The news you know, the science you don’t.
World Service,·333 episodes
A study shows fires were at least 30% worse due to mankind’s influence on the climate.
07 Mar 2020,·62 mins
More new cases of Covid-19 are now outside China than inside - how can we map the virus?
29 Feb 2020,·67 mins
Monitoring spread of Covid-19, harvests in Africa from space, and space junk
22 Feb 2020,·59 mins
A new public tool allows anyone to see where the virus is spreading.
15 Feb 2020,·65 mins
Could untried drugs developed for Ebola stop the virus?
08 Feb 2020,·62 mins
Analysis of the impact of the new virus.
02 Feb 2020,·66 mins
What science can tell us about the emergence of a new virus in China
25 Jan 2020,·66 mins
Why Mount Taal volcano near Manila produces so much ash and lightning
18 Jan 2020,·60 mins
2019 was Australia’s hottest year on record, a major factor behind continued bushfires
11 Jan 2020,·68 mins
Living with the threat of fires and earthquakes
04 Jan 2020,·61 mins
Can a role playing game improve climate negotiation outcomes?
28 Dec 2019,·53 mins
How a relative small volcanic eruption caused a tsunami
21 Dec 2019,·53 mins
Why a small eruption on White Island was so dangerous
14 Dec 2019,·56 mins
Science news and highlights of the week
07 Dec 2019,·71 mins
Molecular research opens the way to prevent antimalarial resistance
30 Nov 2019,·56 mins
Scientists refute government claims that this year’s Amazon fires have been normal
23 Nov 2019,·64 mins
To what extent is ‘Bush fire weather’ influenced by climate change?
16 Nov 2019,·56 mins
Inaction on climate change while the impact of air pollution is likened to smoking
09 Nov 2019,·60 mins
How dry land and high winds are fuelling fires in California
02 Nov 2019,·62 mins
Has a new era of computing finally arrived or not, or is it both at the same time?
26 Oct 2019,·72 mins
How malaria jumped species and why Antarctica may hold a new treatment
19 Oct 2019,·61 mins
Nobel Prize wins for a range of well-known discoveries
12 Oct 2019,·56 mins
The latest climate report look like earlier ones, where is the call to action?
28 Sep 2019,·64 mins
Why even staying indoors offers no escape from fires across the region
21 Sep 2019,·66 mins
Embryoids from stem cells; water vapour in atmosphere of rocky exoplanet
14 Sep 2019,·60 mins
An isotopic fingerprint is reported of a nuclear explosion in Russia last month.
07 Sep 2019,·62 mins
A 16bit computer processor made of carbon nanotubes is unveiled to the world
31 Aug 2019,·63 mins
Is it going to be a particularly bad burning season for Brazil’s rainforest?
24 Aug 2019,·68 mins
Scientists investigate the precise events around last year’s lethal eruption
17 Aug 2019,·73 mins
A new undersea volcano has appeared off the coast of East Africa
25 May 2019,·63 mins
