Naturebang Podcast Por BBC Radio 4 arte de portada

Naturebang
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Becky Ripley and Emily Knight make sense of what it means to be human by looking to the natural world... Science meets storytelling with a philosophical twist.

(C) BBC 2025 Ciencia Ciencias Biológicas
Episodios
  • Grooming Apes and the Origins of Kissing

    Grooming Apes and the Origins of Kissing
    Aug 29 2025

    Becky Ripley and Emily Knight discover the hairy history of the human kiss. Where did it come from? Why do we like doing it? And how is it good for us?

    Featuring Dr Adriano Lameira, primatologist turned evolutionary psychologist from the University of Warwick, and Dr Dean Burnett, neuroscientist, lecturer, and author of The Idiot Brain and The Happy Brain, among others. Produced and presented by Emily Knight and Becky Ripley.
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    15 m
  • Photosynthetic Clams and the Problem of Power

    Photosynthetic Clams and the Problem of Power
    Aug 28 2025

    How do we extract the maximum amount of power from the sun? Becky Ripley and Emily Knight enlist the help of a giant, thousand-year old clam. And end up in the depths of space...

    Featuring Professor Alison Sweeney at Yale University, and Mike Garrett from the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics. Produced and presented by Emily Knight and Becky Ripley
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    14 m
  • Running Wild and the Science of Endurance

    Running Wild and the Science of Endurance
    Aug 27 2025

    Why do animals move the way they do? And why do we humans love to run? Becky Ripley and Emily Knight enlist dogs, horses, armadillos, and some uncooperative rabbits to find out.

    Featuring Professor Lewis Halsey from the University of Roehampton, and Dr Andrew Yegian from Harvard University. Produced and presented by Emily Knight and Becky Ripley.
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    15 m
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