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The Birth Keepers: I choose this, episode one

The Birth Keepers: I choose this, episode one

Dec 13, 2025

The Free Birth Society was selling pregnant women a simple message: they could exit the medical system and take back their power by free birthing. But Nicole Garrison believes FBS ideology nearly cost...

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Social media and ADHD diagnosis, new mpox strain in England and early firestarters

Social media and ADHD diagnosis, new mpox strain in England and early firestarters

Dec 11, 2025

The Guardian’s science editor, Ian Sample, sits down with co-host Madeleine Finlay to discuss three eye-catching stories from the week, including a study investigating the link between social media us...

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Rage room or yoga class? How to beat anger

Rage room or yoga class? How to beat anger

Dec 09, 2025

At this time of year when stress levels are high, we can find ourselves being sent over the edge by frustrating post office queues, infuriating traffic jams and tension-filled family occasions. But wh...

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The brain’s 5 eras, the vaccine that protects against dementia, altruistic ants

The brain’s 5 eras, the vaccine that protects against dementia, altruistic ants

Dec 04, 2025

Science editor Ian Sample sits down with co-host Madeleine Finlay and science correspondent Hannah Devlin to hear about three eye-catching stories from the week, including a study showing that the bra...

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Is AI making us stupid?

Is AI making us stupid?

Dec 02, 2025

Artificial intelligence can execute tasks in seconds that once took humans hours, if not days to complete. While this may be great for productivity, some researchers are concerned that our increasing ...

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Is it the beginning of the end for animal testing?

Is it the beginning of the end for animal testing?

Nov 27, 2025

Patrick Vallance, the minister for science, research and innovation, recently unveiled a plan to cut animal testing through greater use of AI and other technologies, with the eventual aim of phasing i...

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Bitter rows and overnight talks: how a fragile Cop30 deal was agreed

Bitter rows and overnight talks: how a fragile Cop30 deal was agreed

Nov 24, 2025

After bitter arguments, threatened walkouts and heated all-night negotiations, delegates eventually reached a deal this weekend at the Cop30 climate summit in Brazil. To unpick what was achieved and w...

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‘Chunks of earth just disappear’: life on a collapsing island

‘Chunks of earth just disappear’: life on a collapsing island

Nov 20, 2025

As the Cop30 climate talks continue in Brazil, Madeleine Finlay hears about a landscape at the opposite end of the planet facing the direct impacts of the climate crisis. The Guardian reporter Leyland...

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Should the UK brace for a brutal flu season?

Should the UK brace for a brutal flu season?

Nov 18, 2025

This year’s flu season has begun more than a month earlier than usual, with a mutated strain spreading widely among younger people and expected to drive a wave of hospital admissions as it reaches the...

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Why everyone’s talking about 3I/Atlas, a lupus breakthrough, James Watson’s legacy

Why everyone’s talking about 3I/Atlas, a lupus breakthrough, James Watson’s legacy

Nov 13, 2025

Ian Sample joins Madeleine Finlay to discuss some of the most intriguing science stories from the week. They discuss the complicated legacy of James Watson, who won the Nobel Prize for the discovery o...

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