Chemistry World Book Club

This time, we discuss and scrutinise Gene Machine: The Race to Decipher the Secrets of the Ribosome, by Venkatraman "Venki" Ramakrishnan. By the time Venki had earned a PhD in physics from Ohio Univer...

2 Jan 201918min

This month's podcast features I'm a Joke and So Are You, in which comedian Robin Ince examines what makes us human by reflecting on his own experiences and through conversations with other comedians. ...

6 Des 201820min

This month's podcast is about the Nobel prize and the hype that has surrounded it for decades, as described in Brian Keating's new book Losing the Nobel Prize. In 2014, Keating was confident that the ...

5 Nov 201819min

This month's podcast features material scientist Mark Miodownik's latest book Liquid: The Delightful and Dangerous Substances That Flow Through Our Lives. Fascinated by what defines a liquid and the m...

25 Sep 201818min

For this month's podcast, we take a slight diversion from our usual non-fiction theme, and take a look at Jennifer Rohn's lab-lit novel Cat Zero. Being a scientist as well as a writer, Rohn finds hers...

6 Sep 201818min

Emma Stoye presents this month's podcast about immunology professor Daniel Davis's latest book – The Beautiful Cure. The book explores the history of immunology, along with insights from the author's ...

27 Jul 201816min

In this month's podcast presented by Emma Stoye, Helen Thomson reveals fascinating insights about some of the rarest neurological conditions known to science. From a man whose synesthesia allows him t...

27 Jun 201819min

Join Emma Stoye at the Hay Festival of Literature & Arts in Hay-on-Wye, Wales. She speaks to New Scientist's Rowan Hooper about his book Superhuman, finds out from Philip Ball why quantum physics is B...

8 Jun 201829min