Science General Podcasts

… but not as you know it.

Interviews and Commentaries from the Oxford Martin School, including Institute overviews and director interviews. From Neolithic burials to Mozart’s Requiem and the novels of Martin Amis, humans have fashioned cultural responses to the inevitability of each individual’s demise. But what does science have to say about death? In a stimulating panel discussion, scientists and writers […]

The Diamond Light Source Synchrotron is a particle accelerator located in Oxfordshire and generates x-rays, infrared and gamma ray beams for scientific research. In these podcasts we’ll introduce you to the workings of the Diamond synchrotron and the scientific discoveries that it’s helping to make possible.

This podcast covers everything from science, to technology, to history and music. Presented by Vidhur Divakar, this show takes the listener on a journey about happenings throughout the world. So tune in, you won’t be disappointed!

Video podcast of cool science demonstrations. Join Dr. Matt Carlson as he risks life, limb, and dignity to bring you the finest science videos on Earth.

From the paperclip to the vacuum cleaner, learn the story behind the inventions we use everyday with Fun Kids’ very own crazy inventor! Listen to Fun Kids on DAB Digital Radio in London and across the UK online.

Have questions you’d like to have answered on this podcast? Let us know! Send us your questions on Facebook, Twitter, or by uploading your recordings to our Soundcloud Dropbox. A science outreach podcast produced by the University of Toronto campus of Let’s Talk Science. Founded with an Online Engagement Grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation. […]

Dick and Dom explore the surprising science that can be found around us. With the help of some young volunteers, they meet scientists who show them a selection of hands-on experiments – which you can try out for yourself at home – revealing new facts about everything from remote controls to bicycle brakes. If you’ve […]

Each week we take a look at what’s hot in the world of Science.

TodayIFoundOut.com’s Daily Knowledge podcast bringing you new interesting facts every weekday for you to feed your brain with.

Brian Cunningham asks the tough questions on life, training, health, fitness, and more importantly: WHO AM I? Find out about alternative medicine, proactive health and living life to its full potential on this ground breaking yet down to Earth approach to self-awareness and living life abundandtly!

Ned Fulmer (Chicago comedian) & Axel Schmidt (MIT Theoretical physicist) discuss weekly science stories with an entertaining and passionate flair.

Supported by a Wellcome Trust Public Engagement grant (2006-2008) in the History of Medicine to Professor Tilli Tansey (QMUL) and Professor Leslie Iversen (Oxford), the History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group at Queen Mary, University of London presents a series of podcasts on the history of neuroscience featuring eminent people in the field: Dr Ann […]

Dr. Kiki’s Science Hour is an in-depth exploration of scientific topics ranging from climate change to nanotech. Every week neurophysiologist Dr. Kirsten Sanford talks with leading experts in all areas of scientific research. Although the show is no longer in production, you can enjoy episodes from the TWiT Archives.

The Science Behind the Bike is a series of films that investigate how science and technology have transformed the sport of cycling. We talk to Olympic gold-medallists Chris Boardman and Rebecca Romero, and Paralympian gold-medallist Sarah Storey, take a trip to a wind tunnel, consult with Team GB physiologists and hear from design experts and […]

This show is a weekly conversation between Tig Notaro and her co-hosts Kyle Dunnigan and David Huntsberger, in which they focus on a central theme they find interesting. The topics range from scientific to philosophical to metaphysical. Looking for the archives? All episodes older than 6 months can be found exclusively on Stitcher Premium, ad-free. […]

Bioethics is the study of the moral implications of new and emerging medical technologies and looks to answer questions such as selling organs, euthanasia and whether should we clone people. The series consists of a series of interviews by leading bioethics academics and is aimed at individuals looking to explore often difficult and confusing questions […]

Can a driven individual shatter academic stereo-types through a passion for education? How does a love of science or engineering help you overcome educational difficulties, or even poverty? Writer and poet Benjamin Zephaniah talks with acclaimed figures in the areas of science, technology and engineering from the Afro-Caribbean community about their experiences within their particular […]

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Working with diagrams is essential for students of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. This unit is packed with practical activities and tips which make learning from and with diagrams more enjoyable and rewarding. One part of this unit deals with the reading of diagrams and the other part with the drawing of diagrams. This study […]

Scientists throughout the world are increasingly interested in the relationship between science and society. Part of their concern is with the social responsibilities scientists have in relation to broader public interests. That raises important issues to do with the ethical and social dimension of scientists’ work and how scientists explain – and perhaps justify – […]

This unit covers the emergence of the Life Sciences sector out of its precursor the pharmaceutical industry. After examining some historical perspectives it uses case studies to look at developments in the science, business and, primarily, management strategies used in Life Sciences. It also briefly considers Life Sciences’ place in the wider story of health […]

Pictures speak louder than words. But how can you use diagrams to help you? This unit looks at how diagrams can be used to represent information and ideas about complex situations. You will learn how to read, draw and present diagrams to help illustrate how ideas or processes are connected. This study unit is just […]

What is consciousness? How does the brain generate consciousness and how can a science of the mind describe and explain it adequately? This unit will introduce you to the slippery phenomenon that is consciousness, as well as some of the difficulties consciousness presents to science and philosophy. This study unit is just one of many […]

How have individual female scientists contributed to the advancement of science through time? To celebrate the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day (March 8th) and to mark International Year of Chemistry 2011, The Open University asked some of the female scientists currently working in its Faculty of Science, to nominate their personal choice of outstanding […]

The GO-Science Science Cafe series spotlights researchers and scientists that are working on innovations across disciplines.

We live with a paradox. We need to measure our world to make sense of it, but important things are really hard to measure. And, when we do measure important things, how do we tell people what we have found out? Dr Simon Bell from The Open University and the Bayswater Institute investigates the world […]

Cool Everyday Science demos with Science Edu-tainment Specialist, Howie G.

