Four types of thinker, the cyclosporiasis outbreak, and the UK’s biggest telescope threatened
Madeleine Finlay is joined by Ian Sample, Guardian science editor, to discuss three eye-catching science stories including an investigation...
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The fight to save a historic English landscape
Madeleine Finlay travels to the Rothbury estate in Northumberland, in north-east England. It’s a piece of land that has been in the same fam...
Revisited: Saunas and cold plunges, where does the evidence stand?
Saunas and cold plunge pools are popping up everywhere in the UK, bringing fiery heat and icy cold to a beach, city farm or park near you. T...
Revisited: The surprising science of dreams and nightmares
In this episode from January 2026, Ian Sample puts listeners’ questions about dreams and nightmares to Dr Michelle Carr, the director of the...
Revisited: A Scottish tea mystery, episode three – a bag for life
Science correspondent Nicola Davis investigates the strange story of Tam O’Braan and his attempts to grow tea in Scotland. In episode three...
Revisited: A Scottish tea mystery, episode two – the list
Science correspondent Nicola Davis investigates the strange story of Tam O’Braan and his attempts to grow tea in Scotland. In episode two of...
Revisited: A Scottish tea mystery, episode one – green shoots
Science correspondent Nicola Davis investigates the strange story of Tam O’Braan and his attempts to grow tea in Scotland. In episode one of...
Can a world-first gene therapy reverse ageing?
The first person has been treated with a highly anticipated new gene therapy that aims to turn back the clock on ageing cells. The trial is...
Fungi: the invisible force protecting our planet
Scientists often talk about the importance of flora and fauna to the health of our planet, but Dr Toby Kiers, an evolutionary biologist and...
Is male testosterone in freefall?
Men’s average testosterone levels have halved over the past 50 years, according to scientists who say society is facing a male fertility cri...
‘A break from scrolling’: how Gen Z fell in love with birding
In the last 50 years, Britain has lost an astonishing 73 million wild birds from its landscape, according to the British Trust for Ornitholo...
‘Beautiful blobs’: can scientists build life from scratch?
Researchers claim they are closer to creating life from nothing after building tiny, quivering blobs that use lab-made DNA to feed, grow and...
Reflecting pool algae: the science Trump needs to know
The Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool in Washington DC has hardly been out of the news since April when President Trump vowed to have it reno...
Nature or nurture: can genes make us behave ‘badly’?
How much do our genes determine about our lives, and could they influence traits like risk-taking, antisocial behaviour or even violence? Ia...
Extreme heat: is the UK becoming a 40C country?
Met Office forecasters have issued a rare red weather warning for England, with temperatures potentially reaching 40C (104F) in some places....
The audacious plan to refreeze the Arctic
Sea ice is melting fast and worsening the climate crisis. But what if there were a way to thicken it again? Madeleine Finlay is joined by en...
Should we ban social media for under-16s?
The UK prime minister, Keir Starmer, has announced a social media ban for under-16s, as part of an online safety drive that aims to go even...
‘The undruggable became druggable’: a gamechanging treatment for the world’s deadliest cancer
A daily pill can double survival time in patients with the world’s deadliest cancer, according to the results of a clinical trial that exper...
The dinosaurs who survived the asteroid
While many dinosaurs were wiped out when a colossal asteroid struck Earth 66m years ago, one group survived: birds. Prof Steve Brusatte, a p...
Heatstroke, sports washing and VAR psychology: the science of the World Cup
It’s just a week until the first whistle of the 2026 World Cup. To mark the occasion, Madeleine Finlay talks to Ian Sample about the science...