Chemistry podcasts – Page 3
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PodcastBedaquiline
The first TB drug approved in 40 years gave hope to sufferers of drug resistant tuberculosis and ushered in a new class of antibiotics
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PodcastOxybenzone
This summer’s extreme weather prompts Katrina Krämer to investigate the history of sunblock and the ingredient blamed by some for bleaching coral reefs
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PodcastUnited We Are Unstoppable: 60 Inspiring Young People Saving Our World – Book club
60 young climate activitsts from 41 countries tell their stories of fighting for a sustainable future
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PodcastHalf Lives: The Unlikely History of Radium by Lucy Jane Santos – Book club
From radioactive spa treatments to liquid sunshine, this book traces a forgotten part of chemistry history
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PodcastFavipiravir
Originally developed to treat flu and marketed in Japan as Avigan, promising Covid-19 trial results have seen countries stockpiling this medication by the millions
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PodcastTannic acid
Tannic acid in green acorns can kill wild animals and livestock, but you can prevent poisoning with pannage pigs
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PodcastRactopamine
Common in the US but banned in the EU, this animal feed additive makes for muscular pigs and beefy international trade disputes.
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PodcastHexasilabenzene
Brian Clegg discovers what a six-membered silicon ring can tell us about alien life
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PodcastThree books on pandemics – Book club
We’re tackling the coronavirus information overload by discussing and comparing three books that offer different views on pandemics past and present
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Podcast2AP (2-acetyl-1-pyrroline)
Frances Addison on the aromatic compound found in both buttered popcorn and the bearcat’s scent glands, and responsible for the distinctive smell of both
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PodcastDexamethasone
News that this cheap, ubiquitous steroid drug may reduce deaths in Covid-19 cases has been greeted with cautious optimism
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PodcastCimetidine
Mike Freemantle introduces the peptic ulcer treatment cimetidine, which – as Tagamet – became the first blockbuster drug
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PodcastThe Alchemy of Us by Ainissa Ramirez – Book club
Materials scientist Ainissa Ramirez’s new book uncovers the human side of world-changing inventions
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PodcastFexinidazole
The World Health Organisation hope to eradicate sleeping sickness within our lifetimes. Jamie Durrani looks at a drug that may make it possible.
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PodcastDMT – Dimethyltryptamine
Georgia Mills investigates the psychoactive found in ayahuasca that may mirror near-death experiences
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PodcastChlorine dioxide
Katrina Krämer investigates how industrial-strength bleach became promoted as ‘miracle mineral supplement’ – a supposed ‘cure’ for autism, cancer and even Covid-19.
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PodcastOleic acid
Brian Clegg discovers the link between olive oil, dandruff and stained glass windows.