Do we need another massive particle collider? Science Weekly podcast
With the Large Hadron Collider reaching its upper limits, scientists around the world are drawing...
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Cross Section: Hiranya Peiris – Science Weekly podcast
What happened before the Big Bang? This is one of the hardest questions scientists are trying to...
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What happens when we can't test scientific theories? – Science Weekly podcast
String theory gained traction 35 years ago but scientists have not found any evidence to suggest...
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Cross section: Mark Miodownik – Science Weekly podcast
What can a materials scientist learn from artists? How do you make robotic trousers? And what...
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The weight is over: will kilograms get an upgrade? – Science Weekly podcast
On 16 November, scientists vote on whether to update the way we measure the kilogram. This week,...
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Steinn Sigurðsson: Black Holes, causality and exoplanets
For the first time ever, parents going through IVF can use whole genome sequencing to...
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Anna Ploszajski: crafting to better understand material science
Material science allows us to understand the objects around us mathematically, but there is no...
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From the archive: an interview with Nobel laureate Sir Roger Penrose (part 1)
In the first part of this episode from 2016, Ian Sample speaks with the acclaimed mathematician...
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From the archive: an interview with Nobel laureate Sir Roger Penrose (part 2)
The second part of Ian Sample’s 2016 interview with Prof Sir Roger Penrose, which includes a...
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Cross Section: Robbert Dijkgraaf – Science Weekly podcast
This week, Nicola Davis sits down with mathematical physicist Professor Robbert Dijkgraaf to...
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Cross section: Athene Donald – Science Weekly podcast
Hannah Devlin sits down with experimental physicist Athene Donald to explore her work in polymers...
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Eugenia Cheng and Tim Radford on finding solace in science - books podcast
This week, we turn away from the crowds of catastrophist headlines and dystopian fiction and...
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Do we need a new theory of evolution?
A new wave of scientists argues that mainstream evolutionary theory needs an urgent overhaul....
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The clockwork universe: is free will an illusion?
A growing chorus of scientists and philosophers argue that free will does not exist. Could they...
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The dark universe: can a scientist battling long Covid unlock the mysteries of the cosmos?
Since being laid low with the virus more than a year ago, Catherine Heymans can only operate in...
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All the news and science from the Nobel Prizes
Guardian science correspondents Linda Geddes, Nicola Davis and Hannah Devlin give Madeleine...
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Science, comedy, and society: Brian Cox and Robin Ince answer your questions – podcast
In this week’s Science Weekly podcast, Nicola Davis asks two of popular science’s best known...
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From the archive: Carlo Rovelli on the weirdness of quantum mechanics (part one)
It has been more than a century since the groundwork of quantum physics was first formulated and...
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From the archive: Carlo Rovelli on how to understand the quantum world (part two)
From electrons behaving as both particles and waves to a cat in a box that’s both dead and alive,...
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Cross Section: Carlo Rovelli – Science Weekly podcast
Guest host Richard Lea reimagines time with theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli. What is time,...
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