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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Ocean wonders and the new arguments against deep-sea mining; biophotons emitted from living things; drumming chimps and the origin of religion contributed by Lukas · May 9, 2025
Is our understanding of light completely wrong? Two consciousness theories go head-to-head; decoding dolphin whistles contributed by Lukas · May 2, 2025
Weekly: Why the climate crisis is an issue of injustice and inequality contributed by Lukas · Apr 29, 2025
Weekly: First brain engineering in a mammal; landmark in fossil fuel lawsuits, the legacy of Pope Francis contributed by Lukas · Apr 25, 2025
Weekly: Have we really just found the strongest evidence for alien life yet? contributed by Lukas · Apr 17, 2025
Weekly: Dire wolves (not) brought back from extinction; US science in existential crisis; how to pour the perfect coffee contributed by Lukas · Apr 11, 2025
Weekly: How plant skin transplants could supercharge crops; China’s pollution win spikes global temperatures; the oldest ivory tools ever found contributed by Lukas · Apr 4, 2025
Weekly: A remarkable view of pregnancy; how to waste less time on your smartphone; superacid diamond rain contributed by Lukas · Mar 28, 2025
Weekly: Life on Mars; biggest dark energy discovery in decades; the mystery of dark oxygen contributed by Lukas · Mar 21, 2025
Weekly: America is turning its back on science and the cosmos; photosynthesis limits; mysterious memory illusion contributed by Lukas · Mar 14, 2025
Weekly: Chimps, bonobos and humans have more in common than you might think contributed by Lukas · Mar 7, 2025
Weekly: How to finally get a good night’s sleep - with science contributed by Lukas · Feb 28, 2025
Weekly: Life-saving mice perform first aid; tiny lab-grown human brains; making skyscrapers and hair condition from wood contributed by Lukas · Feb 21, 2025
Weekly: Resurrecting frozen brains; giant asteroid heads to Earth; you really do have a ‘dessert stomach’ contributed by Lukas · Feb 14, 2025
Weekly: Trump’s war on science; How whale song resembles human language; How to boil the perfect egg with science contributed by Lukas · Feb 7, 2025
Weekly: Is DeepSeek really the ChatGPT killer?; alarming scale of ocean warming; dolphin peeing contests contributed by Lukas · Jan 31, 2025
Weekly: The Trump impact on climate and global health; the placebo effect’s evil twin; the mystery of dark oxygen contributed by Lukas · Jan 24, 2025
Weekly: The truth about Iron Age women; Climate whiplash and the LA wildfires; Rebooting the world’s first chatbot contributed by Lukas · Jan 17, 2025
Weekly: Gene-editing to make superhumans; first bird flu death in the US; perfect pasta with physics contributed by Lukas · Jan 10, 2025
Weekly: All You Need To Know For Science in 2025 contributed by Lukas · Jan 3, 2025
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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 2026-09-21, The World, the Universe and Us ranks #17 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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