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

 

#300

The seed bank storing the planet’s future

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

Yesterday

16 MINS

16:58

Yesterday


#299

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


#298

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


#297

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


#296

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


#295

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


#294

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


#293

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


#292

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


#291

Is there hope on the horizon for patients with Alzheimer’s?

A trial is under way to find out if a £100 blood test could transform the way that the NHS... more

23 Sep 2025

14 MINS

14:52

23 Sep 2025


#290

Is the US on the brink of a new era of political violence?

The murder of political activist Charlie Kirk has prompted fears about rising levels of po... more

18 Sep 2025

18 MINS

18:20

18 Sep 2025


#289

Putin’s quest for longevity

At a recent ceremony for world leaders in Beijing, a hot mic picked up a surprising exchan... more

16 Sep 2025

18 MINS

18:43

16 Sep 2025


#288

Shrinking states: a positive future with fewer people?

The fertility rate in England and Wales has fallen for the third year in a row – a trend m... more

11 Sep 2025

16 MINS

16:44

11 Sep 2025


#287

Shrinking states: are we on a path to depopulation?

The fertility rate in England and Wales has fallen for the third year in a row. It is a st... more

09 Sep 2025

19 MINS

19:43

09 Sep 2025


#286

Is curiosity the key to ageing well?

Psychologists have traditionally believed we become less curious as we age, but recent res... more

04 Sep 2025

16 MINS

16:06

04 Sep 2025


#285

RFK Jr and the chaos at the CDC

It’s been a dramatic week at the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In t... more

02 Sep 2025

17 MINS

17:47

02 Sep 2025


#284

‘AI psychosis’: could chatbots fuel delusional thinking?

There are increasing reports of people experiencing delusions after intensive use of AI ch... more

28 Aug 2025

16 MINS

16:34

28 Aug 2025


#283

A decade long mystery - why were billions of starfish turned to goo?

For more than a decade, scientists have been puzzling over what was causing billions of st... more

26 Aug 2025

16 MINS

16:20

26 Aug 2025


#282

Can science crack the mystery of ME?

Scientists have found the first robust evidence that people’s genes affect their chances o... more

21 Aug 2025

19 MINS

19:07

21 Aug 2025


#281

Why can’t the world get its act together on plastics?

After three years of negotiating, talks over a global plastics treaty came to an end in Ge... more

19 Aug 2025

15 MINS

15:57

19 Aug 2025