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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 12 days 14 hours 26 minutes
Halloween special: the science of scary apparitions – podcast
Why are we obsessed with ghosts, werewolves, witches and voices from the other side? Psychologist Chris French and vampire slayer Deborah Hyde explain
How the brain navigates: science Nobel prize special – podcast
We speak to the three winners of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, who discovered 'the brain's GPS'
Sarah Boseley asks if the latest guidelines on drugs for MS sufferers are good news or bad
With Nice announcing its latest guidelines on drugs and clinical care, the Guardian's health editor is joined by an expert panel to discuss the implications for those who suffer from MS
Do antibiotics cause obesity? - podcast
Professors Nick Finer and Tim Spector consider the possible role of gut microbes in human disease, including a study linking childhood obesity to antibiotic use
The science of The Simpsons – podcast
Al Jean and David X Cohen of The Simpsons and Futurama reveal the maths behind the two hit animation series
Mark Miodownik on why stuff matters - podcast
Mark discusses his exploration of the wonders of modern materials in Stuff Matters, which has just been shortlisted for this year's Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind - podcast
Ian Sample meets the historian Yuval Noah Harari to discuss his international bestseller, in which he suggests we'd have been better off without agriculture, and puts our species' dominance down to our ability to fantasise
The science of the invisible - podcast
The prolific British science writer Philip Ball discusses his latest book Invisible: The Dangerous Allure of the Unseen
Did Aristotle invent science? – podcast
Evolutionary biologist Armand Leroi argues that Aristotle laid the foundations of modern science. Plus, the Ebola outbreak; Rosetta's rendez-vous with a comet; and taking aspirin to prevent cancer
How super AI could end the age of humans – podcast
Professor Nick Bostrom discusses the existential threats posed by a superintelligent computer and why we will only get one chance to control such a powerful machine