#296Are baby girls more sociable? Super El Niño, meningitis outbreak explainedMadeleine Finlay sits down with her co-host and Guardian science editor, Ian Sample, to di... more24 Sep 202622 MINS22:2824 Sep 2026
#295From paleo to intermittent fasting: are any diets actually good for us?As diet trends proliferate on social media, it can be hard to work out which are backed by... more22 Sep 202617 MINS17:2422 Sep 2026
#294The week that changed maths for everIn early September, OpenAI announced it had solved a major mathematics problem that has st... more17 Sep 202615 MINS15:4617 Sep 2026
#293Is collagen all hype?Collagen powders, gummies and pills have boomed in popularity in recent years boosted by c... more15 Sep 202618 MINS18:5415 Sep 2026
#292Live episode: how AI is reshaping our mindsIn this episode of Science Weekly, recorded in front of an audience at the London podcast ... more13 Sep 20261 HR 22 MINS1:22:5113 Sep 2026
#291‘One of the biggest discoveries in science’: have scientists found dark matter?For decades physicists have been puzzling over the enigma of dark matter. We think it make... more10 Sep 202616 MINS16:5010 Sep 2026
#290Are rich people really worse behaved? Here’s the scienceWho’s more likely to steal sweets from a child? According to science, it’s the rich. A stu... more08 Sep 202618 MINS18:0108 Sep 2026
#289Introducing Black Box: The ChatbotsFrom the Guardian Investigates team: Across the world, hundreds of people have come to bel... more06 Sep 202639 MINS39:4506 Sep 2026
#288There’s a quick way to slow climate change. Why isn’t everyone doing it?Methane is a potent greenhouse gas that traps more than 80 times as much heat than carbon ... more03 Sep 202613 MINS13:4703 Sep 2026
#287Could humans ever communicate with whales?Ever since the earliest known recording of whale song was made in 1949, researchers have b... more01 Sep 202617 MINS17:2301 Sep 2026
#286Everyone hates datacentres. Do we really need them?AI companies have promised us world-shifting technology. But there’s a cost: loud, unsight... more27 Aug 202616 MINS16:5527 Aug 2026
#285Creatine: is there truth behind the hype?Creatine has become the go-to supplement for anyone wanting to give their fitness a boost ... more25 Aug 202615 MINS15:3825 Aug 2026
#284It’s finally raining. Will it be enough to end the drought?After a summer that has seen England and Wales experience the driest July since records be... more20 Aug 202615 MINS15:5720 Aug 2026
#283The ultra rich are collecting fossils, and that’s bad for scienceOne of the UK’s best fossil collections has been sold overseas in what experts have called... more18 Aug 202614 MINS14:5618 Aug 2026
#282The immortal jellyfish and other mindblowing invertebratesEach year the Guardian runs a competition to find the invertebrate of the year. To find ou... more13 Aug 202615 MINS15:2713 Aug 2026
#281We’re reading less. And it’s making us stupidBooks have never been trendier, but studies show that as more and more things compete for ... more11 Aug 202619 MINS19:5811 Aug 2026