I, Science Radio 19th September 2019

Past, Present and Future

Dog bites, cultured meat and progress in creating an artificial pancreas.

Science inspired radio dramas

Science in the News: Super-smellers: the EU march, Brexit and implications for medicine supplies in the UK, an animal version of Marie Kondo and are nature documentaries too sugary?

A glimpse behind the scenes of a changing cultural force – open your mind; go and see it, especially if you don’t play video games and especially if you do.

On this week’s show: Disruption of technology, science communication, and society.

On this week’s show: New Year book recommendations; microbiome transfer in hospitals; decoding brain waves; the white polar bear experiment, and Veganuary.

On this week’s show we take a look back on the episodes we have produced this term.

On this week’s show: Can we share science; Allegations against Neil Degrasse Tyson; and Sleep and Circadian Rhythms

On this week’s show: the process of death; dealing with our digital estate; euthanasia; procrastination, and our bucket lists.

On this week’s show: Changes to the kilogram; test tube ‘fake’ meat; Elon Musk’s Hyperloop; blood recycling; micro-living; mini-brains; and the future of species on Earth.

On this week’s show, we explored the implications of the banned Iceland Christmas advert, Imperial College’s groundbreaking space exploration and some blue-sky scientists’ research – growing cells in a lab, which could create life.

On this week’s show: Gunpowder plot of 1605; Chernobyl disaster and nuclear power; Unusual heatwave in North East Asia; and an earthquake predicted to destroy North West America.

In our interview with Professor Malamud, we discussed his paper on how human interactions with the environment can unintentionally create natural hazards, such as landslides, earthquakes, and floods.

On this week’s show: transhumanism, post humanism and grinders.

On this weeks show: an interview with the I, Science co-editor; the Imperial Late Greenovate Festival; the Purple Earth Hypothesis; and the conservation efforts paradox.

On this weeks show: teenage drinking rates going down; mummy and daddy mice; frequency phobia; and massive magnetic fields.

On this weeks show: the IGCC report on climate change; Dr Strickland’s rejected Wikipedia page; peer review gone wrong; and rewilding projects in Scotland. Join us for some lighthearted conversations about science.

Our first live radio show of the year was great fun talking about zombie ants, lying, bees, and the Nobel and Ig Nobel prizes. Join us for some lighthearted conversations about science.

A new positive energy office was opened on Swansea University’s Bay Campus.

Thursday, 1st February 2018, didn’t come soon enough for some who took up the challenge of not drinking alcohol throughout January.