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New Scientist Podcasts

Podcasts for the insatiably curious by the world’s most popular weekly science magazine. Everything from the latest science and technology news to the big-picture questions about life, the universe an... Read more

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#3: Coronavirus latest, a woman with half a brain, and love drugs

#3: Coronavirus latest, a woman with half a brain, and love drugs

Just when we thought we were seeing a decline in the number of Wuhan coronavirus cases, there has been a sharp uptick in... Read more

14 Feb 2020

26mins

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#4: Lab-grown meat, Neanderthal burials, and space tourism

#4: Lab-grown meat, Neanderthal burials, and space tourism

Would you eat lab-grown meat? The guilt-free, environmentally friendly animal alternative will be hitting our shelves th... Read more

21 Feb 2020

28mins

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#37: Black holes and CRISPR gene editing spring Nobel surprises; climate change and indigenous people in the Arctic; symptom clusters identified for covid-19

#37: Black holes and CRISPR gene editing spring Nobel surprises; climate change and indigenous people in the Arctic; symptom clusters identified for covid-19

This year’s Nobel prize season has been the most thrilling in ages. Not only are we celebrating fascinating scientific b... Read more

8 Oct 2020

31mins

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#36: Hunt for life on Venus and Mars; how the paleo diet affects your age; strategy for the second wave of coronavirus; species extinction crisis

#36: Hunt for life on Venus and Mars; how the paleo diet affects your age; strategy for the second wave of coronavirus; species extinction crisis

Hopes of discovering life on Venus have been dampened somewhat as the sheer scale of the task becomes clear. But don’t g... Read more

1 Oct 2020

32mins

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#34: Race to find life on Venus; coronavirus claims lives of 1 million people; extinction crisis; how the brain slows time

#34: Race to find life on Venus; coronavirus claims lives of 1 million people; extinction crisis; how the brain slows time

Move over Mars - Venus might actually be the best place to find alien life in our solar system. Phosphine, a molecule th... Read more

17 Sep 2020

33mins

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#29: Loneliness during lockdown; medical artificial intelligence beats doctors; who gets the coronavirus vaccine first

#29: Loneliness during lockdown; medical artificial intelligence beats doctors; who gets the coronavirus vaccine first

By now we’re all feeling the effects of video call fatigue. Even though we’ve found new ways to connect with each other ... Read more

13 Aug 2020

31mins

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#17: The truth about our appetites, the impact of coronavirus on conservation, mud volcanoes on Mars

#17: The truth about our appetites, the impact of coronavirus on conservation, mud volcanoes on Mars

Rather than simply eating until we are full, humans selectively try to eat the right amounts of three macronutrients – p... Read more

22 May 2020

30mins

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#15: Mystery of radio signals from deep space; the future of music; epidemic of bad coronavirus science

#15: Mystery of radio signals from deep space; the future of music; epidemic of bad coronavirus science

MIDI, the digital encoding technology that revolutionised music production in the 1980s, is getting an upgrade. We explo... Read more

8 May 2020

28mins

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#14: Dreams, sleep and coronavirus, a new explanation of consciousness, brain-stimulation anorexia treatment

#14: Dreams, sleep and coronavirus, a new explanation of consciousness, brain-stimulation anorexia treatment

Is the coronavirus crisis giving you bad dreams? Anxiety and stress about covid-19 has changed our sleeping patterns and... Read more

1 May 2020

31mins

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#13: Evidence for a parallel universe, protecting mental health in lockdown, why covid-19 hits men harder

#13: Evidence for a parallel universe, protecting mental health in lockdown, why covid-19 hits men harder

We might have the first evidence for the mind-blowing idea that there is a parallel universe to our own, an antimatter u... Read more

24 Apr 2020

29mins

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#12: Strength training for better health, bats mimic sound, biggest ever supernova

#12: Strength training for better health, bats mimic sound, biggest ever supernova

While much of the world is still on lockdown and with global cases of coronavirus now over two million, one positive thi... Read more

17 Apr 2020

21mins

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#11: Covid World, coronavirus in New York, invasion of parakeets, bacteria and their amazing powers

#11: Covid World, coronavirus in New York, invasion of parakeets, bacteria and their amazing powers

The United States now accounts for one-fifth of all new coronavirus cases globally, with New York at the epicentre with ... Read more

10 Apr 2020

31mins

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#10: Coronavirus questions answered, revolution in human evolution, mind-reading computers

#10: Coronavirus questions answered, revolution in human evolution, mind-reading computers

There’s still so much uncertainty surrounding COVID-19, from the symptoms and spreadability to matters like how long you... Read more

3 Apr 2020

25mins

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#9: Coronavirus lockdown – how to flatten the curve, reset the immune system, and the world’s most hardcore mammal

#9: Coronavirus lockdown – how to flatten the curve, reset the immune system, and the world’s most hardcore mammal

The UK government says they are going to distribute millions of covid-19 coronavirus testing kits in the next few days, ... Read more

27 Mar 2020

33mins

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#8: Coronavirus special – disaster preparation, environmental change and disease emergence; plus science round-up

#8: Coronavirus special – disaster preparation, environmental change and disease emergence; plus science round-up

The actions taken now by countries and governments globally is crucial in limiting the impact of the covid-19 coronaviru... Read more

20 Mar 2020

34mins

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#7: Coronavirus vaccine, neutrinos in the early universe, and organ transplants

#7: Coronavirus vaccine, neutrinos in the early universe, and organ transplants

Everyone wants a coronavirus vaccine as soon as possible - but what is involved, and how long will it take? On the panel... Read more

13 Mar 2020

25mins

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#6: Coronavirus special - the spread of covid-19, fatality rates, and the importance of hand washing

#6: Coronavirus special - the spread of covid-19, fatality rates, and the importance of hand washing

Governments globally are taking serious measures to halt the spread of the covid-19 coronavirus, from shutting schools t... Read more

6 Mar 2020

33mins

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#5: Pandemic preparations, mind-reading – and a trillion trees

#5: Pandemic preparations, mind-reading – and a trillion trees

As the covid-19 coronavirus spreads around the globe, we’ve been warned to prepare for a pandemic. On the panel this wee... Read more

28 Feb 2020

27mins

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#51: Covid evolution; new dinosaur; missing genome data

#51: Covid evolution; new dinosaur; missing genome data

As we continue to discover new mutant variants of the covid-19 virus, the team looks at how these will impact vaccinatio... Read more

22 Jan 2021

26mins

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#2: Weird quantum experiment, origin of the alphabet, and coronavirus developments

#2: Weird quantum experiment, origin of the alphabet, and coronavirus developments

Being in two different places at once — it's one of the deeply weird things that happens in the quantum realm. On the pa... Read more

7 Feb 2020

22mins

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