Explorations in the world of science.
World Service,·1459 episodes
Dr Chris van Tulleken wrestles with the thorny issue of animal slaughter
12 Aug 2024,·26 mins
Dr Chris van Tulleken ponders the global cost of keeping the world in wings
05 Aug 2024,·26 mins
Dr Chris van Tulleken gets a taste of a guilty pleasure - sinful yet delicious fast food
29 Jul 2024,·26 mins
You eat it every day, but how much do you know about the incredible science of salt?
23 Jul 2024,·49 mins
Dr Chris van Tulleken asks if we can trust what's on the label when it comes to food.
22 Jul 2024,·26 mins
Dr Chris van Tulleken asks whether we can raise a chicken that's good for the planet.
15 Jul 2024,·26 mins
Dr Chris van Tulleken explores what it takes to make a chicken happy.
08 Jul 2024,·26 mins
How human innovation turned chicken from backyard bird to multi-billion dollar industry.
01 Jul 2024,·26 mins
Dr Chris van Tulleken discovers how we changed chicken, and how chicken changed us
24 Jun 2024,·26 mins
Discover the unsung heroines of science and their world changing inventions.
17 Jun 2024,·26 mins
Olga González-Sanabria's work was instrumental for International Space Station
10 Jun 2024,·26 mins
How Indian chemist Asima Chatterjee's work paved the way for modern-day chemotherapy
03 Jun 2024,·26 mins
How Florence Bell's work laid the foundation for a vital field of research - DNA
27 May 2024,·26 mins
20 May 2024,·26 mins
13 May 2024,·26 mins
Why do so many women die due to childbirth?
08 May 2024,·49 mins
Filming the humpback heat run and exploring the deepest points of our oceans.
06 May 2024,·26 mins
What does it mean to be a chimpanzee? And following the monarch butterfly migration.
29 Apr 2024,·26 mins
Ben Garrod and Jess French get under the skin (and blubber) of the California sea lion
22 Apr 2024,·26 mins
Insights into the anatomy and physiology of the tiny sap-sucking aphid
15 Apr 2024,·26 mins
08 Apr 2024,·26 mins
01 Apr 2024,·26 mins
What happens when a system designed to help people harms them instead?
25 Mar 2024,·27 mins
How is the menopause viewed around the world? Claudia Hammond unpacks the latest science
21 Mar 2024,·49 mins
Gossip and rumour can affect morale but can the science of networks explain why?
18 Mar 2024,·27 mins
Do orangutans, or humans, experience a midlife crisis? And, why happiness is U shaped
11 Mar 2024,·15 mins
Two couples brought together by a tragedy and a tatty piece of paper with a serial number
04 Mar 2024,·27 mins
Uncharted with Hannah Fry
26 Feb 2024,·27 mins
Michael Wooldridge, professor of Computer Science at the University of Oxford, talks AI
19 Feb 2024,·27 mins
Mercedes Maroto-Valer on making carbon dioxide useful.
12 Feb 2024,·27 mins
