Quick Fire Science, from the Naked Scientists

It has been announced by the government that driverless cars will be trialled on the roads of the UK by January 2015. Th... Read more

Last weekend, many people will have noticed the moon looking especially bigand bright. This is because of a phenomenon k... Read more

This week the Royal College of Physicians have issued a report looking at the standard of asthma care in the UK. There a... Read more

This week marks the 60th anniversary of the first complete ascent of Mount Everest by Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norgay ... Read more

This week, a team at Toronto university won the "Igor I. Sikorsky Competition" by building a man-powered helicopter an... Read more

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Last week, the 2nd to last to last wild born Spix's Macaw died. The 40 year old parrot, named Presley, was thought to ha... Read more

US government this week discovered vials of smallpox virus whilst cleaning out an old storeroom. This was shocking, as i... Read more

This week, a farm worker in Argentina stumbled upon what has turned out to be a bone belonging to the largest known dino... Read more

This week news broke that Turkey had suffered its worst ever mining disaster after an explosion and fire in a mine in So... Read more

This week a computer program reportedly passed the 'Turing test' for the first time, tricking people into believing it i... Read more

Capital punishment hasn't been used in the UK since 1964, however many countries, including the USA and China, still exe... Read more

Dubbed Project Loon, and with the strapline "Balloon-Powered Internet For Everyone", Google announces the deployment of ... Read more

This week, Alexander Shulgin, the so called 'Godfather of ecstasy' died peacefully in his sleep. The 88 year old is best... Read more

A baby has been born in the US using a new genetic screening test for IVF embryos Like this podcast? Please help us by s... Read more

A team in Singapore have developed an invisibility cloak that can hide goldfish and cats. Like this podcast? Please help... Read more

This week the actor Michael Douglas revealed in an interview with the Guardian newspaper that he believes the throat c... Read more

The virtual currency 'bitcoin' has long been used by gamers to buy extra features online. But now you can spend your sav... Read more

This week, a teenage boy survived the 5 hour flight from California to Hawaii, hidden in the wheel well of a plane. Exp... Read more

Wednesday, the 2nd of April was World Autism Awareness Day so to help you get to grips with this often misunderstood con... Read more