Previous podcasts
Book Club – Enlightenment Now
Steven Pinker explains how humanity is doing better than we might at first think
Maitotoxin
A giant marine toxin with a total synthesis story to tell
Book Club – The element in the room
Helen Arney and Steve Mould take us on a DIY journey through science
Astaxanthin
Colourful crustaceans and the story of a ubiquitous biological pigment
Melanin
A family of biological pigments that make life more colourful
Book Club – Testosterone rex
Cordelia Fine explores the myriad myths about surrounding equality
Triamcinolone
Concluding our pair of podcasts on a recent cycling scandal, Ben Valsler looks at the corticosteroid triamcinolone
Acetylcysteine
How a versatile drug that helps manage lung conditions and treat paracetamol overdose found itself at the centre of a cycling scandal
Curare and ouabain
Jamie Durrani presents a pair of plant-based poisons
Gutta percha
Kat Arney on the tree sap that once insulated transatlantic cables
Chemistry World podcast – January 2017
This month we introduce our new puzzles page, discuss the implications of Trump for science and meet Yuri Oganessian, the only living person with an element named after him
Chemistry World podcast – December 2015
This month, we learn how to leave the calories out of fine chocolate, and discover the earth might be older than we thought
Chemistry World podcast – November 2015
This month we meet chemisty Nobel winner, Thomas Lindahl, and we learn how bio-markers might be used to determine the time of death
Chemistry World podcast – October 2015
This month, we chart a course through chemical space and discover the potential problems of cleaning up Sellafield
Book Club – Enlightenment Now
Steven Pinker explains how humanity is doing better than we might at first think
Book Club – The element in the room
Helen Arney and Steve Mould take us on a DIY journey through science
Book Club – Testosterone rex
Cordelia Fine explores the myriad myths about surrounding equality
Book Club – More molecules of murder
John Emsley returns with a new batch of deadly compounds
