Climate Overshoot Is Here - And Antarctica Is in Trouble
Episode 407 The latest UN climate report is out and we’ve blown past 1.5 degrees of warming. We’re now in “overshoot” - an acknowledgement t...
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20 of 475 episodesHow Your Brain Cleans Itself - And What Happens When It Goes Wrong
Episode 406 The glymphatic system is the brain’s waste disposal system - responsible for clearing out harmful toxins that build up during th...
If the AMOC Collapses - Could We Reverse the Damage?
Episode 405 The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is a major system of ocean currents that plays a vital role in Earth’s cl...
Secrets of the World’s Longest-Lived Animals
Episode 404 Jonathan the tortoise was born in the year 1832, on a beach in the Seychelles. 194 years later and Jonathan is still alive, cele...
New Fossil Shows Birds Weren’t the Only Dinosaurs to Evolve Flight
Episode 403 A new species of feathered dinosaur has been discovered - and it looks like a supercharged magpie with teeth. Fossil evidence an...
This El Niño Is About To Cause a Global Catastrophe
Episode 402 The current El Niño is shaping up to cause catastrophe on a global scale. Global temperatures are being pushed up, unleashing ex...
How to Be Hopeful: Caitlin Moran and New Scientist Look to the Future
Episode 401 Anxiety is everywhere. Climate change, political turmoil and a constant stream of alarming headlines can make optimism feel impo...
THIS Is What You Need To Worry About With The Rise Of AI
Episode 400 Should we really be afraid of AI? Many headline statements from the likes of Anthrophic, OpenAI and even the King are raising al...
The Mystery of Childbirth Is Finally Being Unravelled
Episode 399 Some aspects of childbirth have remained surprisingly mysterious - and scientists haven’t been able to agree on what actually ki...
AI Just Solved One of the Hardest Problems in Mathematics
Episode 398 OpenAI says it has just solved one of the hardest problems in mathematics. The Navier-Stokes existence and smoothness problem ha...
New Discovery Reveals the Secret Lives of Denisovans
Episode 397 The first evidence has been discovered that Denisovans lived in south-west China. This ancient species of human spent over 100,0...
The Nepal Disaster: How Climate Change is Reshaping the World
Episode 396 A devastating climate disaster has killed at least 1,200 people in Nepal. A mass of ice and rock came crashing down off the Lang...
Scientists Find Best Evidence Yet For Dark Matter
Episode 395 Dark matter particles may have finally been spotted for the first time. LUX-ZEPLIN is the most sensitive dark matter detector on...
Why Humans Like Bigger Breasts - And a New Way to Augment Them
Episode 394 A new technique using a woman’s own fat cells has been used to reconstruct her breast without silicone implants. By injecting he...
ADHD Is Not a Myth - What the Science Really Says
Episode 393 A controversial TV show has suggested ADHD is a myth - a largely made up condition that is really just a “social construct”. But...
Wildfires Changed Human Evolution - Is It Happening Again?
Episode 392 Ancient wildfires may have shaped the course of human evolution. A reconstruction of the environment in East Africa 1.75 million...
New Treatment Saves Children With Terminal Brain Cancer
Episode 391 Brain tumours are the most common and most deadly form of solid tumours in children. But a brand new kind of immunotherapy has s...
Latitude Special: Why Festivals Make You Live Longer; Clearing Alzheimer’s Proteins from the Brain;Clouds Made of Rocks and Rubies; Orcas Blow Up Giant Fish
Episode 390 In a special episode recorded live at Latitude Festival in England, we open with the finding that orcas in the Gulf of Californi...
Climate 2026: Record Heat, Tens of Thousands Dead, Mass Evacuations
Episode 389 Europe is burning through another summer of extreme heat. Temperatures are soaring across the continent, wildfires are forcing m...
Scientists Pioneer Surgical Methods for Human Head and Eye Transplants
Episode 388 Two extraordinary breakthroughs have been made in transplant surgery. First, scientists have found a way of keeping human eyes a...