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Buying Time review: Podcast explores an attempt to 'cure' ageing

26 April 2023

A suspense-filled new podcast series digs into biotech firm BioViva's claim that it successfully injected someone with experimental, anti-ageing gene therapies


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Don't Miss: Titanosaur on show at London's Natural History Museum

29 March 2023

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Don't Miss: Explore great mysteries of physics in an ambitious podcast

22 March 2023

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Frozen Head review: Why do some people want to be frozen after death?

1 March 2023

We still don't know if freezing humans for a second life is possible, but a gripping new podcast from Alaina Urquhart and Ash Kelley takes a deep look inside the practice


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BBC Earth Podcast review: Get stuck into nature – wherever you find it

26 October 2022

A new season of the BBC Earth Podcast kicks off with Safari, an episode that encourages us to engage with nature, whether it is in the Scottish rainforests or just the scruffy green patch outside your office


Seeds review: A great podcast about seed-bank scientists under siege

Seeds review: A great podcast about seed-bank scientists under siege

7 October 2020

An excellent new podcast with Nina Sosanya sees food scientists in Leningrad struggling against starvation and pseudoscience, and resonates for today's world


Don’t Miss: Connected – an animated family road trip with wayward tech

Don’t Miss: Connected – an animated family road trip with wayward tech

30 September 2020

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Don't Miss: Biohackers on Netflix and a book on social isolation

Don't Miss: Biohackers on Netflix and a book on social isolation

22 April 2020

Medical student Mia gets more than she bargains for in German thriller Biohackers and former US surgeon general Vivek Murthy has a new book about loneliness


Science Diction review: The origins of jargon in bite-sized chunks

Science Diction review: The origins of jargon in bite-sized chunks

22 April 2020

A podcast called Science Diction looks at the stories behind scientific terms and phrases. Each episode is short and nicely put together, says David Silverberg


Don't miss: War in Westworld, the power of sight and unearthly audio

Don't miss: War in Westworld, the power of sight and unearthly audio

4 March 2020

This week, watch as Westworld breaks out of the park and into LA, discover why vision is so important and listen as a drama exploits the weirdness of sound


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