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Can Trump and RFK Jr make America healthy again?
Feb 04, 2025Senators are scheduled to vote today on whether to advance Robert F Kennedy Jr’s nomination as Secretary of State for Health and Human Services. RFK Jr is known for his vaccine skepticism and Make Ame...
Protein, weights and the best way to keep fit: your exercise questions answered
Jan 30, 2025In the second episode of our listener questions special, Ian Sample tells Madeleine Finlay what he has uncovered about who the exercise guidelines were created for and whether they apply to all of us,...
Sugar, seed oils, and avoiding sickness: your health questions answered
Jan 28, 2025We asked for your questions on getting healthy in 2025 and you delivered. In the first episode of our listener questions special, Madeleine Finlay tells Ian Sample what she has uncovered about the sci...
The science of racism, and how to fight it
Jan 23, 2025Ian Sample speaks to Keon West, a professor of social psychology at the University of London, whose new book, The Science of Racism, explores what science can reveal about racism, the inventive method...
Telepathy…what’s the evidence?
Jan 21, 2025A podcast promoting claims that non-verbal autistic children can read minds briefly knocked Joe Rogan off the top of the charts this month, which made the Science Weekly team wonder, how has science a...
Our science predictions for 2025
Jan 16, 2025Last year was full of unexpected science news, from a new strain of Mpox emerging in the DRC, to artificial intelligence dominating the Nobel prizes and two astronauts getting ‘stuck’ in space. So wha...
How weather ‘whiplash’ set the stage for the LA fires
Jan 14, 2025As wildfires continue to cause devastation in Los Angeles, Madeleine Finlay speaks to Albert van Dijk, professor of water science and management at the Australian National University, about how rising...
Where did our attention spans go, and can we get them back?
Jan 09, 2025The Oxford English Dictionary announced its word of the year at the end of 2024: brain rot. The term relates to the supposedly negative effects of consuming social media content, but it struck a chord...
Are we hardwired to commit ‘deadly sins’?
Jan 07, 2025Scientists are increasingly finding that behaviours once seen as depraved often have a direct physical cause. To find out more, Ian Sample hears from Guy Leschziner, a consultant neurologist and sleep...
Revisited: does the evidence on glucose tracking add up?
Jan 02, 2025You might have noticed that everyone has recently become a bit obsessed with blood sugar, or glucose. Wellness firms such as Zoe in the UK – as well as Nutrisense, Levels and Signos – claim to offer i...