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Three weeks in a hide to spot one elusive bear: the life of a wildlife film-maker
Jul 11, 2025Vianet Djenguet is an award-winning wildlife film-maker and camera operator whose work has featured in a number of major nature documentaries. In this podcast, Vianet joins us to talk about his career...
Ancient DNA reveals farming led to more human diseases
Jul 09, 202500:48 The past 35,000 years of diseaseAncient DNA evidence shows that the advent of agriculture led to more infectious disease among humans, with pathogens from animals only showing up 6,500 years ago...
Audio long read: How to speak to a vaccine sceptic — research reveals what works
Jul 04, 2025Questions and doubts about vaccines are on the rise worldwide and public-health specialists worry that these trends could worsen. But while the shift in public attitudes towards immunizations can leav...
3D-printed fake wasps help explain bad animal mimicry
Jul 02, 2025In this episode: 00:45 Why animals evolve to be imperfect mimicsMany harmless animals mimic dangerous ones to avoid being eaten, but often this fakery is inaccurate. To help explain why evolution som...
Is AI watching you? The hidden links between research and surveillance
Jun 25, 2025We’d like to learn more about our listeners, please help us out by filling in this short survey. In this episode: 00:45 Is AI-research being co-opted to keep track of people?A significant amount of r...
Flight simulator for moths reveals they navigate by starlight
Jun 18, 2025We’d like to learn more about our listeners, please help us out by filling in this short survey. In this episode: 00:45 The tiny moths that use the stars to navigateBogong moths use the stars to help...
Hundreds of physicists on a remote island: we visit the ultimate quantum party
Jun 13, 2025According to legend, physicist Werner Heisenberg formulated the mathematics behind quantum mechanics in 1925 while on a restorative trip to the remote North Sea island of Heligoland. To celebrate the ...
This stretchy neural implant grows with an axolotl's brain
Jun 11, 202500:45 A flexible neural-implant that grows with the brainResearchers have developed a soft electronic implant that can measure brain activity of amphibian embryos as they develop. Understanding the ne...
Trump wants to put humans on Mars: what scientists think of the plan
Jun 06, 2025In this Podcast Extra, we examine President Donald Trump's calls for NASA to land humans on Mars. Although the White House has proposed spending some US$1 billion in 2026 on Mars plans, critics say th...
Male mice can grow female organs — if their mothers lack iron
Jun 04, 202500:45 Iron’s role in mice sex determinationIron deficiency in mice mothers can sometimes result in their offspring developing female sex organs despite having male sex genes, according to new research...