Podcast: Filming with Attenborough, global development goals, and lab-grown meat
In this edition: David Attenborough meets our newest robot, progress towards global goals, and supporting the future of lab-grown meat. News...
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Imperial College Podcast
Go behind the scenes of Imperial College London in our monthly podcast, featuring exclusive access to interviews with world leaders and thinkers in the fields of science, engineering, health...
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Podcast: Best of 2023, sustainable flight fuel, and better bones
In this edition: 2023 in review, the first transatlantic flight using 100% sustainable aviation fuel, and improving bone quality. News: Best...
Podcast: Climate conference, COVID and pregnancy, and inspiring careers
In this edition: The latest climate science ahead of COP28, how COVID impacts pregnancy, and founding a MedTech startup. News: COP coming –...
Podcast: NASA science alum, vaccines for TB, and the generational wealth gap
In this edition: We meet an Imperial alum who is now Head of Science at NASA, discuss the generational wealth gap and find out how to tackle...
Podcast: Bedtime rituals, recycling clothes and data bias in AI
In this edition: How getting ready for bed is hard-wired, how clothing dyes can be recycled, and what we can do about data bias in AI. News:...
Podcast: Childhood illness, planetary protection, and sustainable finance
In this edition: A better test for diagnosing childhood illness, improving planetary protection and financing sustainability. News: Diagnosi...
Podcast: Monkey sex, walking robots, and DNA health
In this edition: We learn how same-sex sexual behaviour is common in macaques, how to teach robots to walk like dogs, and how DNA affects yo...
Podcast: Data poisoning, living with HIV, and climate art
In this edition: How hackers can 'poison' AI training data, the modern experience of living with HIV, and a climate change art prize. News:...
Podcast: Celebrity visitor special
In this edition: We revisit interviews with some celebrity guests: singer Ana Matronic, Queen's Brian May, and astrophysicist and author Kat...
Podcast: Analysing Trump voters, Jupiter mission launch, and COVID oximeter test
In this edition: What links Trump voters, how we're going to investigate Jupiter's moons, and why it's a good idea to ask if a medical trial...
Podcast: Supersonic flight, toxic pet treatments and fighting TB with maths
In this edition: The future of supersonic flight, how toxic flea and tick products are reaching the environment, and how maths can help erad...
Podcast: Credit rating inequalities, making mosquito music, and better batteries
In this edition: How AI has magnified credit disparities, how malaria research was translated into sound, and how batteries can make a bette...
Podcast: Fighting fungi, the music of the moons, and self-healing crystals
In this edition: We join the fight against deadly fungal pathogens, listen to music inspired by moons, and discover how some crystals heal t...
Podcast: Treating diabetes, boardroom diversity, and avoiding hangovers
In this edition: We meet a clinician investigating diabetes, find out how boardroom diversity benefits companies, and hope for a hangover cu...
Podcast: Winter viruses, being an engineer, and improving energy efficiency
In this edition: What flu and COVID-19 might do this winter, being an engineer, and how the UK can improve energy efficiency to fight fuel p...
Podcast: Smashing atoms at the LHC, becoming a medic, and finding Arctic bees
In this edition: We discover the latest science at the Large Hadron Collider, meet a medical student, and help the BBC find bees in Lapland....
Podcast: Feeling like a scientist, wastewater disease tests, and summer droughts
In this edition: When a scientist begins to feel like one, monitoring wastewater for diseases like COVID-19, and how droughts led to hosepip...
Podcast: New President, treating cystic fibrosis and updating medical education
In this edition: We meet Imperial's new President and researchers transforming cystic fibrosis patients' lives and medical education. News:...
Podcast: Space sounds, climate kitchen and landscapes through time
In this edition: Making the magnetosphere audible, climate-friendly cooking, and exploring the Earth's deep past. News: Life-like lasers and...
Podcast: Calculating risk, Black founders, and Beatrix Potter's nature
In this edition: Calculating risk in business, Black-heritage founders and entrepreneurs, and Beatrix Potter's fascination with nature. News...