A Taste for Poison
If you really want to develop an appreciation for those early pathologists who went so far as to taste-tested truly horrible samples from co...
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Chemistry World Book Club
Join us to discuss the latest in popular science books. We interview authors and dissect the issues raised by each book. It's a book review with a difference.
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20 of 80 episodesBook club – Fresh Banana Leaves by Jessica Hernandez
Indigenous communities are among the most affected by climate change, yet their work and knowledge has long been dismissed as unscientific....
Book Club - Racing Green
This episode examines the science behind auto racing by digging into Racing Green: How Motorsports Became Smarter, Safer, Cleaner and Faster...
Book club – Sticky by Laurie Winkless
Why is duct tape the answer to fixing everything? How do geckos cling to walls? And what, exactly, keeps our car tyres rolling down the road...
Her Hidden Genius
In this episode, we discuss Her Hidden Genius . It's the new book by Marie Benedict, a lawyer and best-selling author who unearths the histo...
Book club – Murder isn't Easy
In this episode, we're delving deep into the science of one of the best-selling fiction writers of all times: Agatha Christie . We look for...
Life as We Made It
This episode is for anybody interested in how human beings have altered the world around us since we came on the scene tens of thousands of...
Book club – The Icepick Surgeon by Sam Kean
This month, we're reading The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science...
Book club – Deep Sniff by Adam Zmith
In this episode, we'll tackle Deep Sniff: A History of Poppers and Queer Future s by Adam Zmith. In his first book, Zmith blends historical...
Book club – Lessons from Plants by Beronda Montgomery
This episode is for all those people who have turned to gardening or amassed houseplants during the Covid lockdowns as we'll be talking abou...
Book club – Science in Black and White by Alondra Oubré
In this month's episode we'll talk about Science in Black and White: How Biology and Environment Shape Our Racial Divide by medical anthropo...
Book club – Vampirology by Kathryn Harkup
Get your garlic and crucifix ready as we tackle Kathryn Harkup's latest book V ampirology: The Science of Horror's Most Famous Fiend . Harku...
Book club – Handmade by Anna Ploszajski
How do you make a chemical-resistant beaker out of a material as fragile as glass? And how do you tell the temperature of a piece of steel w...
Book club – The Disordered Cosmos by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
We might like to think that science is purely objective, driven only by scientific principles and free of social disturbances — but this cou...
Book club – Never Mind the B#ll*cks, Here's the Science by Luke O'Neill
In this episode, we're looking for answers to the important questions in life like 'Why do you believe in diets?' or 'Why are you working in...
Book club – The Poison Trials by Alisha Rankin
This month we find out drug testing has come a long way, as we read The Poison Trials: Wonder Drugs, Experiment and the Battle for Authority...
Book club – Uncle Tungsten by Oliver Sacks
This month we're celebrating 20 years of a popular science classic: Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood by Oliver Sacks. In his m...
Book club – Science books for children
Whether you're looking for a sciencey Christmas present for the young readers in your life or just want to delve into the science of childre...
Written in Bone
This time, we're reading Written In Bone: Hidden Stories in what We Leave Behind by forensic anthropologist Sue Black and author of the 2018...
The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)
It's the end times in this episode as we're reading The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking). In five scenarios, cosmologist Katie M...