Chemistry podcasts – Page 6

  • Crows flying over trees
    Podcast

    Domoic acid

    2019-09-06T08:53:00Z

    The marine toxin that drives animals crazy and might have inspired one of Alfred Hitchcock’s most famous films

  • Surgeons or doctor hands with protective glove hold sponge holding a sterilzed gauze with antiseptic liquid
    Podcast

    Boric acid

    2019-08-30T09:28:00Z

    Mike Freemantle revisits battlefield surgery to investigate boric acid, a key part of Dakin's antiseptic solution used extensively in the first world war

  • Apricot seeds and almonds
    Podcast

    Amygdalin & Laetrile

    2019-08-23T12:00:00Z

    Patrick Hughes delves into the molecule at the centre of a decades-old cancer treatment conspiracy theory

  • Man skydiving
    Podcast

    Dopamine

    2019-08-16T09:49:00Z

    Georgia Mills tackles the feel-good neurotransmitter and hormone behind thrill seeking, addiction, and mobile gaming

  • Hydrogen sulfide hot spring in Iceland
    Podcast

    Hydrogen sulfide

    2019-08-09T09:30:00Z

    Mike Freemantle finds the connection between Land of Hope and Glory and the noxious, corrosive, flammable gas that stinks of rotten eggs

  • An image showing the cover of Superior
    Podcast

    Superior: The Return of Race Science by Angela Saini – Book club

    2019-08-08T08:01:00Z

    How different from each other are we all really? Angela Saini looks at the issues, claims and evidence behind race science

  • Silhouette of man drinking alcohol
    Podcast

    Baclofen

    2019-08-02T09:30:00Z

    One doctor's battle with alcoholism and self-experimentation with baclofen led to a rush of people desperate to try the drug to curb their addictions. But are we simply replacing one problem with another, asks Enna Guadalupe 

  • Someone holding small pieces of plastic on a beach
    Podcast

    Polypropylene

    2019-07-25T15:06:00Z

    Microplastics, including polypropylene, are present in our oceans, on our beaches and even in bottled water. Ian Robertson investigates the scale and some solutions

  • Dental exam
    Podcast

    Zinc polycarboxylate

    2019-07-19T11:00:00Z

    Lay back in the chair and say 'Ahh', as Mike Freemantle introduces zinc polycarboxylate dental cement

  • An image showing The Periodic Table by Primo Levi book cover
    Podcast

    The Periodic Table by Primo Levi – Book club

    2019-07-12T13:29:00Z

    100 years on, we examine the effect of Primo Levi’s masterpiece The Periodic Table

  • Zircon jewellery on a white background
    Podcast

    Zircon

    2019-07-12T09:00:00Z

    The versatile gemstones that give scientists insights into the chemistry of the early Earth, introduced by Brian Clegg

  • Surgeons with anaesthetic gas mask
    Podcast

    Cyclopropane

    2019-07-05T14:30:00Z

    Chemistry’s tastiest bonds for an explosive anaesthetic that was as useful as it was dangerous

  • Several pills of MDMA (Extasy) on white table
    Podcast

    2C psychedelics

    2019-06-28T10:44:00Z

    A class of hallucinogenic phenethylamines, explored by the 'godfather of psychedelics' Alexander Shulgin and sadly implicated in a tragedy at a 2017 music festival

  • Scientist working with blood sample in a laboratory
    Podcast

    Azidothymidine

    2019-06-21T13:23:00Z

    The first drug approved in the US to treat Aids required a completely new approach to clinical trials – Frances Addison explores the history of azidothymidine

  • An image showing the Superheavy book cover
    Podcast

    Superheavy: Making and Breaking the Periodic Table by Kit Chapman – Book club

    2019-06-17T14:15:00Z

    Kit Chapman explores the strange, complex and downright confusing world of superheavy elements

  • Photographic dark room in red light
    Podcast

    Silver iodide

    2019-06-14T09:30:00Z

    How the compound that ushered in a photographic revolution has taken to the skies to try to control the weather

  • Grey long-eared bat (Plecotus austriacus)
    Podcast

    Amantadine

    2019-06-07T12:00:00Z

    Katrina Krämer investigates how one of the smallest small molecule drugs around saved Jeanna Giese's life

  • Chanel N°5 perfume
    Podcast

    Indole

    2019-05-31T09:30:00Z

    Kat Arney investigates a potent chemical that might explain the brain-bending powers of bacteria

  • amber resin tree sap
    Podcast

    Amber

    2019-05-23T13:58:00Z

    Mike Freemantle introduces amber – the valuable organic gemstone that invests unwary insects in a durable tomb

  • Computer chip
    Podcast

    Beryllium oxide

    2019-05-17T13:27:00Z

    Brian Clegg examines the duality that makes beryllium oxide so valuable to the electronics industry