Question and Answer Time!
In this episode Syma and Tim conduct a Q and A session for the many fantastic questions that have been hitting our email inbox over the last three months or so. They also review some of their favourit...
5 Kesä 202534min
The Science Of Football
Surely there is not much more to football than kicking a ball.? Wrong, There is a whole science behind it. Professor Robbie Wilson explains his work in this area and even puts Tim and Syma through th...
29 Touko 202538min
Science Explainer: Why is it so hard to kill bacteria?
In this explainer, Syma discusses some of the methods bacteria use to defend themselves from attack from external threats such as antibiotics. These ostensibly simple organisms have elaborate and soph...
26 Touko 20256min
Why Wolves Don’t Change Rivers
Dan MacNulty has studied the wildlife in Yellowstone National Park since 1995. His research, and that of his colleagues, has revealed that the narrative that wolves have changed the park, leading to f...
22 Touko 202547min
Science Explainer: New Funding for US based scientists looking to move to the UK.
Tim breaks down a game-changing shift in global science research: as U.S. funding for future research faces uncertainty, UK funding agencies are seizing the moment—offering incentives to attract scie...
19 Touko 20253min
Break Barriers: Women, the Physical Sciences Need You Now!
In this short bonus episode Syma talks to Philipp Kukura. Philipp led the development of a technique called mass photometry which enables tracking the movement of individual proteins. Here he briefly ...
19 Touko 20253min
Why Ginger Cats Are Mostly Boys (and Why Some Wolves Are Black!)
In this third quick hit explainer of the week. Why are most ginger cats male? Simple genetics — the orange fur gene is on the X chromosome. Males only need one to flaunt that fiery coat, while females...
16 Touko 20253min
How To Build A Sustainable World
If we don’t build a more sustainable world our civilisation will collapse, potentially in the coming decades. Paul Behrens spends his time researching our impact on the world, and working out how civi...
15 Touko 202555min
