Love and Science

Computer Games and Screen Time - Are they really bad for you?

Rachel Collins and Andrew Glester talk to Dr Pete Etchells, a researcher in the long term effects of video games and author of the Lost in a Good Game book.

Lucy visits the Houses of Parliament and the latest science news.

Josh brings you the latest science news and Lucy reports back from STEM for Britain.

Biggest Explosion since the Big Bang and Reprieve for Badgers

Josh and Andrew bring you the science news this week.

Bristol Youth Climate Strike and Greta Thunberg

We have all the talks from Greta Thunberg's visit to Bristol for you this week.

Boris "doesn't understand climate science" and Missions to Moon and the Sun.

Andrew and Josh are joined by David Judge to discuss the science news this week.

Trying to mitigate for Brexit and an interview with Frank DeWinne

Andrew, Lucy and Josh discuss this week's news and Ti Singh interviews former commander of the International Space Station, Frank Dewinne.

Climate Assembly, Chadden Hunter and Gravitons with Mass

We're back. Sorry about the wait.

M87, climate emergencies and ocean viruses

Malcolm, Lucy, Josh and Andrew discuss the latest science news and we hear from one of the many scientists behind that stunning image of the Black Hole.

Four legged whales with hooves, Mars Helicopter and Bombing Asteroids

Malcolm and Andrew are joined by the IOP's Miranda Addey

Finding Exoplanets, Dogs still great and Asteroids

A packed studio and a packed show including the moments on Earth after the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs hit.

Millions of 'Oumuamuas, a trip to Venus and a huge fossil find.

Malcolm, Andrew, Josh and Jamie discuss the latest science news.

The science of Music, Climate Strikes and the people who made the www

Malcolm, Andrew and Josh are joined by Dr Maddy Nichols and Nigel Evans from Bristol Blues and Jazz Festival.

The Supernovas that killed the Megalodon, swimming with Great White Sharks and Prof Jo Dunkley

Andrew delves deep into the ocean and far out into space with this week's show.

Space Seeds on the Moon, The Magic of Tidying and more science news

Malcolm, Jamie and Josh discuss this week's science news.

Trump's impact on Science, FRBs and Exoplanets

Trump has no impact on Fast Radio Bursts or Exoplanets but it makes for a fun title. We discuss the latest science news and wish Malcolm a very happy birthday.

The furthest object we've ever studied, pickled walnuts and The Cosmic Shed

Fresh into the New Year, we're back with the news that Andrew's podcast The Cosmic Shed has been selected as one of the Guardian's Favourite Podcasts of 2019. We also discuss plenty of science.

10th December - the 5/2 diet and more

Raking America Great again, The Ghost Galaxy and Square Poos

Malcolm and Andrew discuss the latest science news in this week's Love and Science.

Is Oumuamua an alien spacecraft? How do we get there to find out?

Maddy Nichols joins Andrew in the studio and we hear from Prof Avi Loeb, the Harvard scientist making the news for suggesting that it's possible that Oumumua is an alien probe or light sail. We also hear from Andreas Heim, the man behind Project Lyra...the proposed mission to send a spacecraft to Oumuamua.

A computer to rival human brains, the future of the KG and making your own fireworks

Malcolm tells us that he used to make his own fireworks and Hannah Little is far more sensible but no less fun in this week's Love and Science.

The Science of Fear, Colliding Galaxies and Clever Crows

Malcolm and Andrew discuss the latest science news.

Smacking children, An Artificial Moon and BepiColombo

Jamini, Malcolm and Andrew discuss the wonderful BepiColombo mission to Mercury, whether you should smack your children (stupid question) and whether you should launch a massive mirror into space to reflect sunlight back to earth at night (also a stupid question).

A Goblin in Space, Weird Physics at the South Pole and Stephen Hawking's last work

Malcolm is joined by Robert Massey, Deputy CEO of the Royal Astronomical Society to discuss some of the most interesting space news we've heard for a while. We also hear from Andrew as he interviews Dr Derek Fox about his scientific study which strongly suggest that the particles appearing to come up from the Antarctic Ice must point to physics outside the standard model.

Ada Lovelace Day, Women in Physics and much more

Karen Drake of Bristol's Engine Shed joins Malcolm and Andrew before John Ford pops in.

Science Comedy and Science News

Andrew and Malcolm are joined by UWE's Hannah Little for this week's Love and Science.

