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Some of the brightest minds behind Oxford science discuss their latest research. The series starts with ‘Origins’, tackling topics from human life to the Universe. Join us in each podcast as...
3 billion people depend on rice for survival & owing to predicted population increases, land that provided enough rice to feed 27 people in...
Tuberculosis is still one of the top ten causes of death worldwide, with 1.4 million people dying from TB in 2015. If your doctor suspects y...
As robots are increasingly deployed in settings requiring social interaction we asked the Big Question: How do you teach a robot social cues...
Alzheimer's, is a chronic neurodegenerative disease that usually starts slowly and worsens over time. In this podcast episode we ask: Can yo...
What is antimatter? Antimatter was one of the most exciting physics discoveries of the 20th century, and has since been picked up by fiction...
HIV isn’t a death sentence anymore. People can live long lives with the virus in their body, as long as they have the right combination of d...
On this episode of the Oxford Sparks Big Question’s podcast we visited Dr Jennifer Perry, evolutionary biologist and entomologist to ask: Wh...
In this episode of The Big Questions podcast we joined the experiment to ask: How does he brain identify voices? To find out we interviewed...
In this episode of the Oxford Sparks Big Questions podcast we visited Cardiovascular Biologist, Nicola Smart, from the department of physiol...
Millions dream of being an astronaut, but how many of us have what it takes? In this episode of the Oxford Sparks Big Question's podcast, we...
In this episode of the Big Questions podcast we are asking: How did Mary Somerville get on the Scottish 10 Pound note? Who is Mary Somervill...
In this episode of the Big Questions podcast, we visited Dr Neil Bowles, Jane Hurley and Tristram Warren from the Atmospheric Oceanic & Plan...
In our latest episode of the Big Questions podcast we visited Dr Peter Walton, a geography teacher turned fellow of the Environmental Change...
As many of you set your new year’s resolution to quit smoking and start vaping, we thought we’d ask the question: Is vaping better than smok...
‘Tis the season to be merry, so it’s time for the annual Christmas party. For some employers it can be more fraught than fun! In this episod...
In this episode for the Big Questions podcast we went to the New Forest and met up with Professor Alex Rogers, from the department of Comput...
Last month Jessica attempted to break a world record for pushing a double buggy, with two children inside, while running a marathon! Jessica...
Greenland has some many fascinating facts like it’s the world's largest island, it belongs to Denmark, it actually isn’t that green but most...
Travel companies around the world profit from some of the cruellest types of wildlife tourist attractions on earth. Travel companies around...
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Open data impacts everybody. Through it we can access healthcare services, understand our governments better and, of course, travel to place...
New episode for the Oxford Sparks Big questions series.
Autonomous cars have been a staple of science fiction for years featuring in films like Minority Report and I Robot. But how far away are we...
The Concord is seen as an iconic aircraft and a technological breakthrough – so why can we only see them in museums? In our episode of The B...
Flavouring. It’s a global industry and here in Oxford a group of scientists are getting a ‘taste’ of the action by making natural flavours b...
Major earthquakes across the world have damaged or destroyed numerous buildings, bridges, and other structures. But is there a way of monito...
Music provides the soundtrack to our lives. The highs, the lows and the heartache. So why wouldn’t it be the same for a fruit fly? On this e...
How vulnerable are we to crime by the statuses we post on our social accounts? The popularity of social media platforms such as Facebook, Tw...
Since the 1960’s man has been sending missions to Mars. Some successes, some failures. This hasn’t stopped scientists trying to explore this...
Our Festive episode of our Oxford Sparks podcast follows the traditional Christmas story of ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’. In our narration though...
On this episode, can bubbles cure cancer? What do you think of when you hear the word ‘bubble?’ Does it make you think of soap bubbles you w...
Many people are exposed to exhaust emissions every day in different ways. But what are the harmful effects of these fumes when we breathe th...
Latest episode from Oxford Sparks, this episode on how to predict the weather.
Statistician Dr Jennifer Rogers discusses the numbers linked to processed meat and bowel cancer. It hit the headlines last year that 'proces...
Dr Annette Fayet tells us about the Manx Shearwater; a little seabird that makes a huge journey. Every year they breed and raise their chick...
Once we've received our genetic make-up from our parents our genomes are stable, right? What causes mutations in our DNA as we live and grow...
What's the use of just one photon, the smallest bit of light? And what does it take to study it? We speak to Joelle Boutari about her work i...
Can we receive information through our lighting? Prof Dominic O'Brien explains how light might be the answer to adding more capacity to our...
How can you spot what's happening in space billions of light years away from right here on Earth? Dr Garret Cotter works in the boundary of...
How do you train surgeons to do complex surgeries? How do you measure a trainee's progress? How can you accurately simulate the look and fee...
Can sounds change how things taste? How can we alter our experiences by taking advantage of how our senses mingle? From driving safety to ga...
Oxygen levels are slightly lower when you fly on commercial airlines, so what effects does this have on people? Can it cause any problems? D...
What's in the deep ocean? And how can we study these remote and extreme ecosystems? And how is climate change affecting ocean ecosystems? Pr...
How do we discover the origins of mountains? Rock climber, mountaineer and geologist, Professor Mike Searle, explains how his work to unders...
How can Chemistry take inspiration from nature to create cleaner and more efficient ways of producing and using Hydrogen as a source of clea...
Can a little electrical stimulation help people learn quicker? And how would technology that does this be used? And why would you want to us...
Sleep is really important. But do we realise how important it is, particularly for helping us think straight? Are teenagers lazy? Are their...
What is a network and how can you use mathematics to unravel the relationships between a variety of different things? How can this understan...
How do new fathers form relationships with their children? What is the unique role of a father? What do they contribute to the development o...
How can working with people to understand how they use their local plants be used to protect them when industry moves in? How do we find and...