Science Weekly

Concrete without CO2: can our biggest building material go green?

Why is air turbulence getting worse?

In their prime: how trillions of cicadas pop up right on time

AI, algorithms and apps: can dating be boiled down to a science?

In this episode of Science Weekly, the podcast delves into the science of relationships and dating apps. It highlights the current gaps in our understanding of attraction and what makes relationships last. While elements like appreciation and commitment are known to contribute to happiness, predicting long-term success...

Backstabbing, bluffing and playing dead: has AI learned to deceive?

How much protein is too much?

Why are the world’s cities sinking?

The extraordinary promise of personalised cancer vaccines

The never-ending stream of plastic pollution: could a global treaty help us turn off the tap?

From birds, to cattle, to … us? Could bird flu be the next pandemic?

Hardwired to eat: what can our dogs teach us about obesity?

Who really wins if the Enhanced Games go ahead?

Soundscape ecology: a window into a disappearing world

The senior Swiss women who went to court over climate change, and won

Remembering physicist Peter Higgs

Horny tortoises and solar mysteries: what scientists can learn from a total eclipse

The science of ‘weird shit’: why we believe in fate, ghosts and conspiracy theories

Hypermobility: a blessing or a curse?

The virus that infects almost everyone, and its link to cancer and MS

What could a severe solar storm do to Earth, and are we prepared?