This podcast explores some of the countless relationships between biology, biodiversity, and geology, past and present. This podcast explores some of the countless relationships between biology, biodiversity, and geology, past and present. We f

Biodiversity on the rocks: joining the dots between animate and inanimate

Aug 31st, 2022 1h 3m

This podcast explores some of the countless relationships between biology, biodiversity, and geology, past and present. The third and final podcast in our Biodiverse Objects series explores some of the countless relationships between biology, b

Biodiversity on the rocks: joining the dots between animate and inanimate

Aug 31st, 2022 1h 3m

Extinction and the Museum: skeletons and other remains in our cupboards

Aug 31st, 2022 1h 11m

In this podcast, we look at extinction and the role of collections and museums. The second podcast in our Biodiverse Objects series is about extinction and the role of collections and museums. This ranges from the good - researching causes for

Extinction and the Museum: skeletons and other remains in our cupboards

Aug 31st, 2022 1h 11m

In this podcast, we look at extinction and the role of collections and museums. In this podcast, we look at extinction and the role of collections and museums. This ranges from the good - researching causes for extinction and preserving evidenc

On display: nature’s dramas, nature’s dioramas

Aug 26th, 2022 50m 48s

A journey from 3D dioramas from the 19th century that contain taxidermy animals to today’s virtual reality reconstructions of ancient or hidden worlds. In the first podcast in our Biodiverse Objects series, we take a close look at stunning 2D d

On display: nature’s dramas, nature’s dioramas

Aug 26th, 2022 50m 48s

A journey from 3D dioramas from the 19th century that contain taxidermy animals to today’s virtual reality reconstructions of ancient or hidden worlds. This episode is all about biodiversity captured and displayed – sometimes in weird and wonde

Of parasites, dinosaurs, and other model animals

Nov 11th, 2020 21m 21s

Elaine Charwat has been on a journey into the attic storerooms behind the scenes of the Museum to discover 19th-century wax models of parasites. Join doctoral researcher Elaine Charwat on a journey into the attic storerooms behind the scenes of

When Life Got Hard

Sep 13th, 2019 43m 16s

In this podcast episode Museum research fellow Dr Duncan Murdock talks about the first animals to build skeletons, and what they did with them. Half a billion years ago a bewildering array of animals evolved, bristling with shells, teeth and sp

When Life Got Hard

Sep 13th, 2019 43m 16s

When Life Got Hard

Sep 13th, 2019 43m 16s

The Gut-Brain Axis and How What We Eat Affects How We Feel

Mar 19th, 2019 57m 1s

For Brain Awareness Week, Dr Phil Burnet (Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford) speaks about how the gut microbiome can affect mood and mental health. Part of the Bacterial World exhibition programme (www.oum.oxac.uk/bacterialworld).

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