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New Scientist · Science

The World, the Universe and Us

From the evolution of intelligent life, to the mysteries of consciousness; from the threat of the climate crisis to the search for dark matter, The world, the universe and us is your essential weekly dose of science and wonder in an uncertain world. Hosted by journalists Dr Rowan Hooper and Dr Penny Sarchet and joined each week by expert scientists in the field, the show draws on New Scientist’s unparalleled depth of reporting to put the stories that matter into context. Feed your curiosity with the podcast that will restore your sense of optimism and nourish your brain. For more visit newscientist.com/podcasts

Episodes

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Dead Planets Society: #8 The Worst of All Worlds

23 Oct 2023
24m
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Weekly: Communicating with sleeping people; Massive marsquake; World’s smallest particle accelerator

20 Oct 2023
28m
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CultureLab: Free will doesn’t exist? Robert Sapolsky’s vision to reshape society

17 Oct 2023
32m
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Weekly: Most detailed map ever of the human brain; clash of the ice planets; are US spies weakening encryption for everyone?

13 Oct 2023
30m
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Dead Planets Society #7: Halve the Moon

10 Oct 2023
21m
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Weekly: Big Nobels for tiny science; how Earth might make water on the Moon; the head-scratching mathematics behind your favourite puzzles

06 Oct 2023
34m
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CultureLab: Surviving the climate crisis – Michael Mann’s hopeful lessons from Earth’s deep history

02 Oct 2023
26m
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Weekly: Antimatter falls down; Virtual healthcare comes with a price; What’s causing Europe’s insect apocalypse?

29 Sep 2023
24m
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Dead Planets Society #6: Make Venus Earth Again

25 Sep 2023
20m
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Weekly: First ever RNA from an extinct animal; big news about small solar system objects; “brainless” jellyfish can still learn

22 Sep 2023
25m
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CultureLab: Real Life Supervillains - John Scalzi on the science of volcano lairs and sentient dolphin minions

18 Sep 2023
22m
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Weekly: Science that makes you laugh (and think); black holes behaving badly; drumming cockatoos

15 Sep 2023
28m
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Dead Planets Society #5: The Return of Pluto

11 Sep 2023
21m
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Weekly: New type of brain cell; Alaska’s first bridge over a moving glacier; quantum batteries that never age

08 Sep 2023
29m
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CultureLab: The weird ways animals sense the world – Ed Yong on his book An Immense World

05 Sep 2023
34m
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Weekly: Our ancestors nearly went extinct?; Why beer goggles aren’t real; Smelling ancient Egyptian perfume

01 Sep 2023
27m
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#4 Dead Planets Society: Asteroid Gong

28 Aug 2023
14m
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Weekly: India lands on the moon; Placenta cells could heal the heart; Mind-altering drugs and binge drinking on the rise

25 Aug 2023
25m
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CultureLab: Science shows you have to watch - best film and TV of 2023

22 Aug 2023
28m
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Weekly: Climate Special - an antidote for doom; plus the key ingredient for alien technology, and surprising revelations about an ancient tattooed mummy

18 Aug 2023
32m
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