Science Weekly

Twice a week, the Guardian brings you the latest science and environment news

Episodes

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In the second episode of our listener questions special, Ian Sample tells Madeleine Finlay what he h

We asked for your questions on getting healthy in 2025 and you delivered. In the first episode of ou

Ian Sample speaks to Keon West, a professor of social psychology at the University of London, whose

A podcast promoting claims that non-verbal autistic children can read minds briefly knocked Joe Roga

Last year was full of unexpected science news, from a new strain of Mpox emerging in the DRC, to art

As wildfires continue to cause devastation in Los Angeles, Madeleine Finlay speaks to Albert van Dij

As wildfires continue to cause devastation in Los Angeles, Madeleine Finlay speaks to Albert van Dij

The Oxford English Dictionary announced its word of the year at the end of 2024: brain rot. The term

Scientists are increasingly finding that behaviours once seen as depraved often have a direct physic

You might have noticed that everyone has recently become a bit obsessed with blood sugar, or glucose

For the regular drinker, the studies that say a daily tipple is better for a longer life than avoidi

In this episode from July, Ian Sample talks to Josh Davis, a science writer at the Natural History M

In this episode from September, Madeleine Finlay speaks to Dr Saul Newman, an interdisciplinary rese

Dr Chris van Tulleken has been at the forefront of the campaign to change our food system and better

For the past 10 years cosmologists have been left scratching their heads over why two methods for me

On Monday Google unveiled its Willow quantum computing chip. The new chip takes just five minutes to

Madeleine Finlay speaks to Sophie Scott, a professor of cognitive neuroscience at University College

Ian Sample speaks to colorectal surgeon and researcher James Kinross about the miraculous world of o

What if you could take a pill or a shot that could reduce your blood alcohol level and make you feel

The conversation about fluoride’s health benefits has exploded recently after a US federal toxicolog