Chemistry in its element

Mike Freemantle discovers a sweet solution to monitoring contaminated water

30 Nov 20176min

Kat Arney takes a long, hard look at the story behind those famous little blue pills

23 Nov 20175min

Brian Clegg introduces a failed rocket fuel oxidiser with a very tricky structure

16 Nov 20176min

Kit Chapman discovers the compound that blighted Nixon's second presidential inauguration by littering the route with dead pigeons

9 Nov 20175min

Kat Arney investigates the cancer-causing chemicals that could be lurking in that bag of peanuts

2 Nov 20176min

Brian Clegg freshens up the podcast with a spritz of lemon scent, courtesy of neral and geranial, collectively known as citral

27 Okt 20176min

20 Okt 20176min

Neil Withers relives a choppy (and messy) sea voyage to bring us the science of anti-seasickness drug cinnarizine, known in the UK as stugeron

12 Okt 20174min