The Future of Fertility
This week, the good news on vaccines for Covid-19, the helicopter taking to the sky on Mars, and the birds that make alarm sounds to scare females into mating with them. Plus, is the world facing a fe...
2 Mar 202155min
Learning In The Time Of COVID
What has happened to learning in the era of COVID-19? In this episode: the people living through the psychological consequences of future mass unemployment and what the government and higher education...
23 Feb 202155min
COVID Vaccines Explained
As the UK surpasses its goal of vaccinating 15 million people by the 15th of February, we're taking an in-depth look at COVID vaccines: how they work, what efficacy really means, and will they protect...
16 Feb 202158min
Stories of Self-Experimentation
What happens when the scientist... becomes the subject? We're examining the strange world of self-experimentation, from the history of martyr medics and kooky romantics, to the modern biologists dosin...
9 Feb 202156min
Do we Need Nuclear Power?
This week, we're looking at nuclear power and asking, in today's world, whether we really need nuclear power? Are the alternatives really practical alternatives, or are we just kidding ourselves? Plus...
2 Feb 202157min
X-ray to MRI: Unpacking Medical Imaging
This week, we're unpacking ultrasound, imagining MRI and pondering PET scans, as we ask - how does medical imaging actually work? And what future innovations are waiting in the wings? Plus, we hear fr...
26 Jan 202157min
Fabulous Fabrics and Nifty Knitting
This week, looking for a new hobby? We're exploring the science of handicrafts, including why knitting boosts wellbeing, the first textiles from 27,000 years ago, and the project that's knitting human...
19 Jan 202156min
Vaccines & Space Voyages: 2021 In Science
We're looking ahead to the science coming up in 2021! From the Large Hadron Collider restarting, to the USA likely rejoining the Paris climate agreement, to - hopefully - an end to the pandemic. Plus,...
12 Jan 202155min
