Chemistry podcasts – Page 17

  • Why Science is Sexist
    Podcast

    Why Science is Sexist by Nicola Gaston – Book club

    2016-04-18T00:00:00Z

    This month we discuss unconscious bias and other reasons why science is sexist

  • burnt toast
    Podcast

    Acrylamide

    2016-04-13T00:00:00Z

    Does burnt toast cause cancer? Martha Henriques explores this complex question

  • An orange mug filled with fruit
    Podcast

    Uranium dioxide

    2016-04-06T00:00:00Z

    This week’s compound has had a glowing career in the arts and a runaway success in the energy sector

  • Mauve textile
    Podcast

    Mauveine

    2016-03-30T00:00:00Z

    Michael Freemantle with a colourful account of the birth of synthetic organic chemistry

  • Mosquito, feeding
    Podcast

    Citronellol

    2016-03-23T00:00:00Z

    Emma Stoye on citronellol - her constant companion when faced with biting bugs

  • Fluorescein angiogram
    Podcast

    Fluorescein

    2016-03-16T00:00:00Z

    Kat Arney discovers the compound that first coloured the Chicago river green for St Patrick’s Day

  • David Abraham – Elements of Power
    Podcast

    Elements of Power by David Abraham – Book club

    2016-03-10T00:00:00Z

    This month we learn of the problems that arise from mining rare metals in David Abraham’s The Elements of Power

  • Stocked kitchen pantry
    Podcast

    Sodium hypochlorite

    2016-03-09T00:00:00Z

    What do hygienic work surfaces have in common with 19th century French violins? Brian Clegg finds out.

  • soft drink cans
    Podcast

    Brominated vegetable oil

    2016-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Too much cola can mess with your brain. The effects of excess brominated vegetable oil explained

  • Packet of Tamiflu pills
    Podcast

    Oseltamivir

    2016-02-24T00:00:00Z

    Oseltamivir, or Tamiflu, stockpiling during the 2009 H1N1 epidemic highlighted significant problems with drugs trials policy

  • Lady holding a flibanserin pill
    Podcast

    Flibanserin

    2016-02-17T00:00:00Z

    Flibanserin was touted to be the female Viagra. Martha Henriques explains why it failed to live up to the hype.

  • Gaia Vince - Adventures in the Anthropocene
    Podcast

    Adventures in the Anthropocene by Gaia Vince – Book club

    2016-02-12T00:00:00Z

    This month we consider the dawning of a new epoch as we discuss Gaia Vince’s Adventures in the Anthropocene

  • Men in gas masks
    Podcast

    Acrolein

    2016-02-09T00:00:00Z

    Michael Freemantle relates the history arolein, a poor tear gas with unexpected benefits

  • pine cone and cedrol
    Podcast

    Cedrol

    2016-02-03T00:00:00Z

    Raychelle Burks explains how the scent of cedar wood can be used to destroy pests

  • Man in protective clothing looking at fluorescing DNA slide
    Podcast

    Ethidium bromide

    2016-01-27T00:00:00Z

    Kat Arney shines a light on the fluorescent DNA marker

  • Man welding
    Podcast

    Calcium carbide

    2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

    Michael Freemantle tells us of discovery that lit the homes and put the food on the table of millions of people

  • A rhinoceros
    Podcast

    Ectoparasiticides

    2016-01-13T00:00:00Z

    Martha Henriques explains how compounds developed to keep parasites at bay may be protecting rhinos from poachers

  • 0116CW_Review_Thing-Explainer_300tb
    Podcast

    Thing Explainer by Randall Munroe – Book club

    2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

    Our book club podcast considers simple language in science as we discuss Randall Munroe’s new book, Thing explainer.

  • Yellowstone national park
    Podcast

    Taq Polymerase

    2015-12-16T00:00:00Z

    Kat Arney reveals how high temperature bacteria provide us with the molecule that speeds up DNA sequencing

  • chocolate model of theobromine
    Podcast

    Chemistry World podcast – December 2015

    2015-12-09T00:00:00Z

    This month, we learn how to leave the calories out of fine chocolate, and discover the earth might be older than we thought