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The surprising science of dreams and nightmares
Jan 15, 2026Ian Sample puts listeners’ questions on dreams and nightmares to Dr Michelle Carr, director of the Dream Engineering Laboratory in Montreal’s Centre for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine, and author...
How to sleep well in 2026
Jan 13, 2026Ian Sample puts listeners’ questions on sleep to Dr Allie Hare, consultant physician in respiratory and sleep medicine at Guy’s and St Thomas’ hospitals and president of the British Sleep Society. The...
Our science predictions for 2026
Jan 08, 2026Last year was full of unexpected science news, from the discovery of a new colour, to the interstellar visitor 3I/Atlas passing by our solar system, and a world-first treatment with a personalised gen...
Crude appeal: why Trump wants Venezuela’s oil
Jan 05, 2026The US capture of Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, on Saturday left many people wondering why? Donald Trump hinted at an answer when he claimed the Venezuelan regime had stolen US oil rights...
Revisited: the real science of weight loss
Jan 01, 2026Kevin Hall spent 21 years at the US National Institutes of Health and became known globally for his pioneering work on ultra-processed foods. In April he unexpectedly took early retirement, citing cen...
Revisited: do medicinal mushroom products actually work?
Dec 30, 2025More of us are turning to products containing mushroom extracts, with the medicinal fungi market worth billions of pounds. Promises of mental and physical health benefits have seen its popularity spil...
Revisited: is curiosity the key to ageing well?
Dec 25, 2025Psychologists have typically believed that we become less curious as we age, but recent research has shown curiosity actually becomes more targeted and specific in our later years. In this episode fro...
Revisited: why do we age in dramatic bursts, and what can we do about it?
Dec 23, 2025Scientists are beginning to understand that ageing is not simply a linear process and we age, according to recent research, in three accelerated bursts: at about 40, 60 and 80 years old. In this episo...
Life beyond Earth? Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock on the mysteries of space
Dec 18, 2025Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock is a space scientist and science educator who has worked on a number of instruments that are revolutionising our view of the cosmos, including the James Webb Space Telescope....
What’s worse for us, sugar or sweeteners?
Dec 16, 2025We all know eating too much sugar is bad for our health – but would we be better off replacing it with artificial sweetener? It’s a question Science Weekly listener Marion posed recently and, as Madel...