#296Is 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
#295The 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
#294All 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
#293Today 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
#292Narcolepsy: 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
#291The incredible science of memory manipulationMadeleine Finlay hears from Steve Ramirez, an associate professor of psychological and bra... more01 Oct 202620 MINS20:5801 Oct 2026
#290Are 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
#289Are 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
#288From 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
#287The 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
#286Is 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
#285Live 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
#284‘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
#283Are 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
#282Introducing 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
#281There’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