Lockdown Science

In the last episode of this series, we’re taking tips on Instagram fame from the bird world, finding out about the history of Antarctica from a small green rock, getting sticky with some bacterial ne…

This week we’re finding out whether our morning espresso is safe from climate change, getting acquainted with a droopy creature that enjoys a cold bath, being dazzled by some high-tech paint, hearing…

This week we’re asking whether octopuses dream of punching fish, finding out how the Amazon rainforest was born, wondering whether we’re heading for a fiery asteroid-generated doom, learning about ho…

This week we’re finding out how the moon is powering cars in the Shetlands, asking if cats value kindness, investigating whether a sperm-filled solar-powered lunar ark is viable, wondering whether sl…

This week we’re finding out whether the magnetic poles flipping killed the Neanderthals, asking how a bird species could hide for 170 years, marvelling at a swarm of tiny robot bees, wondering how tw…

This week we’re asking what a sarcastic fringehead is, nerding out about Perseverance’s flashy gadgets, finding out how much tyrannical power a naked mole-rat queen has, cooing over an adorable clone…

This week we’re asking whether science can solve one of the world’s greatest conspiracy theories, checking if groundhogs can live forever, delving into Greek myths to find out more about butterflies,…

This week we’re finding out how to make your Burns Night stellar, deciding whether we have what it takes to control a herd of bison, discovering what’s causing sci-fi blue jets visible from the ISS, …

This week we’re finding out just how identical identical twins really are, asking whether the didgeridoo can help us get better sleep, reacquainting ourselves with the mother of palaeontology, listen…

It’s the last show of 2020, a year when finding non-COVID science news was like searching for a needle in a viral haystack. This week we’ve got a bumper edition of our Science of Week quiz, covering …

In a pretty un-Christmassy Christmas special, this week we're chatting about what effects crocodiles have on gambling habits, pondering whether dogs can tell that other dogs are indeed dogs, finding …

This week we're chatting about glowing platypuses, finding out why China is going to the Moon, pondering what "beaver butt juice" tastes like, asking why you'd give an alligator helium to find out ab…

Lockdown is back and so is Lockdown Science! For our glorious return we're finding out how to tickle a wombat, talking about spying on exoplanets, working out why two extra legs makes all the differe…

In this week’s episode we’re “revisiting” the fluid dynamics of penguin poo, checking out some eco-friendly(ish) whiskey, asking what sight has got birdwatchers all a flutter, and finding out how to …

In this week’s episode we’re chatting about the first astronauts to launch from American soil since 2011, asking whether you should really shoot most of your study animals to monitor their population…

In this week's episode we're asking whether we should really be trusting Dr Google, marvelling at how bees trick plants into giving them what they want, finding out what's about to swarm in America f…

In this episode we're celebrating a big birthday for the Hubble Space Telescope, finding out how you can keep up with some lonely garden eels, discovering a prehistoric "Crazy Beast", getting the low…

In this episode we're chatting about the 50th anniversary of Apollo 13, a rediscovered beetle, a tiny dinosaur, some mad Neanderthal skills, and how nightingales will cope with climate change. But mo…

Welcome to our brand new series, Lockdown Science! What happens when two biologists isolate together? As a break from meticulously studying the behaviour of our cat and dealing with the fact that we …