The World, the Universe and Us

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From the evolution of intelligent life, to the mysteries of consciousness; from the threat of the climate crisis to the search for dark matter, The world, ...

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Britain’s First Astronaut on the New Race to the Moon | Helen Sharman contributed by Lukas · Apr 17
How to spot the Lyrid meteor shower: New Scientist's stargazing companion contributed by Lukas · Apr 16
Genetic analysis reveals how the Neanderthals went extinct contributed by Lukas · Apr 10
The Male G-Spot Has Finally Been Found contributed by Lukas · Apr 6
Food shock is inevitable due to the Iran war – and it could get bad contributed by Lukas · Apr 2
World’s First Antimatter Truck Carries Most Valuable And Volatile Substance on Earth contributed by Lukas · Mar 27
Scientists Can Now Preserve a Brain After Death - What’s Next? contributed by Lukas · Mar 25
The Dangerous Bias Shaping the Future of AI contributed by Lukas · Mar 23
Rebecca Solnit On Why the Future Isn’t as Dark as It Looks contributed by Lukas · Mar 21
Why The Iran War Is Speeding The End Of The Fossil Fuel Era contributed by Lukas · Mar 19
Mathematics is Undergoing the Biggest Change in its History contributed by Lukas · Mar 13
The Radical Theory That Could Force Us To Rethink Alzheimer’s contributed by Lukas · Mar 11
We Now Have Early Warning Signal Of Ocean Current Collapse contributed by Lukas · Mar 9
Two 'Extinct' Mammals Species Have Been Discovered in New Guinea contributed by Lukas · Mar 5
How Ukraine Became a Drone Factory - and Changed Warfare Forever contributed by Lukas · Feb 27
The world is running out of water - can cloud-seeding save us?; Why some people get stuck in grief; Is our black hole actually a clump of dark matter? contributed by Lukas · Feb 20
How ancient humans crossed the vast ocean; Brain training for dementia; Life of science legend Maggie Aderin contributed by Lukas · Feb 13
Why Elon Musk plans to put 1 million satellites in orbit; Should we be giving sleep drugs to kids?; Why global pesticide risk is not improving contributed by Lukas · Feb 6
Mini human brain grows blood vessels; The geoengineering risk of termination shock; Trove of ancient fossils discovered contributed by Lukas · Jan 30
The 5 worst ideas of the 21st century – and how they went wrong contributed by Lukas · Jan 23
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From the evolution of intelligent life, to the mysteries of consciousness; from the threat of the climate crisis to the search for dark matter, The world, the universe and us is your essential weekly dose of science and wonder in an uncertain world. Hosted by journalists Dr Rowan Hooper and Dr Penny Sarchet and joined each week by expert scientists in the field, the show draws on Ne...

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As of 2026-09-19, The World, the Universe and Us ranks #13 in the Science category on Apple Podcasts in New Zealand.

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First charted2025-12-17
Best ever#118 on Apple Podcasts (Argentina) · 2026-05-03
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