Squid-inspired pills squirt drugs straight into your gut
00:45 A squid-inspired device for needle-free drug deliveryInspired by squids’ ability to shoot ink, a team of researchers have developed swallowable devices that can deliver tiny jets of drugs direct...
20 Nov 202429min
Bone marrow in the skull plays a surprisingly important role in ageing
00:46 The role of skull bone marrow in ageingDuring ageing, bone marrow in the skull becomes an increasingly important site of blood-cell production. This is in stark contrast to most bones where the ...
13 Nov 202435min
’Rapture and beauty’: a writer's portrait of the International Space Station
Samantha Harvey's Booker Prize shortlisted novel Orbital is set inside an International Space Station-like vessel circling 250 miles above Earth. It looks at a day-in-the-life of the crew, investigati...
8 Nov 202426min
Surprise finding reveals mitochondrial 'energy factories' come in two different types
00:46 Mitochondria divide their labour to help cells thriveResearchers have uncovered that mitochondria divide into two distinct forms when cells are starved, a finding that could help explain how som...
6 Nov 202427min
REBROADCAST: Talking politics, talking science
This series was originally broadcast in 2020.Science and politics are not easy bedfellows - "Stick to the science" is a three part series which aims to find out why.In the third and final episode we t...
3 Nov 202423min
REBROADCAST: Politics of the life scientific
This series was originally broadcast in 2020.Science and politics are not easy bedfellows - "Stick to the science" is a three part series which aims to find out why.In this episode we're asking how po...
2 Nov 202424min
REBROADCAST: A brief history of politics and science
This series was originally broadcast in 2020.Science and politics are not easy bedfellows - "Stick to the science" is a three part series which aims to find out why.In this episode we delve into the p...
1 Nov 202428min
How to recover from the trauma of a climate disaster
00:48 Rebuilding mental health after the floodsResearchers have been investigating the best ways to help people deal with trauma in the wake of a climate disaster. In April and May devastating floods ...
30 Okt 202435min
