ATTACK OF THE SCREWWORMS: Meet Nature’s Fles...

Welcome to Science Quest! 🚀 This week, we are counting down to World Ocean’s Day by tracking deep-sea defenders, investigating a spectacular rocket explosion, and going beyond the edge of the cosmos to find out what space is actually inside of. 💥 Rocket Crash: Blue Origin’s lat ...  Show more

This Week’s Big Questions! You’ve been sending in your brilliantly curious questions, and this week… 🤧 Why does snot appear when your nose dries out?👂 Why do your ears pop on planes?🔥 Why is fire orange?😴 Why don’t we hear things when we sleep?🐟 Do fish wee?☀️ Why does the S ...  Show more

Space Nuts Episode 492: Tidal Locking, Solar Mysteries, and Moon Travel
Join Andrew Dunkley and Professor Jonti Horner in this engaging Q&A edition of Space Nuts, where they tackle a variety of cosmic questions from our curious listeners. From the complexities of ...  Show more

Episode 321 Humans live a lot longer than other primates - and much of that is down to our immune system. But there’s a price we pay for the capacity to fight off infections: inflammation. Chronic inflammation is to blame for a range of health issues, especially those related to ...  Show more

Have you ever watched birds soaring in the sky and wondered... How do they fly like that? Our guest,  Alex Troutman, wildlife biologist and science communicator, is here to explain it all. A lifetime birding enthusiast, Alex turned his interest in birds into a job as a scientist. ...  Show more

The congressionally mandated National Climate Assessment grinds to a halt. Amazon launches its first round of Internet satellites. The European Space Agency launches a satellite to measure the biomass of Earth’s trees. New data from NASA’s Juno spacecraft offer insights into Jupi ...  Show more