The Lesser Sun, landing robots on an asteroid and poor old wasps

Malcolm and Andrew are joined by Tom Adams to discuss his new show The Lesser Sun, which he just happens to be making with our Andrew Glester. Tom even performs a song from the show all about the astronaut Michael Collins. All that plus the latest science news and chat.

Blue Dot Festival, Naming a Mars Rover and losing the Moon

John Ford steps in for Andrew as Malcolm and John discuss a whole host of science news stories. The only problem for John is that Andrew was tasked with turning the show into a podcast so John didn't get away with his scandalous remark about Andrew. In a first for the Love and Science podcast, we'll also hear content which wasn't in the original radio show including Andrew in conversation with Dr Lucy Quinn (of the Blue Planet 2 series and the British Antarctic Survey) and Dr Stephen Wilki...

Neutrinos off the shoulder of Orion, Hating your own voice and how to see Mars

Malcolm and Andrew delve through the latest science stories including discovering the real reason we hate the sound of our own voices and a new invention to combat motion sickness.

Boris resigns, The Marshmallow Test and Life on Moons and Mars?

It's an eventful week for the show as Boris Johnson resigns while we're live on air. We also manage to concentrate on the science news and it's a packed show in which we discover a whole lot including that neckties decrease blood flow to your brain by 7.5%. Bad news for David Cameron who once famously (and apparently stupidly) asked Jeremy Corbyn to do up his tie.

Clever Crows, the Interstellar Comet and CERN's redevelopment

Crows using vending machines, Oumuamua's mytery solved and Achintya Rao tells us about the latest developments at the LHC at CERN.

Koko the gorilla, an amazing short story, gene-edited pigs, and stopping slugs eating your plants.

This week we hear Esther Clifford read the short story she has written for the BBC's short story competition. Jamie Love talks about his experience with Koko the gorilla whilst he was making a documentary about her. Scienticts believed they have successfully edited the genes of pigs to make them immune to the most expensive disease they get. Scientists are blaming our "obsessively clean" lifestyles for the rise in hayfever! And finally, the Royal Horticultural Society are going to test out g...

Talking to aliens, the festival of nature, cheltenham science festival and boosting your immune system to fight cancer

This week Malcolm and Hannah are joined by Jenny French and Philippa Gardom! We hear about the Cheltanham Science Festival, and the Festival of Nature, Jenny announces the WINNER of the photography competition she has run so listen out incase it's you! Doug Vakoch, of METI, talks about the nature of language, and whether we can use some universal laws to talk to aliens! We also hear about a woman who has beaten an extremely advanced form of cancer through an experiementla treatment which bo...

Remembering Alan Bean, the Festival of Nature puffins in decline, and searching for the Loch Ness monster.

This week Malcolm, Andrew and Hannah are joined by Rosie McCallum and Jenny French to discuss Bristol's Festival of Nature, this weekend. Find out what they've got on by checking out their website here. We remember the fouth man on the moon Alan Bean, and the excitement before his moon walk. We also hear about scientists on the hunt for Nessie in Loch Ness, how the dino ancestors of birds survived the K-T extinction, the recent reporting on puffin numbers in the Farne Islands, and to what ex...

Arachnophobia, memory transplants, and the first stars in the universe!

This week it's Malcolm and Hannah again without Andrew. We give the space news a crack ourselves to not leave you without. We hear from Charlie Carter about arachnophobia and we discuss the shocking impact humans are having on our so called protected areas, detecting the legacy of the first stars in our universe, whether or not they have managed to transplant, and whether clothes moths are on the rise!

The Man Who Saved the Planet, the Man (allegedly) ruining it and Creative Reactions

We hear from Professor Mario Molina, who won the Nobel Prize for demonstrating that CFCs were causing the hole in the ozone layer and he tells us which politician he thinks is being simply "irrational". We also hear about Donald Trump's administration calling an end to the funding for NASA to study greenhouse gas emissions... Elsewhere, Lyra gets her question put to Professor Alice Roberts, "How do we grow?" and Andrew visits Creative Reactions, an art exhibition taking place at Hamilton...

Toxic caterpillars, gorillas, and Martian rocks.

This week Malcolm and Hannah are sadly without Andrew, meaning a bit less space news. We discuss the infestation of toxic caterpillars in London, the top three things we need to address to help gorilla and chimp populations, and how Nasa and ESA intend to fire rocks from Mars back to Earth. 

