All Podcast articles – Page 8
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PodcastBook Club – Losing the Nobel Prize
Physicist Brian Keating lost the Nobel Prize, then went on to re-evaluate its worth and examine how it could be improved
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Furanocoumarin
Florence Schechter discovers how a seemingly healthy grapefruit-based breakfast could disrupt your daily drugs
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Phenolphthalein
Kat Arney gets to the bottom of the story of phenolphthalein – a chemical with two very different uses. If you've measured pH in a classroom or had some trouble in the bathroom, you may have met this compound before.
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Caryophyllene
A biologically active compound from the biblical balm of Gilead, said to ‘heal the sin-sick soul’ and mentioned at the marriage of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
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Book Club – Liquid
Mark Miodownik on the delightful, dangerous and downright strange liquids that flow through our lives
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Antihistamines
From calming a hyperactive immune system to increasing cognitive abilities, these small molecules have a big impact
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Ethyl iodoacetate
A tear gas used by the British army in the first world war, picked, in part, because of our access to seaweed
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Benzaldehyde
Brian Clegg on the almond flavour compound that gives your taste buds a treat and may help rescue survivors from a disaster
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Book Club – The Beautiful Cure
Immunologist Daniel Davis reveals the complexities of the human immune system
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