Early burials, diversity in Tudor England, a malaria vaccine, and rogue brain waves

Early burials, diversity in Tudor England, a malaria vaccine, and rogue brain waves.

• 27 mins

Microplastics in UK river beds

Victoria Gill wades into the microplastic problems in UK riverbeds.

• 35 mins

Blood Clot Cure, Synthetic Fuels and Coal Mine Heat Pumps

Viennese scientists describe a cure for infamous vaccine-induced thrombosis.

• 42 mins

Human use of plants beyond the limits of history.

Vic Gill and guests take a look at human impacts on the earth over thousands of years.

• 35 mins

Lab origin theory of SARS-Cov2; gene for obesity; dark matter map; rock art in Scotland

Lab leak theory of SARS-Cov2; gene for obesity; dark matter map; rock art in Scotland

• 31 mins

Covid vaccines in children; preventing dengue; algal blooms; supersonic flight

Covid vaccines in children; preventing dengue; algal blooms; supersonic flight.

• 31 mins

Cov-Boost trial; SARS-Cov 2 infection in action; sapling guards; why tadpoles are dying

Cov-Boost trial; SARS-Cov 2 infection in action; sapling guards; why tadpoles are dying

• 30 mins

UK science policy shake-up; Ivermectin & Covid; black fungus in Indian Covid patients; many hominins in Siberian cave

How will the new UK strategy affect funding for existing research and future innovation?

• 34 mins

Gene editing gets real

A treatment to change faulty genetic instructions in the liver seems to be successful.

• 31 mins

Covid and our ancient ancestors

The role our genetic inheritance plays in determining how the virus affects us.

• 28 mins

Covid19 - should we test everybody ?

Testing the entire population could stop the virus spreading, but how would we do it?

• 28 mins

A life-changing database

Revolutionising research into every aspect of life.

• 32 mins

Covid 19 – reaching the unvaccinated

How to balance individual rights with the collective action needed to end the pandemic.

• 30 mins

Bees and multiple pesticide exposure

Pesticides more than double the trouble for bees

• 31 mins

IPCC report - extreme weather events

Climate change and extreme weather events.

• 30 mins

Mammoth Journey

Tusk reveals the story of a woolly mammoth's 70,000 kilometre journey

• 30 mins

Window to solve pandemic origins closing

Is time running out to trace the origins of the pandemic?

• 28 mins

Rugby and the brain

New clues on how tackles and knocks impact the brains of professional rugby players.

• 29 mins

Climate change and oil and gas exploration; cutting methane emissions; African wild dog populations; freezing eggs and sperm

What's the future of oil and gas exploration when limiting global heating to 1.5 degrees?

• 29 mins

Perseverance drills on Mars; space tourism; Australian fire debris and algal blooms; DNA vaccines against Covid

Mars rock samples; space tourism; fire debris and algal blooms; DNA vaccines for Covid.

• 31 mins

La Palma volcano; wind energy in the UK; origins of SARS-Cov2; Formula 1 safety

La Palma volcano; wind energy in the UK; origins of SARS-Cov2; Formula 1 safety.

• 31 mins

Covid vaccine boosters; why we don't have a tail; cassowary domestication; Royal Society Science book prize shortlist

Covid vaccine boosters; why we don't have a tail; cassowary farming; book prize shortlist

• 33 mins

Surprising choice for Nobel prizes in a pandemic?

Nobel prizes; BepiColombo snaps Mercury; carbon take up by old oaks; mystery illnesses.

• 31 mins

Early Alzheimer's Alert

A simple test for the earliest stages of Alzheimer's.

• 32 mins

The Possible Impact of false-negative PCR Tests

False-negative PCRs, World Weather Attribution Science, and Metascience Studies.

• 38 mins

Atmospheric Pollutants and Where to Find Them

Do Ultra Low Emission Zones in Cities Work?

• 33 mins

How Whales Farmed For Food, COP progress, and The Last Stargazers

Gaia Vince hears how blue whales' huge appetites helped generate more food for themselves.

• 34 mins

Propane: Keeping Your Cool as the World Warms Around You

Can propane prevent air conditioning becoming a bigger burden on our heating planet?

• 38 mins

Yet More Space Junk; COP-up or COP-out; The End of Bias.

How much junk can we leave in orbit before space becomes impenetrable?

• 37 mins

Malaria: what's in it for the mosquito?

Gaia Vince finds out what benefit the malaria parasite brings to blood feeding mosquitoes.

• 36 mins