Does data discriminate against women? – Caroline Criado Perez
When Apple launched its health tracker app HealthKit in 2014, they promised users the ability to track everything from their blood pressure to their copper intake – but not their periods. This seems l...
11 Sep 201942min
How do you launch a successful space mission? – Mark McCaughrean
Launching a rocket into space doesn’t come cheap. That much won’t surprise anybody, but what goes into the planning, construction and the science before the mission even gets off the ground? And when ...
4 Sep 201952min
What does our skin tell us about ourselves? – Dr Monty Lyman
The largest organ in the body isn’t the lungs or the brain, but the skin. Our skin performs a vast array of functions for us, from protecting us from disease to helping us make friends. Dr Monty Lyman...
28 Aug 201944min
Are Generation Z our only hope for the future? – John Higgs
If you grew up on a steady stream of Hollywood blockbusters filled with killer robots, alien invasions and apocalyptic natural disasters, you’d be forgiven for thinking that the future looks pretty bl...
21 Aug 201941min
Is an implantable electronic device the future of medicine? – Gordon Wallace
Materials scientist Gordon Wallace is the director of ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science at the University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. He is developing the ‘sutrode’,...
14 Aug 201921min
How accurately can we predict the weather? – Andrew Blum
Hurricane Sandy hit the east coast of the United States in October 2012, causing $65bn of damage. Remarkably, weather forecasters managed to predict its impact on the US eight days in advance, when it...
7 Aug 201936min
What happened at Bluedot festival 2019? – Libby Jackson, Tom Shakespeare and Danielle George
In mid-July this year, science and music lovers alike donned their Wellington boots and rain ponchos and made the journey to Jodrell Bank Observatory for the fourth annual Bluedot festival. The star-s...
31 Jul 201936min
What does a world with an ageing population look like? – Sarah Harper
We can’t reverse the slow march of time, but thanks to the wonders of technology and modern medicine, we have a lot more of it in our lives. But as people live longer, and the birth rate declines, how...
24 Jul 201936min
