#299Crude appeal: why Trump wants Venezuela’s oilThe US capture of Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, on Saturday left many people ... moreYesterday14 MINS14:14Yesterday
#298Revisited: the real science of weight lossKevin Hall spent 21 years at the US National Institutes of Health and became known globall... more01 Jan 202621 MINS21:4801 Jan 2026
#297Revisited: do medicinal mushroom products actually work?More of us are turning to products containing mushroom extracts, with the medicinal fungi ... more30 Dec 202519 MINS19:0630 Dec 2025
#296Revisited: is curiosity the key to ageing well?Psychologists have typically believed that we become less curious as we age, but recent re... more25 Dec 202516 MINS16:5725 Dec 2025
#295Revisited: why do we age in dramatic bursts, and what can we do about it?Scientists are beginning to understand that ageing is not simply a linear process and we a... more23 Dec 202514 MINS14:2123 Dec 2025
#294Life beyond Earth? Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock on the mysteries of spaceDame Maggie Aderin-Pocock is a space scientist and science educator who has worked on a nu... more18 Dec 202515 MINS15:0518 Dec 2025
#293What’s worse for us, sugar or sweeteners?We all know eating too much sugar is bad for our health – but would we be better off repla... more16 Dec 202520 MINS20:1316 Dec 2025
#292The Birth Keepers: I choose this, episode oneThe Free Birth Society was selling pregnant women a simple message: they could exit the me... more13 Dec 202536 MINS36:5913 Dec 2025
#291Social media and ADHD diagnosis, new mpox strain in England and early firestartersThe Guardian’s science editor, Ian Sample, sits down with co-host Madeleine Finlay to disc... more11 Dec 202519 MINS19:3611 Dec 2025
#290Rage room or yoga class? How to beat angerAt this time of year when stress levels are high, we can find ourselves being sent over th... more09 Dec 202516 MINS16:0909 Dec 2025
#289The brain’s 5 eras, the vaccine that protects against dementia, altruistic antsScience editor Ian Sample sits down with co-host Madeleine Finlay and science corresponden... more04 Dec 202518 MINS18:1104 Dec 2025
#288Is AI making us stupid?Artificial intelligence can execute tasks in seconds that once took humans hours, if not d... more02 Dec 202520 MINS20:3502 Dec 2025
#287Is it the beginning of the end for animal testing?Patrick Vallance, the minister for science, research and innovation, recently unveiled a p... more27 Nov 202517 MINS17:3127 Nov 2025
#286Bitter rows and overnight talks: how a fragile Cop30 deal was agreedAfter bitter arguments, threatened walkouts and heated all-night negotiations, delegates e... more24 Nov 202515 MINS15:5224 Nov 2025
#285‘Chunks of earth just disappear’: life on a collapsing islandAs the Cop30 climate talks continue in Brazil, Madeleine Finlay hears about a landscape at... more20 Nov 202516 MINS16:0220 Nov 2025
#284Should the UK brace for a brutal flu season?This year’s flu season has begun more than a month earlier than usual, with a mutated stra... more18 Nov 202516 MINS16:1418 Nov 2025
#283Why everyone’s talking about 3I/Atlas, a lupus breakthrough, James Watson’s legacyIan Sample joins Madeleine Finlay to discuss some of the most intriguing science stories f... more13 Nov 202520 MINS20:4313 Nov 2025
#282Never forget a face? You could be a super recogniserDo you have an uncanny recall for faces? Have you ever recognised the same extra in TV sho... more11 Nov 202515 MINS15:4511 Nov 2025
#281Revisited: How to save the Amazon episode three: ask the people that knowGlobal environment editor Jon Watts goes in search of answers to the question the journali... more07 Nov 202525 MINS25:0007 Nov 2025