Do candles really clear nasty smells? - Naked Scientists Question of the Week - 19.05.20
Patrick sent us this question: "My wife wants me to light a candle after doing my number two, to...
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Do candles really clear nasty smells? - Naked Scientists Question of the Week - 19.05.20
Patrick sent us this question: "My wife wants me to light a candle after doing my number two, to...
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Big Unknowns: how did life begin? – Science Weekly podcast
According to our best estimates, life first appeared on planet Earth around 3.8bn years ago. But...
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Poison tales: the chemistry of crime fiction - Science Weekly podcast
Nicola Davis sits down with Dr Kathryn Harkup to discuss a shared love of crime fiction and the...
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Covid-19: how do you find drugs to treat the disease?
Hannah Devlin speaks to Dr Miraz Rahman about how to find drugs to treat a new disease like...
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A waterworld with a boiling ocean and the end of dark matter? The week in science
Ian Sample and science correspondent Hannah Devlin discuss some of the science stories that have...
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150 years of the periodic table – Science Weekly podcast
Nicola Davis invites Prof Brigitte Van Tiggelen and Dr Peter Wothers on to the podcast to look at...
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All the news and science from the Nobel Prizes
Guardian science correspondents Linda Geddes, Nicola Davis and Hannah Devlin give Madeleine...
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What does it mean to be alive? Paul Nurse on defining 'life'
Is it possible to define the biological, chemical and physical functions that separate cells,...
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When it comes to mass-producing food, it’s important to make sure the taste is consistent, and...
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From the archives: the chemistry of crime fiction
The Science Weekly team are taking a summer break – well, some of them – and so we’re bringing...
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Redox reactions a little bit like the shower gel! You certainly will be coming out of the exam...
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What are colours? What is colour? Just different wavelengths of light...mental (Wikipedia)...
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31: The universe is made of dander
What's outside our solar system? Where does the solar system end? (ABC, Australia) Where in the...
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How do you turn an orange into a grapefruit?
Favouring. It’s a global industry and here in Oxford a group of scientists are getting a ‘taste’...
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Christmas lectures past and present
Since they were launched by Michael Faraday in 1825, the Royal Institution’s Christmas lectures...
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Building a base on the Moon, and crafting believable sci-fi
If you love science fiction then you’re in for a treat. This month, we pick the brain of Andy...
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Why we love pets and why strangers help each other
When she was 19, a stranger saved Dr Abigail Marsh’s life. Because of that moment, Dr Marsh work...
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Psychosis, realism and video games
In the first half of this episode we ask Dr Stephen Hall, a climate and infrastructure...
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How plants can survive space missions and Chernobyl
The Science Focus podcast is brought to you by the team behind BBC Focus magazine. In each...
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The London Fatberg + Why you should break up with your phone
This month, we’re talking about how the Museum of London acquired a piece of the London Fatberg...
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