# Science Weekly A podcast by The Guardian. Twice a week, the Guardian brings you the latest science and environment news Feed: https://www.theguardian.com/science/series/science/podcast.xml ## Latest episodes - [Perimenopause is everywhere. How do you know if you’re in it?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/136697669/d951b1fa1cab) (2026-10-27, 16 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/10/26-74637-gnl.20261027.mf.perimenopause_misinfo.mp3 - [Elizabeth Holmes is back in the spotlight: why can’t we look away?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/136697669/028715e259de) (2026-10-22, 18 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/10/21-63720-gnl.sci.20261021.eb.elizabeth_holmes_final.mp3 - [‘These risks are real’: the threat of AI bioweapons](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/136697669/4766032d3a33) (2026-10-20, 16 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/10/19-57672-gnl.sci.20261019.eb.bioweapons.mp3 - [Is your boss watching you? The rise of AI surveillance at work](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/136697669/05e5b1a2a7bb) (2026-10-15, 18 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/10/14-68842-gnl.sci.20261014.eb.AI_surveillance.mp3 - [The surprising psychology of morbid curiosity](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/136697669/2f228af94ca5) (2026-10-13, 17 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/10/12-77382-gnl.sci.20261012.eb.morbid_curiosity.mp3 - [All the news and science from the 2026 Nobel prizes](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/136697669/f45977f75dd7) (2026-10-07, 24 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/10/07-68061-gnl.sci.20261007.eb.nobels_2026.mp3 - [Today in Focus: Should we be worried about a plague outbreak?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/136697669/26ab534f6e5f) (2026-10-06, 14 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/10/06-63365-gnl.sci.20261006.eb.madi_plague.mp3 - [Narcolepsy: why you’ve been thinking about it all wrong](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/136697669/c4efeadf7792) (2026-10-06, 17 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/10/05-57176-gnl.sci.20261005.eb.narcolepsy.mp3 - [The incredible science of memory manipulation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/136697669/9bd0c5cf0f71) (2026-10-01, 21 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/09/30-78306-gnl.sci.20260930_eb_memory_manipulation_new.mp3 - [Are household cleaning products damaging our health?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/136697669/ea0c69177a0e) (2026-09-29, 18 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/09/28-54502-gnl.sci.20260928.eb.cleaning_products.mp3 - [Are baby girls more sociable? Super El Niño, meningitis outbreak explained](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/136697669/3744ff29a1ca) (2026-09-24, 23 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/09/23-75445-gnl.sci.20260923.eb.round_up_2309.mp3 - [From paleo to intermittent fasting: are any diets actually good for us?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/136697669/9089a3a2147e) (2026-09-22, 18 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/09/21-51501-gnl.sci.20260921.eb.daniel_lieberman.mp3 - [The week that changed maths for ever](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/136697669/16eaec6bc245) (2026-09-17, 16 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/09/16-72175-gnl.sci.20260916.eb.maths_AI.mp3 - [Is collagen all hype?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/136697669/257ba8857625) (2026-09-15, 19 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/09/14-58108-gnl.sci.20260914.eb.collagen_supplements.mp3 - [Live episode: how AI is reshaping our minds](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/136697669/877d8b326a03) (2026-09-13, 83 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/09/11-42701-gnl.sci.20260911.eb.bb_live_event_new.mp3 - [‘One of the biggest discoveries in science’: have scientists found dark matter?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/136697669/20d88f42f53e) (2026-09-10, 17 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/09/09-53480-gnl.sci.20260909.eb.dark_matter_discovery.mp3 - [Are rich people really worse behaved? Here’s the science](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/136697669/f6d07c4c5d0f) (2026-09-08, 19 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/09/07-61553-gnl.sci.20260907.eb.ig_nobels_26.mp3 - [Introducing Black Box: The Chatbots](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/136697669/6cd3b08fa2cc) (2026-09-06, 40 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/09/04-33730-gnl.sci.20260906.eb.SW_BB_feed_drop.mp3 - [There’s a quick way to slow climate change. Why isn’t everyone doing it?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/136697669/a815c30a0638) (2026-09-03, 14 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/09/02-72234-gnl.sci.20260902.eb.methane_new.mp3 - [Could humans ever communicate with whales?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/136697669/eaad9e513da7) (2026-09-01, 18 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/08/31-56836-gnl.sci.20260831.eb.whale_song.mp3 - [Everyone hates datacentres. Do we really need them?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/136697669/5400aa5df588) (2026-08-27, 17 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/08/26-63481-gnl.sci.20260827.jc.datacentres.mp3 - [Creatine: is there truth behind the hype?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/136697669/32c73e555051) (2026-08-25, 16 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/08/24-58049-20260825SWCreatine.mp3 - [It’s finally raining. Will it be enough to end the drought?