Social welfare services are being cut across the world – but providing them is about more than just money
Across the globe, health-care workers have gone on strike to protest the stress placed on them by the global COVID-19 pandemic and economic downturn, pushing already-strained services beyond their lim...
19 Jan 202336min
Discovery: Reindeer's fascinating color-changing eyes
Reindeer's noses may not glow red, but these cold-loving creatures have evolved the ability to change the color of their eyes to help them thrive in northern winters. A neuroscientist explains how he ...
21 Des 202218min
James Webb Telescope reveals unexpectedly busy early universe
If you want to know what happened in the earliest years of the universe, you are going to need a very big, very specialized telescope. Much to the joy of astronomers and space fans everywhere, the wor...
15 Des 202238min
Changing a nation's diet
How do you get a country to change its national diet? That’s what China has been trying by introducing potato as a staple as part of an effort to improve food security. In this episode, we talk to thr...
8 Des 202235min
Discovery: how celebrity footballers can help reduce prejudice against minorities
In the latest episode of Discovery, an ongoing series where we explore the stories behind new research discoveries from around the world, we hear about how a Muslim celebrity footballer helped reduce ...
5 Des 202219min
Young people’s shifting relationship with alcohol
The amount of alcohol young people drink in many high-income countries has seen a marked decline since the early 2000s. But in many developing countries, the opposite is happening. In this episode we ...
1 Des 202238min
Treating mental illness with electricity
Mental illnesses like obsessive compulsive disorder, depression and addiction are notoriously hard to treat and often don't respond to drugs. But a new wave of treatments that stimulate the brain with...
24 Nov 202238min
Uncharted Brain 3: the role viruses may play in Alzheimer’s
There are many competing theories about what causes Alzheimer's disease. For more than 30 years, Ruth Itzhaki has been accumulating evidence that viruses are involved in its development in the brain. ...
19 Nov 202227min
