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Episodes
Total: 314
Protein, weights and the best way to keep fit: your exercise questions answered
14h ago
22:33
In the second episode of our listener questions special, Ian Sample tells Madeleine Finlay what he h
Sugar, seed oils, and avoiding sickness: your health questions answered
2d ago
23:31
1 chapters
Transcript
We asked for your questions on getting healthy in 2025 and you delivered. In the first episode of ou
The science of racism, and how to fight it
2025/1/23
18:49
Transcript
Ian Sample speaks to Keon West, a professor of social psychology at the University of London, whose
Telepathy…what’s the evidence?
2025/1/21
17:23
1 chapters
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A podcast promoting claims that non-verbal autistic children can read minds briefly knocked Joe Roga
Our science predictions for 2025
2025/1/16
18:37
4 chapters
Transcript
Last year was full of unexpected science news, from a new strain of Mpox emerging in the DRC, to art
How weather ‘whiplash’ set the stage for the LA fires
2025/1/14
14:27
3 chapters
Transcript
As wildfires continue to cause devastation in Los Angeles, Madeleine Finlay speaks to Albert van Dij
How weather ‘whiplash’ is driving floods and fires
2025/1/14
14:27
6 chapters
Transcript
As wildfires continue to cause devastation in Los Angeles, Madeleine Finlay speaks to Albert van Dij
Where did our attention spans go, and can we get them back?
2025/1/9
17:10
1 chapters
Transcript
The Oxford English Dictionary announced its word of the year at the end of 2024: brain rot. The term
Are we hardwired to commit ‘deadly sins’?
2025/1/7
20:33
5 chapters
Transcript
Scientists are increasingly finding that behaviours once seen as depraved often have a direct physic
Revisited: does the evidence on glucose tracking add up?
2025/1/2
30:06
1 chapters
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You might have noticed that everyone has recently become a bit obsessed with blood sugar, or glucose
Revisited: just how bad is alcohol for us?
2024/12/31
17:00
4 chapters
Transcript
For the regular drinker, the studies that say a daily tipple is better for a longer life than avoidi
Revisited: the endless sexual diversity of nature
2024/12/26
18:19
6 chapters
Transcript
In this episode from July, Ian Sample talks to Josh Davis, a science writer at the Natural History M
Revisited: are the world’s oldest people really that old?
2024/12/24
16:44
4 chapters
Transcript
In this episode from September, Madeleine Finlay speaks to Dr Saul Newman, an interdisciplinary rese
‘Soft and calorie dense’: Chris van Tulleken on how ultra-processed foods keep us hooked
2024/12/19
18:18
1 chapters
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Dr Chris van Tulleken has been at the forefront of the campaign to change our food system and better
Is our model of the universe wrong?
2024/12/17
17:45
1 chapters
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For the past 10 years cosmologists have been left scratching their heads over why two methods for me
Does Google’s ‘mindboggling’ new chip bring quantum computers any closer?
2024/12/12
18:03
1 chapters
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On Monday Google unveiled its Willow quantum computing chip. The new chip takes just five minutes to
The science of laughing
2024/12/10
18:17
5 chapters
Transcript
Madeleine Finlay speaks to Sophie Scott, a professor of cognitive neuroscience at University College
Revisited: Secrets of the gut microbiome
2024/12/5
21:21
4 chapters
Transcript
Ian Sample speaks to colorectal surgeon and researcher James Kinross about the miraculous world of o
What really helps with hangovers?
2024/12/3
18:13
5 chapters
Transcript
What if you could take a pill or a shot that could reduce your blood alcohol level and make you feel
What’s going on with fluoride?
2024/11/28
16:06
4 chapters
Transcript
The conversation about fluoride’s health benefits has exploded recently after a US federal toxicolog
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