The healing power of nature
Do you ever feel a bit stressed and think that taking a walk in the woods is just the thing to calm your mind? Maybe you take a moment to listen to the birdsong around you to lift your mood during you...
5 Sep 202431min
How science is helping us restore the Earth’s atmosphere
In his book, Into The Clear Blue Sky, Rob Jackson asks an important question, can we really restore the Earth’s atmosphere within our lifetime? He talks us through how this could be possible through t...
1 Sep 202430min
Why you're probably not getting enough fibre – and how to fix it
New, so-called ‘superfoods’ frequently find their own moment in the spotlight. But what if there was one type of food that really did help with everything? Well, microbiome scientist, dietician and ex...
29 Aug 202433min
Surprising facts about weird animal abilities
Animals can do some pretty cool things, but the world is full of bizarre adaptations you’ve probably never heard of or not given much thought to. In this episode, we speak to vet and TV presenter Dr J...
25 Aug 202435min
How thinking more radically can help us see the bigger picture
These days we’re constantly bombarded with information, be it from television, social media, friends and family or simply from the world around us. But how do we interpret this information, what role ...
22 Aug 202433min
Why your plants are more intelligent than you think
Right now, in labs and lecture halls all around the world, there’s a war raging. Not a physical war of fists and gunfire, but a war of ideas, and of research and of fact. The battle ground is this: C...
18 Aug 202435min
How science can help us predict the future
The future can be scary, but what if there was a way for us to understand it a little better? Tom Chivers believes there is. His new book Everything Is Predictable explains how Bayes Theorem, a statis...
15 Aug 202428min
Why we form one-sided 'parasocial' relationships with celebrities
It is easy to feel like we know celebrities, and even love them. But these people don’t know who we are, so is it healthy? We spoke to Karen Shackleford, a media psychologist to better understand the ...
11 Aug 202431min
