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
Audio long read: Which is the fairest electoral system? Mega-election year sparks debate
By the end of 2024 up to two billion people will have gone to the polls, in a pivotal year of elections around the globe. This is giving political scientists the chance to dive into each election in d...
25 Okt 202418min
Massive lost mountain cities revealed by lasers
00:48 The hidden cities of UzbekistanResearchers have uncovered the scale of two ancient cities buried high in the mountains of Uzbekistan. The cities were thought to be there, but their extent was un...
23 Okt 202429min
Star-eating black hole could power cosmic particle accelerator
In this episode:00:46 An unusual γ-ray producing microquasarA type of binary-system known as a microquasar has been found to be firing out γ-rays at high energy-levels, which may make it a candidate t...
16 Okt 202429min
This AI powered 'tongue' can tell Coke and Pepsi apart
00:55 Graphene TongueResearchers have developed a graphene ‘tongue’ that uses AI to tell the subtle differences between drinks. Graphene has long been sought after as a chemical sensor, but tiny varia...
9 Okt 202438min
Strange gamma-ray flickers seen in thunderstorms for the first time
00:46 Physicists spot new types of high-energy radiation in thunderstormsPhysicists have identified new forms of γ-ray radiation created inside thunderclouds, and shown that levels of γ-ray production...
2 Okt 202430min
Audio long read: A day in the life of the world’s fastest supercomputer
The world's fastest supercomputer, known as Frontier, is located at the Leadership Computing Facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. This machine churns through data at record speed, o...
27 Sep 202420min
Children with Down's syndrome are more likely to get leukaemia: stem-cells hint at why
In this episode:00:46 Unravelling why children with Down’s syndrome are at a higher risk of leukaemiaChildren with Down’s syndrome have a 150-fold increased risk of developing leukaemia than those wit...
25 Sep 202421min
