The world’s humblest heroes, from plumbers to tardigrades
Inspired by The Super Mario Bros Movie, we're talking about a humble class of heroes whose lives are devoted to infrastructure maintenance and repair. There are heating engineer rogues and…
Car tires are major source of ocean microplastics – study
Wind-borne microplastics are a bigger source of ocean pollution than rivers, say scientists More than 200,000 tonnes of tiny plastic particles are blown from roads into the oceans every year,…
Century of Tree Planting Stalls the Warming Effects in the Eastern United States, Says Study
A century of gradual reforestation across the American East and Southeast has kept the region cooler than it otherwise would have become, a new study shows. The pioneering study of…
How Ada Lovelace Constructed Her Wings
When Annabella Millbanke had a daughter with her husband, Lord Byron, she was terrified that their child might inherit his poetical madness. And so she steered the girl, Ada, toward…
Plague, leprosy & murder: unlocking the secrets of medieval bones
What secrets can medieval human remains unlock? With exciting new developments in the science of palaeopathology, researchers are able to glean much more from human bones than ever before. Speaking…
What Is an MRI With Contrast?
An MRI with contrast is an imaging test that combines magnetic and radio wave imaging with an injection of a contrast agent (dye). The dye highlights blood vessels, organs, and…
Your River’s Keeper
Water is essential for life, but how much do you know about the health of your local water supply? In this special episode, we speak with two Riverkeepers who explain…
The Babushkas of Chernobyl | Documentary Central | Full Movie
In the radioactive Dead Zone surrounding Chernobyl's Reactor No. 4, a defiant community of women scratches out an existence on some of the most toxic land on Earth. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-WWiOUQeSY