Where everything was before the big bang, asteroid mining, and the plastic eating enzyme.

*The issue is now fixed* This week Malcom, Andrew and Hannah discuss this week's science news. We learn about asteroid mining, the enzyme which can break down plastic, advancements in understanding motor neurone disease, and Lyra asks the big question of where everything was before the big bang. P.S. I don't really dislike cows, and I'm sorry I said that. My appologies to cows.   

Hypersonic travel, dementia, and a man who almost died eating a chili pepper

Malcolm and Andrew were joined by Jamini Thakrar and Alfie Wearn and conversations ranged from hypersonic travel around earth to dementia. We talked about the salty, icy lakes on Earth that might give us clues to life in the oceans of Jupiter's moon Europa and Pint of Science, the festival that brings all the wonderful work being done by scientists in cities around the world to you, in the company of a pint.

Pint of Science, Space Lightning and the Paralympics

This week we have a full house at BCFM! Malcolm, Hannah, and Andrew are joined by Alfie Wearn, Romain Costil, Jamini Thakrar and Catherine Gilmore who discuss their involvement in the upcoming Pint of Science events around Bristol, and Maddy Nichols tells us a bit about what it was like working at the Paralympics fixing prosthetics.   

A volcano sliding into the sea, driverless cars, and an update on ’Oumuamua

Malcolm and Andrew are joined again by Arran and Rosie again to discuss this week's science news.

Space junk, plastic in your water, and volcanic lightning.

This week, Malcolm and Hannah are joined by Rosie and Arran to discuss how much plastic is in bottled water, how we can hope to clear up all the space junk with a harpoon, and what lightning from volcanoes sounds like. 

Holding hands, a space station falling to earth, and pine martens

This week we hear back from Pavel Goldstein about his research into holding hands and how it can reduce pain, and from Peter Beck for a bit more information about his disco ball in space. We also talk about the "out of control" space station which is due to enter the earths atmosphere sometime soon, and how introducing a predator can help boost a squirrel population. 

Penguin super colony, insight into the cosmic dawn, and the five new categories of diabetes.

This week, Malcom, Hannah, and Andrew discuss how you can use radio waves to uncover secrets from the cosmic dawn, the 1.5 million penguin super-colony recently discovered, how diabetes has now been found to be at least five different diseases. 

Neanderthal art, ketamine, and supernovas

This week Andrew, Hannah, and Malcolm discuss an amateur astronomer who discovered a supernova as it was happening, new research into which anti-depressants appear to be the most effective, the art that Neanderthal man may have made, ketamine on the brain, and had you noticed that it's getting a bit cold lately?

The earthquake, 8 months of Mars, and a cherry red Tesla

This week Hannah and Andrew discuss the cherry red Tesla which is was shot into space, and we hear from Nicky Young about the earthquake we felt on Saturday, and from Dr. Michaela Musilová about what she's going to be up to for 8 months in an analogue of Mars.    If you'd like to hear more about the analogue of Mars you can find the rest of the interview here on The Cosmic Shed.

Putting plants to sleep, the loneliest frog, and the Cheddar Man

This week Malcolm, Juliana, and Hannah discuss the Cheddar man, how you can put plants to sleep with anaesthetic, the asteroid which is going to fly by, and Romeo the frog who cant find a mate. 

Three parent babies, Nigel the lonely gannet, and when dogs bite

This week Hannah and Malcolm are joined by Juliana to discuss three person babies, who's more likely to be bitten by a dog, how we can measure ice from space with lasers, and orcas who can talk like people.     

Space graffiti, evolution of eyes, and crows with hooks

This week we discussed tool use in crows, space graffiti, and heard from Professor David Newbold about the difference between Physics and Astronomy. 

Orang Utan medicine, Bloodhound Super Sonic Car, and new planet discoveries

This week we have Ben Sykes on the show to talk about the Bloodhound Project which aims to get a car to 1000 mph.  We discuss the use of herbal medicine observed in Orang Utans, how alcohol can irreversibly damage your genome, the importance of sleep, and how citizen scientists have identified new planets through Zooniverse. 

A bionic arm, frozen iguanas, the Cassini crash and growing lambs in bags.

In the first show of the new year, Hannah and Malcolm recap their favourite stories from last year. We revisit the incubation premature lambs in fluid-filled bags and the crash of Cassini, have an interview with Seth Shostak about the search for extra terrestrial life, and hear news about the bomb cyclone's effect on iguanas.