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Episodes
A new episode will be released each week and listed below:
Breaking Science: Darwin, evolution & natural selection...
Featuring: audio,
Alex J White under CC-BY-NC licence
How Darwin's theories became accepted, palaeontology provides evidence of natural selection, and dinosaurs – an accident in selection. Read more : Breaking Science: Darwin, evolution & natural selection...
Breaking Science: Migraines, mind reading & space...
Featuring: audio,
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The cause of migraines, mind reading algorithms, predicting your looks from your genes and will you really explode in space without your spacesuit? Read more : Breaking Science: Migraines, mind reading & space...
Breaking Science: Rainforests, earthquakes & liquid glass
Featuring: audio,
photos.com
Man and horse history, the Amazon – potential carbon criminal, earthquake prediction and are old windows thicker at the bottom because glass is... Read more : Breaking Science: Rainforests, earthquakes & liquid glass
Breaking Science: Bad taste, arsenic & blue skies...
Featuring: audio,
photos.com
Pain relief from chillies, new clue in Alzheimer's mystery, why a bad taste gives us more than one reaction and are the sky and... Read more : Breaking Science: Bad taste, arsenic & blue skies...
Breaking Science: Science of envy, sugar and kids...
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The root of teeth development, cold genetics, the science of complex emotions and does sugar make kids hyperactive? Read more : Breaking Science: Science of envy, sugar and kids...
Breaking Science: Queen ant impersonators & tall stories...
Featuring: audio,
JensBuurgaardNielsen via Wikimedia
Queen ant impersonators, how IVF helps in nature vs. nurture debate, chemical link between asthma and eczema, and can you predict a child's ... Read more : Breaking Science: Queen ant impersonators & tall stories...
Breaking Science: Dinosaur fights & suicidal lemmings...
Featuring: audio,
FrodeIngeHelland via Wikimedia
Dinosaur fights, fewer calories – better memory, WiFi – the gaping hole in our internet security, controlling locust swarms and are lemmings suicidal? Read more : Breaking Science: Dinosaur fights & suicidal lemmings...
Breaking Science: Brown clouds, injured neurons, acupuncture...
Featuring: audio,
photos.com
Brown clouds, injured neurons, acupuncture for headaches and does watching TV really make you short-sighted? Read more : Breaking Science: Brown clouds, injured neurons, acupuncture...
Breaking Science: Stress, fish, financial success...
Featuring: audio,
photos.com
Important fish, can finger length predict success and are daddy long-legs all that venomous? Read more : Breaking Science: Stress, fish, financial success...
Breaking Science: Pink iguanas & mosquito love songs...
Featuring: audio,
photos.com
Newly discovered pink iguanas, sustainable fibres, healthy eyes, mosquito love songs and do your eyes pop out when you sneeze? Read more : Breaking Science: Pink iguanas & mosquito love songs...
Breaking Science: Coffee, chimps and meteorites...
Featuring: audio,
photos.com
Robot ethics, how chimps recognise faces, coffee – keeping the car and it's driver going, and are meteorites hot when they hit the ground? Read more : Breaking Science: Coffee, chimps and meteorites...
Breaking Science: Fire ants, jealous dogs, coral clocks...
Featuring: audio,
photos.com
Coral rings predict tsunami, how humans affect fire ant invasions, new way to combat HIV, dog morals and does searing meat really seal in... Read more : Breaking Science: Fire ants, jealous dogs, coral clocks...
Breaking Science: Limb length, cancer, freezing water...
Featuring: audio,
photos.com
Effects of temperature on limb length, how the egg keeps fertilization to one sperm, and does boiling water freeze faster than cold? Read more : Breaking Science: Limb length, cancer, freezing water...
Breaking Science: Ice, testing the genders, unruly crowds...
Featuring: audio,
photos.com
Academic differences between the genders, icebergs and climate change, robot lizards and are crowds as unruly as they seem? Read more : Breaking Science: Ice, testing the genders, unruly crowds...
Breaking Science: Laser hearing, chatty females, clean energy...
Featuring: audio,
photos.com
Shedding light on deafness, an ocean of clean energy, is Jurassic Park a reality, and do cats always land on their feet? Read more : Breaking Science: Laser hearing, chatty females, clean energy...
Beaking Science: Fish elections, cholera, evolution...
Featuring: audio,
photos.com
Identifying faulty genes, what stickleback leader selection says about us, and predicting cholera outbreaks from space. Read more : Beaking Science: Fish elections, cholera, evolution...
Breaking Science: Frozen clones, friendly bacteria, Dalmations...
Featuring: audio,
photos.com
How to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, clone a frozen mouse, and harness the elusive power of vitamins. Read more : Breaking Science: Frozen clones, friendly bacteria, Dalmations...
Breaking Science: Planets, midges, flu...
Featuring: audio,
photos.com
The making of planets, midge-friendly lighting, flu jabs, climate change, and food that's fallen off the plate. Read more : Breaking Science: Planets, midges, flu...
Breaking Science: Mice memory, X-ray tape ...
Featuring: audio,
Other - from calendar, cleared for use online
Erasing memories, amazing butterflies, X-rays from sticky tape and cracking your knuckles – there's something for everyone. Read more : Breaking Science: Mice memory, X-ray tape ...
Breaking Science: Mind control, TB...
Featuring: audio,
photos.com
Silver surfers, light sensitive molecules, new links to breast cancer and duck quack... Read more : Breaking Science: Mind control, TB...
Breaking Science: Malaria, volcanoes...
Featuring: audio,
photos.com
Volcanoes, malaria, DNA testing, hydrogen storage, gold mines and brain capacity. Read more : Breaking Science: Malaria, volcanoes...
Breaking Science: HIV and superstitions
Featuring: audio,
photos.com
The latest research on the origin of the HIV virus, how superstitions are formed and why we think everything radioactive glows in the dark Read more : Breaking Science: HIV and superstitions
Breaking Science: Auctions and frog fungus
Featuring: audio,
photos.com
Online auctions, ice ages, ghrelin, frog fungus and moving continents are amongst the topics under discussion by the team. Read more : Breaking Science: Auctions and frog fungus
Breaking Science: Use or lose your dopamine
Featuring: audio,
photos.com
Stem cell research, global warming, chewing gum digestion and the effect of dopamine on the brain. Read more : Breaking Science: Use or lose your dopamine
Breaking Science: Dr Chris says hello
Featuring: audio,
photos.com
In this introductory episode, Dr Chris Smith tells us about what he and the team have in store for us Read more : Breaking Science: Dr Chris says hello


















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