The Right to Repair: Get your fix
Whatever happened to make do and mend? Many of us, it seems, have lost the ability to fix the things we buy. So are manufacturers on a mission to make things impossible to fix, forcing us to buy new o...
28 Mar 202329min
Nerve interfaces and infrared fossil finding
In the news, scientists seeking to make measuring animal welfare a top priority on farms. Machines seeing the original chemicals in the bodies of fossilised animals. And why superglue might be the key...
24 Mar 202330min
Trick or treaty: the high seas agreement
The UN high seas treaty hopes to turn the tide on the biodiversity crisis in the ocean. Will it work, and will protecting 30% of the high seas be sufficient? Like this podcast? Please help us by suppo...
21 Mar 202333min
HIV case cured by umbilical cord stem cells
How doctors in the US have "cured" a woman with HIV, does Venus have volcanoes? Reexamining 30 year old probe footage has got scientists wondering, and signs that an artificial sweetener can affect th...
17 Mar 202330min
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 Mar 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 Mar 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 Feb 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 Feb 202330min