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/136697669/49a9c1495fb6) (2026-08-20, 16 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/08/19-75712-gnl.sci.20260819.eb.drought_floods.mp3 - [The ultra rich are collecting fossils, and that’s bad for science](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/136697669/a4b3e6633111) (2026-08-18, 15 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/08/17-51970-gnl.sci.20260817.eb.millionaire_fossils.mp3 - [The immortal jellyfish and other mindblowing invertebrates](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/136697669/d8339af21963) (2026-08-13, 16 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/08/12-74612-gnl.sci.20260812.eb.ioty_2026.mp3 - [We’re reading less. And it’s making us stupid](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/136697669/7d1df71a3625) (2026-08-11, 20 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/08/10-61397-gnl.sci.20260810.eb.reading.mp3 - [Four types of thinker, the cyclosporiasis outbreak, and the UK’s biggest telescope threatened](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/136697669/7d97f3cc5377) (2026-08-06, 23 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/08/05-77594-gnl.sci.20260505.eb.roundup_0508.mp3 - [The fight to save a historic English landscape](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/136697669/3a6412f14ab1) (2026-08-04, 17 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/08/03-66695-gnl.sci.20260803.eb.rothbury_estate.mp3 - [Revisited: Saunas and cold plunges, where does the evidence stand?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/136697669/0d474155f318) (2026-07-30, 17 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/07/13-58487-gnl.sci.20260713.eb.sauna_repeat.mp3 - [Revisited: The surprising science of dreams and nightmares](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/136697669/ed976be844a5) (2026-07-28, 23 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/07/16-40381-gnl.sci.20260716.eb.dreams_repeat.mp3 - [Revisited: A Scottish tea mystery, episode three – a bag for life](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/136697669/143934975985) (2026-07-23, 21 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/07/15-30369-gnl.sci.20260715.eb.tea_repeat_three.mp3 - [Revisited: A Scottish tea mystery, episode two – the list](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/136697669/90134d1d2778) (2026-07-22, 24 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/07/15-30161-gnl.sci.20260715.eb.tea_repeat_two.mp3 - [Revisited: A Scottish tea mystery, episode one – green shoots](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/136697669/bc33252a20dc) (2026-07-21, 23 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/07/15-28983-gnl.sci.20260715.eb.tea_repeat_one.mp3 - [Can a world-first gene therapy reverse ageing?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/136697669/da3fc38b60ab) (2026-07-16, 19 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/07/15-72282-gnl.sci.20260715.eb.cell_rejuvenation.mp3 - [Fungi: the invisible force protecting our planet](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/136697669/a1c0e1bbf876) (2026-07-14, 17 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/07/13-57644-gnl.sci.20260713.eb.fungal_networks.mp3 - [Is male testosterone in freefall?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/136697669/4300dcf2db3b) (2026-07-09, 14 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/07/08-76388-gnl.sci.20260708.eb.testosterone_drop.mp3 - [‘A break from scrolling’: how Gen Z fell in love with birding](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/136697669/205cbc3f5380) (2026-07-07, 17 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/07/06-72781-gnl.sci.20260706.eb.gen_z_birding.mp3 - [‘Beautiful blobs’: can scientists build life from scratch?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/136697669/ee08946537ef) (2026-07-02, 17 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/07/01-80062-gnl.sci.20260701.eb.spud_cells.mp3 - [Reflecting pool algae: the science Trump needs to know](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/136697669/f4587c68978a) (2026-06-30, 17 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/06/29-73946-gnl.sci.20260629.eb.algae.mp3 - [Nature or nurture: can genes make us behave ‘badly’?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/136697669/87c26dcb004e) (2026-06-25, 20 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/06/24-71963-gnl.sci.20260624.eb.kph.mp3 - [Extreme heat: is the UK becoming a 40C country?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/136697669/c19917e71779) (2026-06-23, 15 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/06/22-76879-gnl.sci.20260622.eb.heat_wave.mp3 - [The audacious plan to refreeze the Arctic](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/136697669/cfff2ebb9510) (2026-06-18, 17 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/06/17-74385-gnl.sci.20260617.eb.arctic_ice.mp3 - [Should we ban social media for under-16s?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/136697669/b0c0fef60eb8) (2026-06-15, 21 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/06/15-57192-gnl.sci.20260615.eb.social_media_ban.mp3 - [‘The undruggable became druggable’: a gamechanging treatment for the world’s deadliest cancer](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/136697669/60cf031ed613) (2026-06-11, 15 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/06/10-72592-gnl.sci.20260610.eb.pancreatic_cancer.mp3 - [The dinosaurs who survived the asteroid](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/136697669/cf3fbdeb0513) (2026-06-09, 18 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/06/08-74484-gnl.sci.20260608.eb.dino_birds.mp3 - [Heatstroke, sports washing and VAR psychology: the science of the World Cup](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/136697669/2ee8b8c22843) (2026-06-04, 21 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/06/04-24167-gnl.sci.20260604.eb.football_science_new.mp3 - [The incredible science of the sleeping brain](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/136697669/6b92aaf66649) (2026-06-02, 15 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/06/01-74375-gnl.sci.20260601.eb.sleep_function.mp3 - [Are robots nearing their ChatGPT moment?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/136697669/6005507966f1) (2026-05-28, 18 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/05/27-72848-gnl.sci.20260527.eb.robots.mp3 - [Red-light masks: can they really slow ageing?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/136697669/169d1635c35f) (2026-05-26, 15 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/05/25-49233-gnl.sci.20260525.eb.red_light_therapy.mp3 - [Stateside with Kai and Carter: why the fight over abortion pills is only just beginning](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/136697669/e934229ae07c) (2026-05-23, 43 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/05/22-43830-gnl.sci.20260522.eb.stateside_feed_drop_two.mp3 Shows are listed from Apple Podcasts' charts and directory, and Podcast Index where it is used. 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