What inspiration can we pull from nature? From medicinal plants to bio-mimicry, the options seem to be endless.

Welcome new I, Science Radio crew! Our new producer is Ryna Lau and our new presenter is Jacqui Wakefield. They were joined in the studio by the I, Science magazine co-editors Charlotte Hartley and Priyanka Dasgupta, and 2019 Science Communication M.Sc. student and creative director Jack Monaghan. Discussion included the benefits of being involved in […]

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

All about sustainable fashion

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?

IScience: bad science edition; AIDS breakthrough?; First ever IScience Radio drama club: County Lines

This week on I, Science Radio, we celebrate the anniversary of Stephen Hawking’s death.

On the radio this week: All things Alcohol

On the radio this week: ‘Bad Science’ Experiments and Bad Science in Great Movies

On the radio this week, the Good and Bad of Documentaries. Why should we watch them? Should they be educational? How accurate can they be?

On this week’s show: Women in STEM.

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

On this week’s show: Bad Science – controversial figures, unproven methods, and research that does no good.

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: CRISPR twins, plan S, research on Christmas Trees, and the new I, Science magazine.

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.

Round-up of this week’s news: spinal cord implants used to treat paralysis; children’s climate lawsuit to progress; and scientist to feature on new £50 note.

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.

Round up of this weeks news: Beplicolombo heads to Mercury; radiotherapy used to treat prostate cancer; and wooly mammoth and rhino bones found by road workers.

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