Science and nature podcasts

Snackification: our love affair with snacks

How did it snacking start and why do we do it? In this programme Ruth Alexander looks at the...

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Titans of Science: Sarah Parcak

Sarah Parcak was born in Bangor, Maine on the 23rd of November 1978. She attended Bangor High...

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DNA frees man after 38 years, and breast cancer breakthrough

In this edition of The Naked Scientists: New DNA evidence helps free a British man after 38 years...

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NSF terminates huge number of grants and stops awarding new ones

In this Podcast Extra, we examine recent developments US National Science Foundation, which has...

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How to transport antimatter — stick it on the back of a van

00:46 An antimatter delivery van takes its first road tripResearchers have developed a portable...

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The Ghost Named Allen | Real Ghost Stories Online

What would you do if a blond, middle-aged stranger kept appearing at the end of your bed— night...

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Ghosts in the Studio | Real Ghost Stories Online 📞 EXTRA

Growing up, he never gave ghosts much thought. But after one strange night in a...

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It Waits in the Hallway | Into the Paranormal

On this episode, we dig into the chilling story of a teenage girl whose home appears to be...

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The Basement Girl and the Man in the Doorway | Into the Paranormal

On this episode, we dig into a haunting from Woonsocket, Rhode Island—a city with a past steeped...

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What happens when you are injected with your own stem cells?

Joao wants to know what happens when stem cells of our own, which have been cultivated outside...

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Aches and Rains

The team test the theory that you can use the weather to predict pain, separating science fact...

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How microbes are vital for life on Earth, and may even help save the planet

Although we can’t see them with the naked eye, the Earth is populated by vast numbers of tiny...

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Vaccinating rabies’ reservoir dogs

In 2015, the World Health Organisation set the goal of eradicating rabies deaths from dog-bites...

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Birth Injuries (2nd edition)

This episode covers birth injuries. Written notes can be found at...

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Podcast Episode 9 | Are the Earth’s Magnetic Poles Flipping?

Are the Earth's Magnetic Poles Flipping? We talk about the Magnetic Field Reversals, Northern...

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Mujeres que inspiran: cleopatra

BIOGRAFÍA SOBRE CLEOPATRA ELABORADA POR PAULA Y ERIKA

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SC EP:1151 The Bigfoot Paradox

I will be speaking to Author Justin McNeal about his new book The Bigfoot Paradox: Everything is...

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Alternate quantum realities: what if Heisenberg stayed at home?

In this episode of Physics World Stories, writer Kevlin Henney discusses his new flash fiction,...

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Herring population loses migration 'memory' after heavy fishing

00:46 How fishing activity altered the migration pattern of HerringSelective fishing of older...

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Two astronauts and a Shuttle

Dinner chat on the space station, landing in the Shuttle and flying with William Shatner! Hosts...

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Tech in Check

Worried that AI will replace you? It may not seem like the Hollywood writers’ strike has anything...

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How do some animals understand human commands?

Kiran wants to know how animals like dogs are able to follow commands from humans. James Tytko...

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Liar, Liar

For any of you who have ever told a porkie pie, don't worry, this week we hear why we all do...

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