Podcasts

A giant odd radio circle revealed by the public — plus, an ancient molecular switch lets plants sense scorching temperatures.

A millennial-scale drought in the Ganga – plus, a converter for cheaper EV charging, metals poisoning dugongs, and the emotional intelligence of elephants.

A device to transform dairy health — plus, snowflake fractals, molecular antibodies, and ageing skin in a dish.

Maternal health crafts infant microbiomes — plus, fluid electrons in graphene, early arthritis diagnosis via smartphone photos, and how plants regrow root tips after injury.

Ancient crops may guide future farming — plus, a soda-can satellite sniffs pollution, a new pest threatens jasmine, and DNA ties India to Sri Lanka.

Why students still trek into forests – plus, migrants are left out of climate plans, AI flags early cervical cancer, and Nipah may sometimes spread through air.

Machine learning predicts chemical risks in everyday plastics — plus, droplet science sharpens rainfall models, India pushes for animal-free drug tests, and silicon that shines with light.

Study analyses reasons for shared weight gain – plus, farms as carbon sinks, a nasal COVID booster and uranium lurking in Karnataka’s groundwater.

Rising retractions prompt national reform – plus, a promising snakebite antidote, rise of biofoundries and why Ladakh glows in auroras.

How to support robust science reporting — plus, ISRO and NASA launch a satellite to map Earth, and glowing nanoparticles target cancer with precision.

Teamwork behind GW231123 — plus, beetles reveal coinfection risks, how COVID evades antibodies, and what ageing muscles really need.

Ultrathin material for 6G technology, endangered dolphins caught in India–Pakistan tensions, flexible snake-inspired robots and colour-changing virus sensors

Lunar cooling during lockdowns, El Niño floods in Maharashtra talavs, a cancer-triggering protein and the race to save India’s ancient horseshoe crabs.

Vanishing Antarctic ice, a toxic toad's invasive journey, next-gen non-silicon processors and an AI enzyme-hunter

Failing carbon offsets, Martian salt clues and bendable air-powered batteries

Ancient whale bones, pig domestication history, wild tigers navigating fragile boundaries and nanoparticles that stop blood clotting

Ancient magma, solar swirls, venom maps, and vanishing plankton

Sulphur on the Moon, bacteria going to space, GM crops in limbo, and India’s tiger triumph

Science communication in India needs space and change

Cosmologist Jayant Narlikar’s legacy and the Global South’s push for culturally rooted AI