Science stories about health, the universe, energy, global security, supercomputing, and technology from Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) that exemplify the premier national security laboratory’s programs and initiatives.

Does Religion Lead to Tolerance or Intolerance? An international three-day conference in Oxford, organised by the Science and Religious Conflict Project team. It is an interdisciplinary conference on the theme of empirically informed approaches to understanding the ways in which religion increases or decreases tolerance. Professor Ben Kaplan (University College London) gives a talk for […]

How – and why – would you build a machine 10,000 times thinner than a human hair? This album features experts discussing the paradigm shift that is occurring in science. Scientists are learning to manipulate atoms on the scale of a billionth of a metre and control them to perform specific tasks. They can emulate […]

From robot surgery to nation-wide hunts for stripy snails via Michael Faraday, The Open University’s new podcast series caters to all tastes. Take-Away Science is about anything and everything interesting in science. Featuring interviews with practising scientists at the cutting edge of research, television science presenters and students starting out on their degrees, the OU […]

How fundamental are fungi to a forest’s eco-system? And how can they be utilised to reclaim barren land and grow sustainable plantations for economic markets? In this album, scientists from the UK and Malaysia explore how fungi form constructive and cooperative partnerships with other plants and trees, and how such symbiosis can be used for […]

Traumatic injury causes millions of deaths and disabilities globally. How does the body react to tissue damage and what are the psychological effects of injury? The six video tracks in this album present a range of powerful and moving case studies and show how access to emergency and longer-term care can help. We find out […]

Mr. Barlow talks about the latest interesting developments in science.

[itunes pic] Interview with Mo Costandi, “neuroscientist by training; writer by inclination”, author of Neurophilosophy on ScienceBlogs.com. The Science News from Science Daily (with background music by Stereolab): Exercise Prevents Decline in Memory after Whole-Brain Radiation Therapy / Implanting Bad Memories in Bugs / Chili Peppers (capsaicin) May Reduce Pain / How the Moon’s Surface […]

The 6th World Conference of Science Journalists 2009 (WCSJ2009) brings established and aspiring reporters, writers and science communicators from around the world to debate, network, develop their professional skills and report the latest advances in science and technology.

How do you see the invisible? Today, mechanical, electrical, chemical and biological engineering of ‘small worlds’ is revolutionising our lives. Atomic Force Microscopes are an important tool when creating engineering solutions on the micro and nano scale. The 4 video tracks on this album examine the AFM’s engineering and operation, explain how it can be […]

What if the cataclysmic Tunguska explosion of 1908 was caused, not by a meteor or a comet, but by a microscopic black hole? … Well, like as not, you already know that story — the one told by Bill DeSmedt in his award-winning novel/podcast Singularity. What you may not know, though, is the story behind […]

Learn about everyday wonders of science and technology! Wydea Wonders animated videos explain topics ranging from computer networking and digital music to airplanes and engines in an easy-to-understand, interesting way. For more information and additional content please visit www.wydea.com.

Darwin or Design is a collection of interviews with 25 people on both sides of the intelligent design question. There are interviews on what evolutionary theory currently thinks, what is intelligent design, the philosophy of science, ID and The Law and many others. If you want to learn about about Intelligent Design and get an […]

I am an 8th grade science teacher at Giddings Middle School, Go Buffaloes!!!!! 8th grade science covers a variety of topics, ranging from The Periodic Table and chemical properties to Earth cycles and systems, along with the human body and physical science. This page is going to be used to get the information that is […]

Curated by the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, Sweden, the Exhibition’s international tour visited UTS in April on the penultimate leg of its six year, fourteen city tour before heading to Abu Dhabi. The Exhibition was proudly sponsored by the Nobel Museum, Volvo and UTS. The Federal Department of Education, Science and Training also provided support […]

What science careers are available today? Follow rising stars from MIT, MGH and the private sector as they work on everything from building adaptable robots to using science to solve crimes and, in their spare time, dance, cheerlead, and play in rock bands.

a queer, brown MidWesterner and a rotating cast of co-host friends ponder life aka we all started in STEM adjacent career paths, got radicalized, and now we’re all over north america being cute keep in touch at stemsandleaves.com

Prof. G. Venkataraman is a renowned Indian scientist who has contributed immensely to India’s atomic energy research program and also led a project which is part of India’s indigenous supercomputing initiative. He served as the 5th Vice-Chancellor of the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning (Deemed to be University), Prasanthi Nilayam and the first […]

Looking up at the sky, scientists are always curious about everything happening in our universe, and they strive to explore various scientific fields without cease. Through countless observations, assumptions and verifications, scientists have tried very hard to find out and summarise the natural phenomena, thereby understanding the rules therein, but at the same time, encounter […]

In the Defence Science and Technology podcast, you will hear from DST Group’s leading scientists about how our innovative research adds value to the Australian Defence Force.

Women in STEM is recorded and produced by Praphanit Doowa, featuring interviews with the experiences and stories of women in and around the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics schools at the University of Washington.

“The martyrs of Science” gives a brief biography of Galileo, Brahe and Kepler. These three men played a pivotal role in the scientific revolution during the early modern period. This book throws light upon their lives, their scientific achievements, adversities which they faced for their work and how they transformed the lives of the future […]

Nate Follmer, videographer extraordinaire and science newb, and Sam Sholtis, science writer and former research scientist, discuss burning—and sometimes not so burning—questions on the leading edge of science with researchers in the Penn State Eberly College of Science who are actually doing the work.

Do you know the difference between sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks? Are you interested in their geologic origin, chemical composition or how each type affects the landscape? Do you know the differences between limestone, granite and marble as building materials? You will find these and lots of other interesting facts about rocks in this second […]