Episódios

  • ‘We must change course’: a stark climate warning from the UN chief

    ‘We must change course’: a stark climate warning from the UN chief
    Nov 4 2025
    As global leaders and environmental activists descend on Brazil for next week’s Cop30 climate summit, Madeleine Finlay speaks to the Guardian’s global environment editor, Jon Watts, who recently sat down for an exclusive interview with the UN secretary general, António Guterres. As he approaches his final summit as the UN chief, Guterres reflected on humanity’s progress in attempting to limit global warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, why Indigenous voices must be listened to and how he remains positive in the face of the climate crisis. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod
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    16 minutos
  • A Scottish tea mystery: a bag for life – episode three

    A Scottish tea mystery: a bag for life – episode three
    Oct 30 2025
    Science correspondent Nicola Davis investigates the strange story of Tam O’Braan and his attempts to grow tea in Scotland. In episode three, all of Tam’s lies come to a head and Stuart uncovers exactly where Tam was sourcing tea to supply to hotels and shops. At trial, Tam takes the stand and Richard and the Scottish growers finally get some answers. But what remains today of the nascent Scottish tea industry that Tam instigated?. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod
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    21 minutos
  • A Scottish tea mystery: the list – episode two

    A Scottish tea mystery: the list – episode two
    Oct 29 2025
    Science correspondent Nicola Davis investigates the strange story of Tam O’Braan and his attempts to grow tea in Scotland. In episode two, Nicola hears how Tam’s network of Scottish tea growers began to have suspicions about exactly what he was selling and where it came from, and how cutting edge science helped provide some answers. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod
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    23 minutos
  • A Scottish tea mystery: green shoots – episode one

    A Scottish tea mystery: green shoots – episode one
    Oct 28 2025
    Science correspondent Nicola Davis investigates the strange story of Tam O’Braan and his attempts to grow tea in Scotland. In episode one, Nicola looks back on her first meeting with Tam while working on a feature about tea plantations in the UK. He was selling his award-winning Scottish-grown tea to some of the UK’s finest hotels, but something didn’t quite add up. And Nicola wasn’t the only person taking an interest in his story. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod
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    22 minutos
  • The ‘remarkable’ implant that can restore sight

    The ‘remarkable’ implant that can restore sight
    Oct 23 2025
    An electronic eye implant half the thickness of a human hair has helped people with incurable sight loss to see again, opening up a potential ‘new era’ in tackling blindness. Madeleine Finlay hears from Mahi Muqit, a surgeon from Moorfields eye hospital in London, about what this implant has meant for his patients and what the future could hold for vision-loss therapies. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod
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    15 minutos
  • The seed bank storing the planet’s future

    The seed bank storing the planet’s future
    Oct 21 2025
    As biodiversity declines, locating and conserving the planet’s plant life is becoming more important. The Millennium seed bank in Wakehurst, West Sussex, has been doing just that for 25 years, collecting and storing seeds and keeping them in trust for countries all over the world should they ever be needed. To mark the anniversary, Patrick Greenfield took a tour of the site. He tells Madeleine Finlay about the journey a seed takes from arrival to cold storage, and how some are already helping to return endangered plant species to the wild. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod
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    17 minutos
  • Why is ‘chronic’ lyme disease so controversial?

    Why is ‘chronic’ lyme disease so controversial?
    Oct 16 2025
    Celebrities including Bella Hadid, Justin Bieber and Miranda Hart have talked about their years-long struggles with the effects of Lyme disease, but despite rising rates and better awareness, the illness remains poorly understood. To understand more about how the illness can impact people over the long term, Madeleine Finlay hears from the Guardian’s Patrick Barkham about his daughter Milly’s experience, and from Prof John Aucott, director of the Johns Hopkins Lyme Disease Research Center, and associate professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins University. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod
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    20 minutos
  • Traitor or faithful: how to spot a liar

    Traitor or faithful: how to spot a liar
    Oct 14 2025
    The Traitors has returned to UK screens with its biggest viewing figures ever as 19 celebrities compete to be crowned the winner. The game depends on being able to accurately spot a liar, but are any deception detection methods actually backed up by science? Madeleine Finlay speaks to Timothy Luke, a senior lecturer in the department of applied psychology at the University of Gothenburg, to find out whether sweating, nervous ticks and reduced eye contact really can alert us to deception, and if not, what can?. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod
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    16 minutos