Are robots nearing their ChatGPT moment?
Last month at Beijing’s half marathon, a robot named Lightning beat the human world record by nearly seven minutes. It’s the latest in a string of AI-powered milestones that have got people wondering ...
28 Touko 17min
Red-light masks: can they really slow ageing?
Home red-light therapy devices have exploded in popularity as masks, body wraps and mittens promise to reduce wrinkles, redness and even acne. But do the claims stack up, and what other benefits are s...
26 Touko 14min
Stateside with Kai and Carter: why the fight over abortion pills is only just beginning
The US supreme court has preserved nationwide access to mail-order abortion pills – for now. As Carter Sherman explains, the fight to protect this medication is far from over, as a nationwide, near-to...
23 Touko 42min
Can a name change transform PCOS outcomes for women?
After more than a decade of global consultation, polycystic ovary syndrome – which affects as many as one in eight women – has been renamed. The condition is caused by high levels of androgens, which ...
21 Touko 16min
Ebola: how does it spread and can the outbreak be contained?
An outbreak of Ebola has emerged in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, leading to nearly 400 confirmed cases and more than 100 deaths. To find out how the outbreak might have begun, what aut...
18 Touko 13min
Stateside with Kai and Carter: Stacey Abrams on why gutting of the US Voting Rights Act is ‘evil’
The US supreme court dealt a devastating blow to the 1965 Voting Rights Act when it ruled in Louisiana v Callais in April that states cannot consider race in redistricting. Southern states from Tennes...
16 Touko 35min
Hantavirus update, Pentagon’s UFO files, can art slow biological ageing?
Madeleine Finlay sits down with co-host and science editor Ian Sample to discuss three eyecatching stories from the week, including an update on hantavirus. Also on the agenda is the Pentagon’s releas...
14 Touko 21min
Strange trip: why Trump is backing psychedelics
Last month President Trump signed an executive order designed to fast track both research and access to psychedelic drugs as treatments for mental health illnesses. The most prominent in the order was...
12 Touko 17min
