Political dinosaurs dominate the news, but you can ignore them for a few minutes: here's a story about real dinosaurs and their footprints, which show that their global dominance may have resulted from a catastrophic extinction event.Original

16 April 2018: Battling Bacteria with Graphene Blades

Apr 16th, 2018 2m 50s

While Trump, Macron & May scrable to justify throwing missiles at Syria, here's a science story of a much healthier kind of warfare: using graphene in the fight against bacterial infection in surgical implants.

12 April 2018: Frogs Rebounding With Surprising Secretions

Apr 12th, 2018 2m 28s

The US and Russia continue their game of chicken, the UK hacks ISIS and China is Top Executioner Of The World. Take a few minutes away from the news with a positive story about frogs — and who doesn't like frogs?! Good news: after years of decl

11 April 2018: Breaking Quantum Records

Apr 11th, 2018 3m 25s

The US and Russia are threatening to trade twitter insults for actual missiles, and the IMF is describing the global trade outlook with the words "Dark" and "Clouds", so it's probably a good time to look away from the news. Here's a science sto

10 April 2017: Choose Your Vape Wisely

Apr 10th, 2018 2m 12s

With Zuckerberg in front of congress, Cosby back in court, and a certain President's personal lawyer raided by the FBI, it's better to close down your browser tabs and listen to a science story instead — especially if you're partial to vaping.

9 April 2018: Three Weekend Heart Disease Shockers

Apr 9th, 2018 3m 3s

Three stories from the weekend, all from the American Heart Association, and all from the Department of Research That Surprises No One At All.

6 April 2018: Vampire Bats

Apr 6th, 2018 2m 20s

Our un-evolved politicians are attacking each other across the globe, but you can safely ignore that for a few minutes to ponder this: just how did vampire bats evolve to live on a diet of blood alone?Original Paper: Nature Ecology & Evolutio

5 April 2018: Draining the Swamp is No Laughing Matter

Apr 5th, 2018 2m 4s

Turn off the swamp-draining and manure-slinging for a bit — here's a science story from Estonia that should be in the news instead: draining marshlands releases laughing gas, and it's NOT funny.Original paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41467-0

4 April 2018: Burning Wood in Norway

Apr 4th, 2018 2m 52s

Use the newspaper front page to light a warm fire, curl up and enjoy todays science story about Norway's not-so-carbon-neutral wood-burning ways.Original paper: Scientific Reports volume 8, Article number: 3299 (2018)Find it at: www.nature.

3 April 2018: The Mystery of the Missing Dark Matter

Apr 3rd, 2018 3m 55s

Instead of the usual bleak headlines, ponder the mystery of the Galaxy with the Missing Dark Matter.Original paper by van Dokkum et al in Nature, at https://www.nature.com/articles/nature25767Hubble Space Telescope images of the mysterious