Why tasty treats are more tricky to resist after a sleepless night...
Interviews about History
Interviews on archaeology, anthropology, palaeoanthropology and the history of science...
13 October 2020
Meet our featured guests this week: palaeoanthropologist Lee Berger, and journal editor Theo Bloom...
13 October 2020
This gene cluster is linked to more severe COVID-19 infections, and perfectly matches Neanderthal DNA...
13 October 2020
The unlikely coincidences in our history that led to all of us being here today...
14 September 2020
Mithridates the Great, king of Pontus, lived two thousand years ago - and pioneered the science of poisons...
01 September 2020
When it comes to the origins of COVID, there are still lots of unknowns. But we can be sure of a sequel...
28 July 2020
Time for some extra credit 'material' from the Chemistry & Materials round...
20 July 2020
Rosalind's sister, Jenifer, has many fond memories of Rosalind
20 July 2020
How does Rosalind Franklin fit in the DNA story?
15 June 2020
The dead sea scrolls are a famous historical treasure. And ancient DNA has uncovered new clues...
09 June 2020
Wieman won a Nobel prize for making a Bose-Einstein condensate - seventy years after they were predicted...
26 May 2020
How have scientists adapted through history?
18 May 2020
How does science reach governments and politicians? It's not a transparent process...
18 May 2020
In some fields, three fifths of published papers can't be replicated or independently verified...
18 May 2020
How the peer review process got started, and how it's changed