Book club – Science in Black and White by Alondra Oubré
In this month’s episode we’ll talk about Science in Black and White: How Biology and Environment Shape Our Racial Divide by medical anthropologist Alo...
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Book club – Vampirology by Kathryn Harkup
Get your garlic and crucifix ready as we tackle Kathryn Harkup’s latest book Vampirology: The Science of Horror’s Most Famous Fiend. Harkup is a chemi...
Book club - Handmade
How do you make a chemical-resistant beaker out of a material as fragile as glass? And how do you tell the temperature of a piece of steel without a t...
Book club - The Disordered Cosmos
We might like to think that science is purely objective, driven only by scientific principles and free of social disturbances — but this couldn’t be f...
Book club – Never Mind the B#ll*cks, Here’s the Science by Luke O’Neill
In this episode, we’re looking for answers to the important questions in life like ‘Why do you believe in diets?’ or ‘Why are you working in a bullshi...
Book club – The Poison Trials by Alisha Rankin
This month we find out drug testing has come a long way, as we read The Poison Trials: Wonder Drugs, Experiment and the Battle for Authority in Renais...
Book Club - Uncle Tungsten
This month we’re celebrating 20 years of a popular science classic: Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood by Oliver Sacks. In his memoir, Sac...
Book club - Science books for children
Whether you’re looking for a sciencey Christmas present for the young readers in your life or just want to delve into the science of children’s scienc...
Written in Bone
This time, we’re reading Written In Bone: Hidden Stories in what We Leave Behind by forensic anthropologist Sue Black and author of the 2018 Sunday Ti...
The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)
It’s the end times in this episode as we’re reading The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking). In five scenarios, cosmologist Katie Mack explor...