The Reality of Being Santa
Could Santa Clause still exist IF we stripped away the magic? If the ability to bend spacetime was gone? What conditions would Santa need to deliver a present to every human being on Earth in a single...
23 Dec 202535min
The Device That Maps The Heavens
Tucked away in old engineering kits and museum drawers is a device whose sweeping motion once captivated mathematicians and designers alike. The ellipsograph: a mechanical tool built from sliding...
18 Dec 202526min
Are You REALLY Made Of Stars?
What happens when the universe throws a random curveball at one of the most precise communities on Earth? Cosmic rays high energy particles from deep space are invisible, unpredictable, and capable of...
16 Dec 202536min
The Magic Math Trick That Fools Everyone
What makes a simple brain-teaser about two identical swords one of the most deceptively tricky logic puzzles of the last century? And why has this seemingly innocent riddle fascinated mathematicians, ...
11 Dec 202539min
Is Music Getting Worse?
Has music really been getting worse… or is it just shifting in ways we don’t always notice? And why does the soundtrack to your teenage years feel like the single greatest playlist ever made? Hanna...
9 Dec 202544min
The Letter That Changed Mathematics
How did pages of mysterious “gibberish” sent from Madras find their way to one of Cambridge University’s most respected mathematicians? Were the strange formulas the work of a deluded mind - or breakt...
4 Dec 202535min
The Biology and Psychology of Crying
Are humans the only creatures that shed emotional tears? If we are, what purpose do these tears really serve? If crying is so natural, why do we so often try to hide it? A single sob sends Hannah and...
2 Dec 202546min
The Arecibo Message and Interstellar Communication
What happens when humanity dares to shout a cosmic “hello”? Could it help alien civilisations decode human mathematics, our DNA, the blueprints of who we are? And why did we blast the 3-trillion-watt ...
27 Nov 202537min
