Science Weekly

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

Episodes

Total: 303

As the sleep tracking industry booms, some worry that it could be driving orthosomnia, the medical t

Ian Sample speaks to Bernadette Woods Placky, chief meteorologist at nonprofit Climate Central, abou

With awards for the discovery of microRNA and the creation of new proteins, plus recognition for art

We’re used to hearing about the power of artificial intelligence to spread misinformation – but coul

Madeleine Finlay is joined by Ian Sample, the Guardian’s science editor and Science Weekly co-host,

Just before Britain’s last coal-fired power station, Ratcliffe-on-Soar, powered down for the final t

Industrial civilisation is close to breaching a seventh planetary boundary, and may already have cro

Madeleine Finlay speaks to Dr Saul Newman, an interdisciplinary researcher at University College Lon

In a special episode recorded live at the British Science Festival, Madeleine Finlay and guests expl

Ian Sample talks to Dr Laura Pritschet, a postdoctoral fellow of psychiatry at the University of Pen

They were developed as diabetes drugs, then their potential for promoting significant weight loss be

Ian Sample and science correspondent Hannah Devlin discuss some of the science stories that have mad

Environment editor Damian Carrington tells Madeleine Finlay about his recent trip to Greenland on bo

Last month the World Health Organization declared the recent mpox outbreak that began in the Democra

The arrest of Telegram’s founder and CEO in Paris last month has thrown the spotlight on the messagi

The psychologist Chris French has spent decades studying paranormal claims and mysterious experience

Labradors are known for being greedy dogs, and now scientists have come up with a theory about the g

A record 10,000 research papers were retracted in 2023. In this episode from February 2024, Ian Samp

We all know the cliches about older siblings being responsible, younger ones creative, and middle ch

Butterfly numbers in the UK appear to be at the lowest on record after a wet spring and summer dampe