Chemistry World Podcast

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

Six-toed cats and misconceptions in genetics are discussed in this months podcast

This month we discuss the ubiquitous nature of food fraud and its detection

This month, we discuss how to write quality scientific papers

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

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

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

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

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

In this podcast, we learn why does asparagus make your wee smell, as we discuss Andy Brunning's new book

This month we meet chemisty Nobel winner,Thomas Lindahl, and we learn how bio-markers might be used to determine the time of death

We probe the nature of scientific language with Michael Gordin's bestseller, Scientific Babel

This month, we chart a course through chemical space and discover the potential problems of cleaning up Sellafield

In the first of a brand new podcast series, we get together to discuss 'A is for Arsenic: the poisons of Agatha Christie'

In this months podcast, we discuss Ebola and malaria vaccines in the pipeline, the history of peer review, and managing the mountain of chemical data

In this space special, we learn how to study comets surfaces, and speak to a Nobel Prize winner about his 20-year-old prediction proving to be correct

We ask, does graphene live up to the hype, and discuss injectable electronics that unfold in the brain

What makes food sweet? How do we protect against food alteration? New e-paper, and possible treatment for ebola

We find out how nanotoxicology could be holding back development, and ask if 'patent or perish' should be the new academic adage

How do you smell? We discuss a controversial theory about odour detection, and investigate forensic toxicology