#296‘Ferritin face’: can you really diagnose low iron from a selfie?Social media is awash with claims iron deficiency can be identified in the mirror by dark ... more05 Nov 202619 MINS19:4505 Nov 2026
#295How a scientist went from hero to traitor in a US water crisisWhen the water in Flint, Michigan, became contaminated with dangerous levels of lead, Dr S... more03 Nov 202618 MINS18:5003 Nov 2026
#294‘Assad had one of my books by his bed’: life as a forensic scientistAs one of the world’s leading forensic anthropologists, Dame Sue Black has acted as an exp... more29 Oct 202618 MINS18:0229 Oct 2026
#293Perimenopause is everywhere. How do you know if you’re in it?Perimenopause has become a hot topic, with celebrities sharing their experiences and docto... more27 Oct 202615 MINS15:2727 Oct 2026
#292Elizabeth Holmes is back in the spotlight: why can’t we look away?You Can See Everything, a documentary about the disgraced health tech company founder Eliz... more22 Oct 202617 MINS17:2522 Oct 2026
#291‘These risks are real’: the threat of AI bioweaponsIn his annual speech on threats to the nation, Sir Ken McCallum, the head of the UK’s inte... more20 Oct 202615 MINS15:3320 Oct 2026
#290Is your boss watching you? The rise of AI surveillance at workWorkers have always been monitored by their bosses, first through output targets, and then... more15 Oct 202617 MINS17:4515 Oct 2026
#289The surprising psychology of morbid curiosityUS defence secretary Pete Hegseth’s plan to livestream the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan ... more13 Oct 202617 MINS17:0013 Oct 2026
#288All the news and science from the 2026 Nobel prizesThis year’s Nobel prizes in chemistry, physics and physiology or medicine have celebrated ... more07 Oct 202623 MINS23:2107 Oct 2026
#287Today in Focus: Should we be worried about a plague outbreak?Several hospitals in eastern Russia are under quarantine after a lab worker fell ill at a ... more06 Oct 202613 MINS13:4206 Oct 2026
#286Narcolepsy: why you’ve been thinking about it all wrongThe sleep disorder has been the butt of jokes and a comedic plot point, but the reality of... more06 Oct 202616 MINS16:5706 Oct 2026
#285The incredible science of memory manipulationMadeleine Finlay hears from Steve Ramirez, an associate professor of psychological and bra... more01 Oct 202620 MINS20:5801 Oct 2026
#284Are household cleaning products damaging our health?Our use of cleaning products has increased since the pandemic, but do we understand what t... more29 Sep 202617 MINS17:5129 Sep 2026
#283Are 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
#282From 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
#281The 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