Dr Becky Smethurst: How do you actually find a black hole?
By day Dr Becky, is an astrophysicist, unravelling the mysteries of supermassive black holes, but by night entertains science buffs like us on her YouTube channel. In this week's episode of the Scienc...
9 Jan 202049min
Hannah Fry: How much of our lives is secretly underpinned by maths?
Hopefully by now the last crumbs of mince pie will be wiped clean and Grandad has woken up from his Christmas day nap. If you’re anything like us, that period between Christmas and New Year means only...
26 Des 201928min
Adam Kay: Is Christmas really the most wonderful time of the year on labour ward?
If you’re stuffing your face with mince pies this Christmas Day, spare a thought for the hundreds of thousands of people working in the NHS providing vital medical support over the festive period. One...
19 Des 201926min
Kathryn D Sullivan: What is it really like to walk in space?
Kathryn D Sullivan made history on 11 October 1984 when she became the first American woman to make an Extravehicular Activity, something most of us will know as a space walk, and in this episode of t...
12 Des 201933min
Brian Switek: How did bones evolve?
Brian Switek, the pen name of science writer and fossil fanatic Riley Black. This year she released a book called The Secret Life of Bones: Their Origins, Evolution and Fate (£9.99, Duckworth), which ...
5 Des 201942min
Chris Lintott: Can members of the public do real science?
We’re living in the age of big data. Scientists can collect and store more information than ever before. So how can they manage it all? That’s where citizen science comes in. Members of the public can...
28 Nov 201938min
Dean Burnett: What’s going on in the teenage brain?
Why are teens so emotional? Why won’t they listen when adults depart their worldly knowledge? Why won’t they tidy their rooms? Well, there are plenty of parenting books out there that attempt to answe...
21 Nov 201946min
Randall Munroe: How do you find the worst solution to any problem?
If you need advice for the best way to move house, predict the weather or take a selfie, Randall Munroe, the creator of the webcomic xkcd, can’t help you. But if you’re willing to get creative, Randal...
14 Nov 201936min
