2020-11-05 Melting ice sheet: Is it too late?
Introduction This year’s global heating and melting polar ice has many scientists asking whether it’s now too late to stop…
2020-10-29 Walkman: the music player revolution
Introduction Years before iPods and MP3 downloads, the Sony Walkman was the first widely available portable music player. It revolutionised…
2020-10-22 Could humans live in underwater cities?
Introduction While human exploration of space has landed a man on the Moon and journeyed to the surface of Mars,…
2020-10-15 Hacking help for US elections
Introduction The 2020 presidential elections in the US, in which President Donald Trump faces the Democrat candidate Joe Biden, are…
2020-10-08 Do chimps have the same emotions as us?
Introduction In this programme, we’ll be hearing iconic environmentalist Jane Goodall reflect on how attitudes have changed as science has…
2020-10-01 How can we make the web a better place?
Introduction In this programme, we’ll hear about a new academic subject called Web Science, which studies the technology behind the…
2020-09-24 Coronavirus: Dealing with mass unemployment
Introduction The coronavirus pandemic has caused millions of people to lose their jobs and forced thousands more temporarily out of…
2020-09-17 Grandma therapy in Zimbabwe
Introduction Grandmothers in Zimbabwe are being trained to provide therapy to people in their community. The African country has over…
2020-09-10 Is there a future without bees?
Introduction Bee numbers are declining at an alarming rate and in some places disappearing altogether, which has serious consequences for…
2020-09-03 How to talk about conspiracy theories
Introduction Conspiracy theories are not a new phenomenon – some people still don’t believe that man has ever been to…
2020-08-27 What’s the point of blood types?
Introduction What’s your blood type? In this programme we’ll be finding out all about blood – why humans have different…
2020-08-20 Will Covid-19 change cities?
Introduction From the bubonic plague and cholera to tuberculosis, pandemics have changed the ways cities have evolved. The coronavirus has…
2020-08-13 Is this the era of distrust?
Introduction In an era of fake news, where even a president of the United States is accused of spreading misinformation,…
2020-08-06 No more bosses
Introduction In this programme, we hear from companies that have got rid of managers and say it has helped staff…
2020-07-30 The medicine of coronavirus
Introduction In this programme, we’ll be looking at the origins of Covid-19 and hearing new evidence about the scale of…
2020-07-23 Food made in space
Introduction You are used to having your vegetables coming from agricultural land, but how about space? Listen to the programme…
2020-07-16 Sport against poverty
Introduction Sport is changing lives and giving hope to young people leading the toughest lives. Neil and Sam discuss how…
2020-07-09 Covid-19: The office after lockdown
Introduction The coronavirus outbreak is changing the workplace. As employees slowly return to work after lockdown, tech companies are busy…
2020-07-02 Should we wear a face mask?
Introduction With the outbreak of the coronavirus epidemic, people in many countries around the world have started wearing face masks…
2020-06-25 Millennials and business
Introduction It seems the millennial generation are attracted to starting their own businesses and it’s not just about making money,…