In Short

In this Planet Earth podcast, Sue Nelson goes to the Eden Project in Cornwall, southwest England and to the South Downs...

Scientists know that fluffy stratocumulus clouds act like a blanket on the Earth - they stop warm air escaping, but...

Cisplatin podcast from Chemistry World - the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry

Sixty percent of all HIV sufferers in the world live in rural Africa, but practical and economic obstacles can prevent...

With efforts to improve energy efficiency focussed on green transport to sustainable power generation, growing your own...

Scientists recently found plastics floating in some of the most remote and inaccessible seas in the world - just off...

How do supermarkets convince you to part with your money? In this special edition of the Naked Scientists, Smitha...

This is a podcast by the Society for General Microbiology, recorded at a session they sponsored, at the 2010 Times...

Carbon dioxide podcast from Chemistry World - the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry

British Geological Survey scientists have completed the first full geological survey of Lake Windermere in the English...

What do we know about earthquakes? And can we predict when they might occur? A special event was held to discuss these...

Cholesterol podcast from Chemistry World - the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry

Where did malaria come from? Analysing over three thousand samples of faeces from gorillas, bonobos and chimpanzees,...

Everyone loves a rockpool, and Sue Nelson nearly takes a dive into one in this week's podcast while finding out...

Water podcast from Chemistry World - the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry

New research into the incredible properties of objects at the quantum scale has brought the aim of quantum computing...

Lawrencium podcast from Chemistry World - the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

You could be forgiven for thinking the freezing seas around Antarctica are pretty barren and lifeless. But, as Richard...

In this podcast from the impressively-named Diamond Light Source in Oxfordshire, England, we hear how two researchers...

Look around the English countryside and you'll find animals and plants that shouldn't be there - from Muntjac...

Coral reefs are among the most beautiful habitats in the world. As well as being rich in biodiversity, they're...

Willow, palm, miscanthus and other energy crops are being touted as a possible solution to our growing energy security...

This week we talk to two researchers about the technological solutions some scientists say we might have to use to...

Hassium podcast from Chemistry World - the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry.