Previous podcasts
Tetranitromethane
Brian Clegg introduces a failed rocket fuel oxidiser with a very tricky structure
Polybutene
Kit Chapman discovers the compound that blighted Nixon’s second presidential inauguration by littering the route with dead pigeons
Book Club - The angry chef
Do you crave a bigger slice of science in your dietary advice? Anthony Warner gets angry about bad science in the food sector
Aflatoxins
Kat Arney investigates the cancer-causing chemicals that could be lurking in that bag of peanuts
Citral
A compound known for its citrusy zing, and which also helps honey bees find their way home
Neoprene
The wear-resistant polymer that helps keep you warm in the winter surf
Aluminium chloride
Brian Clegg becomes a sleuth to investigate the uses of a deceptively simple Lewis acid
Acesulfame potassium
A sweet solution to monitoring contaminated water
Sildenafil (Viagra)
Kat Arney investigates one of the fastest selling drugs of all time
Tetranitromethane
Brian Clegg introduces a failed rocket fuel oxidiser with a very tricky structure
Chemistry World podcast – January 2017
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
Chemistry World podcast – December 2015
This month, we learn how to leave the calories out of fine chocolate, and discover the earth might be older than we thought
Chemistry World podcast – November 2015
This month we meet chemisty Nobel winner, Thomas Lindahl, and we learn how bio-markers might be used to determine the time of death
Chemistry World podcast – October 2015
This month, we chart a course through chemical space and discover the potential problems of cleaning up Sellafield
Book Club - Chemistry
First-time novelist Weike Wang takes us inside the mind of a Chinese American PhD student in Boston
Book Club - The angry chef
Do you crave a bigger slice of science in your dietary advice? Anthony Warner gets angry about bad science in the food sector
Book Club - A crack in creation
The development of Crispr, and the ethical questions raised by new genome editing techniques
Book Club - A course in deception
Academia has everything from altering results to murder, at least in this work of fiction
Book Club - Frankenstein
Book Club - We have no idea
Book Club - The death of expertise
Book Club - Bring back the king
Book Club - The telomere effect
Book Club - The master algorithm
Book Club - Furry logic
Book Club - The secret life of fat
Book Club - Homo deus and our favourite books of 2016
Book Club – I contain multitudes
