RAZOR Sounds
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Special: Mission to Mars
20 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Scientists have managed to launch rovers on the Red Planet, but what will it take to get a human on the surface?Could their bodies survive the rigors ...
Saving the little penguin
12 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The natural ecosystems we depend upon are in crisis globally, with around a million species at risk of disappearing from the wild. Penguins feed in th...
Episode 26: Why do fish swim in schools?
10 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s long been known that fish swim in schools to protect themselves from predators, but could there be another reason? This week on the podcast, S...
Episode 25: Zebrafish
27 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we look at a revolutionary new cancer treatment. Emma goes to Portugal to talk to Rita Fuore about how she realized injecting tumors into ze...
Episode 24: Mitochondrial Therapy
13 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the RAZOR Podcast, Shini Somara and Emma Keeling hear about a revolutionary new therapy that could challenge the aging process. Glenn Je...
Episode 23: Covid-19 in animals
30 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's the final Razor podcast of 2020! In this episode Shini Somara and Emma Keeling look at what would happen if Covid-19 took hold in animals. E...
Episode 22: Mycelium the wonder-fungus
16 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the podcast Emma Keeling and Shini Somara look at a magical mushroom that can be turned into insulation material for our homes. Emma visi...
Episode 21: Covid-19 Hair Loss
02 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the podcast Shini Somara and Emma Keeling look at hair loss as a potential Covid-19 symptom. A leading hair loss clinic in London has r...
Episode 20: 3D Mummies
18 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week on RAZOR, Shini Somara speaks to mechanical engineer Richard Johnston, a professor at the Materials Research Centre, Swansea University to f...
Episode 19: Superfly
04 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Razor Sounds we look at a company that’s looking to revolutionise the way we try and feed the world. Entocycle is a biotechnology compa...
Episode 18: Facemasks + Sewers4Covid
22 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s episode of the RAZOR podcast, Shini and Emma look at a group of researchers studying our sewer system to better manage the COVID-19 o...
Women in STEM Special [REPEAT]
07 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today we’ll be looking at women in Science, Technology Engineering and Mathematics [STEM]. Not too long ago, we interviewed two young women making m...
Episode 17: Next-Gen Food Recycling
23 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the RAZOR podcast we look at a company that's revolutionising food waste. CGTN America correspondent Mark Niu tells us about h...
Episode 16: Anthropause Revisited
09 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the RAZOR Podcast we Emma and Shini revisit one of our most popular stories. Back in Episode 13, Emma spoke to us about the anthropause: the...
Episode 15: The 4-Day Workweek
26 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the RAZOR podcast Emma Keeling dives deep into one of our most popular stories over the past year. One New Zealand boss had changed to a ...
Episode 14: Covid-19 Brain Trauma+ Ocean Mapping
12 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the podcast we look at the lasting effects that COVID-19 can have on our brains. Emma Keeling talks to professor Robert Stevens from Johns Ho...
Episode 13: Anthropause + Covid-19 Test
29 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the Razor Podcast Emma and Shini look at how the animal kingdom has responded to the covid-19 pandemic. You might have noticed more wildlif...
Episode 12: Covid-19 Aerodynamics + 4-Day Work Week
15 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the Razor Podcast we look at life after Covid-19. How we are going to put society back together and continue to our lives after the disruptio...
Episode 11: DNA Nudge + Snakebite Antivenom 2.0
01 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the show Emma and Shini are joined by another Razor team member. Over the course of the Razor Podcast we have covered topics by reporter Jo C...
Episode 10: Mixed-Reality Headsets + Remdesivir
24 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the Razor Podcast Shini talks to Louis Koizia from Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in London about mixed-reality headsets that are help...
Episode 9: Covid-19 Origins + eScooters
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the Razor Podcast Shini and Emma look at the origins of Covid-19. Allegations that the coronavirus may have escaped from a laboratory, or eve...
Episode 8: Covid-19 Special
10 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of the Razor Podcast we look at how science is fighting COVID-19. In our first story, Shini Somara tells us how understanding ae...
Women in STEM Special
03 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today we’ll be looking at women in Science, Technology Engineering and Mathematics [STEM]. Not too long ago, we interviewed two young women making m...
Episode 7: Mission to Mars + Jet Pack Flights
27 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Human beings have been fascinated by Mars for centuries. Since 2012, NASA's Curiosity Rover has been traversing the red planet to see if it could...
Episode 6: Green Electronics
20 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A fair portion of discarded electronics ends up in landfills and that ends up harming our planet. A recent UN report found that we’re throwing away ...
Episode 5: Artificial Leaf + Hydrogen Boat
13 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
One of the reasons we need more trees is because of photosynthesis. This is the process through which plants make their own food, but it’s also how ...
Episode 4: Solar-Powered Hand + Daylight Brain Therapy
06 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Every year there are around 1 million amputations globally – that’s one every 30 seconds. But not everybody can afford a bionic limb or even a bas...
Episode 3: The DNA Episode
29 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of RAZOR we delve deeper into our DNA and take a closer look at who we really are. Shini and Emma look at how we map and understand ou...
Episode 2: Quantum Physics + Brain Cancer + Electric Trucks
17 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode of the RAZOR Podcast Shini and Emma look at the most cutting edge issues in science today. How can something “be” and “no...
Episode 1: Snakebites, Eco-Marathon and Carbon Storage
06 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode of the RAZOR podcast Emma and Shini discuss the development of a new snakebite anti-venom being made in Liverpool. The World Heal...