Live episode: how AI is reshaping our minds
Sep 13, 20261h 22m
‘One of the biggest discoveries in science’: have scientists found dark matter?
Sep 10, 202616 min
Are rich people really worse behaved? Here’s the science
Sep 8, 202618 min
Introducing Black Box: The Chatbots
Sep 6, 202639 min
There’s a quick way to slow climate change. Why isn’t everyone doing it?
Sep 3, 202613 min
Could humans ever communicate with whales?
Sep 1, 202617 min
Everyone hates datacentres. Do we really need them?
Aug 27, 202616 min
Creatine: is there truth behind the hype?
Aug 25, 202615 min
It’s finally raining. Will it be enough to end the drought?
Aug 20, 202615 min
The ultra rich are collecting fossils, and that’s bad for science
Aug 18, 202614 min
The immortal jellyfish and other mindblowing invertebrates
Aug 13, 202615 min
We’re reading less. And it’s making us stupid
Aug 11, 202619 min
Four types of thinker, the cyclosporiasis outbreak, and the UK’s biggest telescope threatened
Aug 6, 202622 min
The fight to save a historic English landscape
Aug 4, 202616 min
Revisited: Saunas and cold plunges, where does the evidence stand?
Jul 30, 202616 min
Revisited: The surprising science of dreams and nightmares
Jul 28, 202622 min
Revisited: A Scottish tea mystery, episode three – a bag for life
Jul 23, 202620 min
Revisited: A Scottish tea mystery, episode two – the list
Jul 22, 202623 min
Revisited: A Scottish tea mystery, episode one – green shoots
Jul 21, 202622 min
Can a world-first gene therapy reverse ageing?
Jul 16, 202618 min
Fungi: the invisible force protecting our planet
Jul 14, 202616 min
Is male testosterone in freefall?
Jul 9, 202614 min
‘A break from scrolling’: how Gen Z fell in love with birding
Jul 7, 202616 min
‘Beautiful blobs’: can scientists build life from scratch?
Jul 2, 202616 min
Reflecting pool algae: the science Trump needs to know
Jun 30, 202616 min
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 gamechanging treatment for the world’s deadliest cancer
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
Red-light masks: can they really slow ageing?
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: how does it spread and can the outbreak 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
Strange trip: why Trump is backing psychedelics
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