Q&A: How will astronauts shower on the moon?
What happens when you put a space scientist interested in looking for alien life, a geologist studying some of the earliest life on Earth, a psychologist, and a linguist in a radio studio? Well hopefu...
10 Maalis 202348min
Roman dildos and hackers targeting pets
Take a daily brisk walk and take 25% off your mortality rate, the northern - and southern - lights and why they've been so pronounced of late, and have scientists discovered the world's first Roman se...
3 Maalis 202330min
What can plate tectonics teach us?
The news is awash with the destructive side of these geological processes, but are there aspects of these events that can help us learn more about our planet's inner workings? Like this podcast? Pleas...
28 Helmi 202329min
Sleepy sperm and shiny shrimp
Are we any closer to a contraceptive for men, will a 4 day work week pay for itself, and how cretaceous caterpillars helped scientists work out when plants first opened and closed their leaves... Like...
24 Helmi 202330min
Fusion power by 2040?
Today, we're asking whether UK science minister George Freeman's ambition of an operational fusion energy plant by 2040 is realistic. Scientists have their say as to whether or not this possible and, ...
21 Helmi 202328min
Gene therapy saves baby from fatal condition
In the news this week, a UK toddler with a rare genetic disease is saved by gene therapy: we explain how it works. Cockatoos wow scientists by taking a toolkit along to solve a problem. And a 55 milli...
17 Helmi 202331min
A Bird Flu Pandemic Hovering on the Horizon
With over a billion birds dead and signs that the influenza virus is now spreading among mammalian species in the wild, are we at risk of another pandemic, just as we thought Covid was over? Like this...
14 Helmi 202331min
Turkey's earthquake and China's balloon
As Turkey battles against the clock to find survivors of the recent Earthquake there, we look at what triggered the magnitude 7.8 quake. Also, how modern day codebreakers have unlocked secret correspo...
10 Helmi 202328min
