New Scientist Podcasts

340 Episodes

1. CultureLab: The weird ways animals sense the world – Ed Yong on his book An Immense World

   Published: 5/09/2023
2. Weekly: Our ancestors nearly went extinct?; Why beer goggles aren’t real; Smelling ancient Egyptian perfume

   Published: 1/09/2023
3. Dead Planets Society #4: Asteroid Gong

   Published: 28/08/2023
4. Weekly: India lands on the moon; Placenta cells could heal the heart; Mind-altering drugs and binge drinking on the rise

   Published: 25/08/2023
5. CultureLab: Must watch science shows – the best TV of 2023

   Published: 22/08/2023
6. Weekly: Climate Special - an antidote for doom; plus the key ingredient for alien technology, and surprising revelations about an ancient tattooed mummy

   Published: 18/08/2023
7. Dead Planets Society #3: Gravitational Wave Apocalypse

   Published: 14/08/2023
8. Weekly: Ultra-processed foods not so bad?; Another milestone toward fusion power; Mapping the genes we know nothing about

   Published: 11/08/2023
9. CultureLab: Adventures of a prehistoric girl – Alice Roberts on her new book Wolf Road

   Published: 7/08/2023
10. Weekly: Surprise superconductor claims put to the test; Alzheimer’s test goes on sale; how NASA (briefly) lost Voyager 2

    Published: 4/08/2023
11. Dead Planets Society #2: Punch A Hole in a Planet

    Published: 31/07/2023
12. Weekly: Cheaper cures for many diseases; How to understand the superconductor ‘breakthrough’; Hear a star twinkle

    Published: 28/07/2023
13. CultureLab: Oppenheimer – The rise and fall of the “father of the atomic bomb”

    Published: 24/07/2023
14. Weekly: How to measure consciousness; Nature-made graphene; New sabretooth cats

    Published: 21/07/2023
15. Dead Planets Society #1: Kill The Sun

    Published: 17/07/2023
16. Weekly: JWST’s amazing year; Giant sloth jewellery; $1million mathematics prize

    Published: 14/07/2023
17. CultureLab: Earth’s Deep History: Chris Packham on the epic and tumultuous story of our planet

    Published: 11/07/2023
18. Weekly: Earth breaks heat records; Quantum LiDAR for self-driving cars; Cryptography in pre-Viking runic writing

    Published: 7/07/2023
19. Weekly: New era in gravitational astronomy; Upending stereotypes of women in hunter-gatherer societies; Orangutan beatboxing and human speech origins

    Published: 30/06/2023
20. Weekly: The truth behind the orca uprising; Earth enters uncharted territory; genetic treatments for unborn babies.

    Published: 22/06/2023