
What clean energy will look like after renewables
When it comes to the climate crisis, energy is one of the biggest and most complex topics. To help us break it down into something more manageable, we spoke to engineer Dr Bart Kolodziejczyk from Mona...
5 Okt 202330min

The future of drug discovery
If we learnt anything from the COVID-19 pandemic it was that, as a society, we owe a huge debt to the scientists around the world that work, day in, day out, on developing medicines to keep us healthy...
1 Okt 202331min

Sustainability Special – Why ‘biodegradable’ doesn’t mean what you think
We humans depend on the Earth’s natural resources for our very existence so it’s vital that we take as good care of them as we can. However, it’s abundantly clear that the environment isn’t in great s...
28 Sep 202331min

Sustainability Special - The potential of smart materials
We humans depend on the Earth’s natural resources for our very existence so it’s vital that we take as good care of them as we can. However, it’s abundantly clear that the environment isn’t in great ...
24 Sep 202328min

Sustainability Special - Solving the world’s plastic pollution problem
We humans depend on the Earth’s natural resources for our very existence so it’s vital that we take as good care of them as we can. However, it’s abundantly clear that the environment isn’t in great s...
21 Sep 202335min

Sustainability Special – How can we make our food more secure?
Like it or not, food plays a central role in all of our lives. It’s so important that whole societies and economies have formed around it, wars are fought over it, and, now, the way we consume it is h...
17 Sep 202337min

What mass extinctions can teach us about the future of life on Earth
Most of us are aware that an asteroid strike led to the extinction of the dinosaurs some 66 million years ago. But fewer are aware that this was just one of several mass extinction events to have occu...
14 Sep 202329min

Neil DeGrasse Tyson explains the Universe’s greatest mysteries
What’s beyond our Universe? Will time travel ever be possible? And what might aliens look like? All huge questions that today we’re asking a special guest, Neil DeGrasse Tyson – astrophysicist and aut...
10 Sep 202332min


















