#299Transporting the most expensive and volatile substance on EarthA box the size of a filing cabinet was lifted by crane, slowly moved and placed very caref... more26 Mar 202615 MINS15:4826 Mar 2026
#298What sets human consciousness apart from AI?Why is it like something to be ourselves and how do physical processes create our subjecti... more24 Mar 202621 MINS21:2924 Mar 2026
#297Off Duty: The CrimeOn the evening of 29 December 2011, police officer Clifton Lewis was moonlighting as a sec... more21 Mar 202626 MINS26:3821 Mar 2026
#296Meningitis explained: who is most at risk?Over the weekend, news emerged of an outbreak of meningitis among university and school st... more18 Mar 202615 MINS15:0018 Mar 2026
#295What’s behind the injectable peptide craze?Grey-market injectable peptides – a category of substances with obscure, alphanumeric name... more17 Mar 202617 MINS17:4217 Mar 2026
#294Exercise and brain function, hedgehog hearing, and can AI change our minds? – podcastThe Guardian’s science editor, Ian Sample, talks to Madeleine Finlay about three eye-catch... more12 Mar 202620 MINS20:0312 Mar 2026
#293Was Iran really building a nuclear weapon?Among the many justifications Donald Trump has presented for the US and Israel attacking I... more10 Mar 202616 MINS16:3110 Mar 2026
#292Will China own the green energy future?The conflict in the Middle East has sent energy prices soaring, and for countries that imp... more05 Mar 202617 MINS17:2005 Mar 2026
#291Does 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... more03 Mar 202616 MINS16:3003 Mar 2026
#290Can degrowth save the climate?Since the 1960s, global GDP has been rapidly rising and living standards have reached reco... more26 Feb 202618 MINS18:1626 Feb 2026
#289The truth about fat, and its complex role in our healthFor a long time fat was seen simply as an inert yellow substance wrapping around our bodie... more24 Feb 202616 MINS16:3224 Feb 2026
#288Psychedelics for depression, dart frog poison and why do we have chins?Madeleine Finlay sits down with science editor Ian Sample and science correspondent Nicola... more19 Feb 202619 MINS19:4119 Feb 2026
#287Should we really all be taking magnesium supplements?Testimonials about the beneficial health effects of magnesium supplements abound online, w... more17 Feb 202616 MINS16:5817 Feb 2026
#286What bots talk about when they think humans aren’t listeningIn late January a new social media site took a certain corner of the internet by storm. Mo... more12 Feb 202616 MINS16:4312 Feb 2026
#285Jeffrey Epstein and the scientistsThe release of the latest batch of documents relating to the late child sex offender Jeffr... more10 Feb 202618 MINS18:0210 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... more05 Feb 202616 MINS16:1105 Feb 2026
#283Why are women turning to testosterone?Just like men, women are increasingly being told by online influencers that the classic sy... more03 Feb 202615 MINS15:4003 Feb 2026
#282Are men being misled over testosterone?If TikTok influencers are to be believed, testosterone, or T, is the answer to everything ... more29 Jan 202617 MINS17:5529 Jan 2026
#281Has 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... more27 Jan 202618 MINS18:0827 Jan 2026