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

Kim Kardashian and the comet, a lupus breakthrough, James Watson’s legacy – podcast

Ian Sample joins Madeleine Finlay to discuss some of the most intriguing science stories f... more

13 Nov 2025

20 MINS

20:43

13 Nov 2025


#298

Never forget a face? You could be a super recogniser

Do you have an uncanny recall for faces? Have you ever recognised the same extra in TV sho... more

11 Nov 2025

15 MINS

15:45

11 Nov 2025


#297

Revisited: How to save the Amazon episode three: ask the people that know

Global environment editor Jon Watts goes in search of answers to the question the journali... more

07 Nov 2025

25 MINS

25:00

07 Nov 2025


#296

Revisited: How to save the Amazon episode two: the magic and mystery

Jon Watts, the Guardian’s global environment editor, goes in search of answers to the ques... more

06 Nov 2025

24 MINS

24:28

06 Nov 2025


#295

Revisited: How to save the Amazon episode one: the stakes

Global environment editor Jon Watts goes in search of answers to the question the journali... more

05 Nov 2025

27 MINS

27:57

05 Nov 2025


#294

‘We must change course’: a stark climate warning from the UN chief

As global leaders and environmental activists descend on Brazil for next week’s Cop30 clim... more

04 Nov 2025

15 MINS

15:54

04 Nov 2025


#293

A Scottish tea mystery: a bag for life – episode three

Science correspondent Nicola Davis investigates the strange story of Tam O’Braan and his a... more

30 Oct 2025

20 MINS

20:56

30 Oct 2025


#292

A Scottish tea mystery: the list – episode two

Science correspondent Nicola Davis investigates the strange story of Tam O’Braan and his a... more

29 Oct 2025

23 MINS

23:00

29 Oct 2025


#291

A Scottish tea mystery: green shoots – episode one

Science correspondent Nicola Davis investigates the strange story of Tam O’Braan and his a... more

28 Oct 2025

22 MINS

22:02

28 Oct 2025


#290

The ‘remarkable’ implant that can restore sight

An electronic eye implant half the thickness of a human hair has helped people with incura... more

23 Oct 2025

15 MINS

15:19

23 Oct 2025


#289

The seed bank storing the planet’s future

As biodiversity declines, locating and conserving the planet’s plant life is becoming more... more

21 Oct 2025

16 MINS

16:58

21 Oct 2025


#288

Why is ‘chronic’ lyme disease so controversial?

Celebrities including Bella Hadid, Justin Bieber and Miranda Hart have talked about their ... more

16 Oct 2025

19 MINS

19:57

16 Oct 2025


#287

Traitor or faithful: how to spot a liar

The Traitors has returned to UK screens with its biggest viewing figures ever as 19 celebr... more

14 Oct 2025

15 MINS

15:51

14 Oct 2025


#286

All the news and science from the 2025 Nobel prizes

This year’s Nobel prizes in chemistry, physics and physiology or medicine have celebrated ... more

08 Oct 2025

20 MINS

20:55

08 Oct 2025


#285

The real science of weight loss with the US’s leading nutritional scientist

Kevin Hall spent 21 years at the US National Institutes of Health and became known globall... more

07 Oct 2025

21 MINS

21:17

07 Oct 2025


#284

Remembering primatologist Jane Goodall

The renowned primatologist Jane Goodall has died aged 91. She will be remembered for her o... more

02 Oct 2025

17 MINS

17:05

02 Oct 2025


#283

Fraud, AI slop and huge profits: is science publishing broken?

Scientists are warning that academic publishing needs urgent reform in order to retain tru... more

02 Oct 2025

18 MINS

18:28

02 Oct 2025


#282

Does a bit of booze really make us better at languages?

The Ig Nobel prizes were awarded recently – for science that makes you laugh and then thin... more

30 Sep 2025

13 MINS

13:07

30 Sep 2025


#281

Fact-checking Trump’s autism announcement

In a televised press conference on Monday, Donald Trump and health secretary Robert F Kenn... more

24 Sep 2025

20 MINS

20:18

24 Sep 2025