Science Podcasts

All of our free science podcasts and science radio shows on science, technology, medicine and engineering in one place...

04 January 2023

Also, is carbonated water better for you than still water? And Is there a cure for tinnitus?

03 January 2023

Some of our favourite stories from the past 12 months

21 December 2022

Nasa’s outgoing head of science, Thomas Zurbuchen, discusses the James Webb Space Telescope, future missions to the...

19 December 2022

How data on our oceans is collected, and what we then do with it...

16 December 2022

A breakthrough in nuclear fusion energy, but what does it mean?

16 December 2022

Why does nothing last anymore? Why does a blackout occur?

15 December 2022

Is the world population, at eight billion and rising, too high?

15 December 2022

The era of digital palaeontology can bust ancient dinosaur myths, the power of intercropping, and why siblings subject...

13 December 2022

How magnets, quite literally, shape the world we live in...

09 December 2022

Plus, the unusual new link between death metal singers and bats...

09 December 2022

Also, What makes us human? And why is there only life on Earth?

06 December 2022

How did we cross this milestone, what are the implications, and is depopulation a viable solution?

05 December 2022

A bumper edition where we review all the new games!

05 December 2022

Scientists reminisce about Sprit and Opportunity...

02 December 2022

A promising breakthrough in Alzheimer's treatment, but with some troubling side effects

02 December 2022

How did the moon form? And can you escape a black hole?

29 November 2022

The artificial intelligence standing between you and your dream job...

27 November 2022

The UK asylum system is broken. The Woolf Institute Commission on the Integration of Refugees aims to help fix it...

25 November 2022

Plus, using artificial enzymes to attack COVID, and how low frequency noises make us want to dance

25 November 2022

Also, how do genetically modified crops work? and why do some animals bob their head as they walk?

22 November 2022

Why do black holes spin, and what makes glue so sticky?

15 November 2022

What use are the scientific findings if they can't be reproduced?

15 November 2022

For the first time in full, our interview with the last man on the Moon, Gene Cernan...

13 November 2022

Are we witnessing the collapse of the NHS in real time?