Science Weekly podcast

Science Weekly

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

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

 

#299

Transporting the most expensive and volatile substance on Earth

A box the size of a filing cabinet was lifted by crane, slowly moved and placed very caref... more

26 Mar 2026

15 MINS

15:48

26 Mar 2026


#298

What sets human consciousness apart from AI?

Why is it like something to be ourselves and how do physical processes create our subjecti... more

24 Mar 2026

21 MINS

21:29

24 Mar 2026


#297

Off Duty: The Crime

On the evening of 29 December 2011, police officer Clifton Lewis was moonlighting as a sec... more

21 Mar 2026

26 MINS

26:38

21 Mar 2026


#296

Meningitis explained: who is most at risk?

Over the weekend, news emerged of an outbreak of meningitis among university and school st... more

18 Mar 2026

15 MINS

15:00

18 Mar 2026


#295

What’s behind the injectable peptide craze?

Grey-market injectable peptides – a category of substances with obscure, alphanumeric name... more

17 Mar 2026

17 MINS

17:42

17 Mar 2026


#294

Exercise and brain function, hedgehog hearing, and can AI change our minds? – podcast

The Guardian’s science editor, Ian Sample, talks to Madeleine Finlay about three eye-catch... more

12 Mar 2026

20 MINS

20:03

12 Mar 2026


#293

Was Iran really building a nuclear weapon?

Among the many justifications Donald Trump has presented for the US and Israel attacking I... more

10 Mar 2026

16 MINS

16:31

10 Mar 2026


#292

Will China own the green energy future?

The conflict in the Middle East has sent energy prices soaring, and for countries that imp... more

05 Mar 2026

17 MINS

17:20

05 Mar 2026


#291

Does Trump want to wage an AI-powered war?

In the past three months, Donald Trump’s White House has reportedly used AI twice to effec... more

03 Mar 2026

16 MINS

16:30

03 Mar 2026


#290

Can degrowth save the climate?

Since the 1960s, global GDP has been rapidly rising and living standards have reached reco... more

26 Feb 2026

18 MINS

18:16

26 Feb 2026


#289

The truth about fat, and its complex role in our health

For a long time fat was seen simply as an inert yellow substance wrapping around our bodie... more

24 Feb 2026

16 MINS

16:32

24 Feb 2026


#288

Psychedelics for depression, dart frog poison and why do we have chins?

Madeleine Finlay sits down with science editor Ian Sample and science correspondent Nicola... more

19 Feb 2026

19 MINS

19:41

19 Feb 2026


#287

Should we really all be taking magnesium supplements?

Testimonials about the beneficial health effects of magnesium supplements abound online, w... more

17 Feb 2026

16 MINS

16:58

17 Feb 2026


#286

What bots talk about when they think humans aren’t listening

In late January a new social media site took a certain corner of the internet by storm. Mo... more

12 Feb 2026

16 MINS

16:43

12 Feb 2026


#285

Jeffrey Epstein and the scientists

The release of the latest batch of documents relating to the late child sex offender Jeffr... more

10 Feb 2026

18 MINS

18:02

10 Feb 2026


#284

‘Everything is quagga mussel now’: can invasive species be stopped?

On a recent trip to Lake Geneva in Switzerland, biodiversity reporter Phoebe Weston witnes... more

05 Feb 2026

16 MINS

16:11

05 Feb 2026


#283

Why are women turning to testosterone?

Just like men, women are increasingly being told by online influencers that the classic sy... more

03 Feb 2026

15 MINS

15:40

03 Feb 2026


#282

Are men being misled over testosterone?

If TikTok influencers are to be believed, testosterone, or T, is the answer to everything ... more

29 Jan 2026

17 MINS

17:55

29 Jan 2026


#281

Has the world entered an era of ‘water bankruptcy’?

Last week, a UN report declared that the world has entered an era of ‘global water bankrup... more

27 Jan 2026

18 MINS

18:08

27 Jan 2026