Medieval Swords
No invention conjures up the 'Old World' as much as the Sword. It's an utterly iconic object that whisks us back to knights in shining armour. But what were Medieval swords really like? Who owned them...
30 Aug 202335min
Marie Curie
In a leaky shed in Paris, Marie Curie turned two tons of pitchblende (aka special rocks) into a single test tube of radium chloride - its green glow lighting up the walls. It must have been a magic......
27 Aug 202338min
Nanotechnology
Nanotechnology may seem like something from a sci-fi movie plot, but it’s a very real thing and has likely affected many areas of your life, whether you realise it, or not.Nanotechnology looks at dime...
23 Aug 202348min
Wernher Von Braun: Nazi Father of Rocket Science
Wernher von Braun launched America's space programme, and took Apollo 11 to the moon. He was also a Nazi member who served in the SS, and developed the lethal V-2 rocket bomb.He helped America progres...
20 Aug 202350min
Digital Calculators
What did humans do before calculators? How big was the very first electronic calculator? And what do monkey bones have to do with the history?Dallas Campbell is joined by Keith Houston to talk about t...
16 Aug 202345min
Oppenheimer: Inventor of the Atomic Bomb
Robert Oppenheimer was the father of the atomic bomb - a weapon of unprecedented power, which, when dropped on Japan, would end WWII and would change the course of history. While some perceived the b...
13 Aug 202340min
Coca Cola: A Backyard Invention
Was Coca Cola originally made with Cocaine? Did Coca Cola invent Santa? Who knows the Coca Cola recipe? Dallas is joined by Bart Elmore, an award-winning Professor and Writer who investigates the impa...
9 Aug 202352min
Fritz Haber: Inventor of Poisonous Gas
Fritz Haber is an undisputed genius and is considered one of the most brilliant minds of the 20th Century. He’s an incredibly complex person, who has given so much to the world, but whether his invent...
6 Aug 202345min
