The male contraceptive pill: how close are we? – Science Weekly podcast
Over 100 million women around the world use the female contraceptive pill. But why isn’t there a...
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Podcasts de Biology
Culture and the mind: a new theory of human intelligence – Science Weekly podcast
What role might culture play in intelligence? And how does human culture differ from culture...
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How cephalopod cells could take us one step closer to invisibility
Watching the mesmerising patterns of squids, octopuses and cuttlefish has been the catalyst for...
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Are western lifestyles causing a rise in autoimmune diseases?
Could the food we eat and the air we breath be damaging our immune systems? The number of people...
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What can we learn from naked mole rats and eusocial living? – tech podcast
Julie Freeman is an artist who creates forms, animations, and soundscapes from tracking data. She...
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Richard Dawkins and Carlo Rovelli on science and culture – books podcast
Two of the world’s foremost scientists discuss how to bridge the divide between the arts and...
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Editing the embryo: removing harmful gene mutations - Science Weekly podcast
Hannah Devlin explores the science and ethics behind a landmark study that successfully edited...
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Running smart: the science of completing a marathon – Science Weekly podcast
Hannah Devlin discusses the limits of human performance with sports scientist Professor John...
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Frankenpod 200: celebrating Mary Shelley’s masterpiece - Science Weekly podcast
Two hundred years after the publication of Frankenstein, how relevant are the themes and concerns...
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E-cigarettes and the burning issues around vaping - Science Weekly podcast
Ian Sample asks how safe is vaping? Can it help people stop smoking? And should it be available...
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What our teeth tell us about our evolutionary past – Science Weekly podcast
This week, Nicola Davis asks: what clues do our teeth hold about our species? And what can they...
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The science behind why we fight – Science Weekly podcast
This week, Ian Sample asks: why do humans fight? Can science tell us anything about what drives...
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scientist 69: the science author – Michael Freemantle says WW1 was the chemists war (2014)
The First World War, that began in 1914, put chemists to work. Their chemicals could harm as well...
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scientist 68: the crop scientist – Julian Little & products for farming (2014)
This podcast concerns the science of food crops. The growing world population leads to a demand...
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scientist 67: the guitarist – guitar types & quality (2014)
With many different types of guitars, we find out how much more is involved in the sound we get...
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scientist 66: the science journalist – report from the MRC LMB Cambridge (2014)
Dr Chris Creese and Roger Frost tour the LMB-MRC open day exhibition and learn about body clocks...
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scientist 65: the cytologist – Melina Schuh oocytes and reproduction (2014)
The topic is meiosis in mammalian oocytes, or how we make the eggs that make our babies....
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scientist 64: the molecular biologist – Hugh Pelham at MRC LMB Cambridge (2014)
The Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge is credited for landmark discoveries and...
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scientist 63: the molecular gastronomist – Peter Barham on gastronomy (2014)
We talk with Peter Barham, a professor of ‘Molecular Gastronomy’ about what his delicious subject...
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scientist 62: the science writer – big questions in popular science (2013)
The author of a riveting book called “The Big Questions in Science” explains how they researched...
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