Jan 27

Les mystérieuses fleurs de glace...

Parfois, la nature crée des formes aussi belles qu’éphémères, visibles seulement quelques instants. Aujourd’hui, on s’intéresse à un phénomène météorologique rare qui transforme la glace en véritables œuvres d’art.Bienvenue dans ce nouvel épisode de Futura Planète. Aujourd’hui, o ... Show More

3m 48s

Jan 26

Maladie de Forestier : quand la colonne vertébrale se rigidifie

Une maladie peu connue peut transformer progressivement la colonne vertébrale en une structure rigide et douloureuse. Aujourd’hui, on s’intéresse à une pathologie discrète, souvent découverte tardivement, mais aux conséquences bien réelles.Cette semaine dans Futura Santé, on va p ... Show More

4m 28s

Jan 23

Vos écouteurs Bluetooth peuvent-ils vraiment vous espionner ?

Pour cette semaine du 19 janvier : La lumière du jour peut améliorer nos performances cognitives, une tempête solaire exceptionnelle a déclenché des alertes inédites, la gravité d’un rhume dépend surtout de ce qui se passe dans notre nez dès les premières heures, une vache surpre ... Show More

6m 38s

Oct 2023

An anti-CRISPR system that helps save viruses from destruction

In this episode:00:47 An RNA-based viral system that mimics bacterial immune defencesTo protect themselves against viral infection, bacteria often use CRISPR-Cas systems to identify and destroy an invading virus’s genetic material. But viruses aren’t helpless and can deploy count ... Show More

30m 17s

Mar 2024

Killer whales have menopause. Now scientists think they know why

In this episode:00:45 Making a map of the human heartThe human heart consists of multiple, specialised structures that all work together to enable the organ to beat for a lifetime. But exactly which cells are present in each part of the heart has been difficult to ascertain. Now, ... Show More

27m 15s

Oct 2021

Red blood cells’ surprising immune function

We’ve talked a huge amount the past 18 months, for obvious reasons, about the way that white blood cells protect us from infection. But red blood cells – it’s probably among the earliest things I learned in human biology that they’re simple bags for carrying oxygen around the bod ... Show More

53m 24s

Dec 2021

Initial Omicron Lab Data, Creative Naps, and Fishy Sounds.

T-Cells in vaccinated people may be holding the fort, or at least fighting serious illness, against the latest SARS CoV2 variant. Also, how the briefest of sleeps aids creativity.Prof Penny Moore, of South Africa’s National Centre for Infectious Disease and Witwatersrand Universi ... Show More

30m 42s

Feb 2022

L’énigme de la plus grosse explosion de l’histoire

L'événement de la Toungouska, un mystère vieux de 114 ans, en passe d'être résolu ? Des chercheurs russes viennent d'émettre une nouvelle théorie sur ce qui a pu causer la plus grande explosion de mémoire d'homme. Imaginez l'énergie de la bombe nucléaire d'Hiroshima, et multiplie ... Show More

17m 15s

Jun 2022

Galápagos

As our co-Hosts Lulu Miller and Latif Nasser are out this week, we are re-sharing the perfect episode to start the summer season! This one, which first aired in 2014, tells the strange story of a small group of islands that keeps us wondering: will our most sacred natur ... Show More

1h 4m

Jul 2023

Sea squirts and 'skeeters in our science news roundup

Science in the headlines: An amazingly preserved sea squirt fossil that could tell us something about human evolution, a new effort to fight malaria by genetically modifying mosquitos and why archeologists are rethinking a discovery about a Copper-age leader. All Things Considere ... Show More

8m 59s

Mar 2024

Quelles sont les sources d'exposition à la radioactivité naturelle en France ?

Pour écouter mes podcasts: 1/ Dans un lavabo, l’eau s’écoule-t-elle toujours dans le même sens ? Apple Podcasts:<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/dans-un-lavabo-leau-s%C3%A9coule-t-elle-toujours-dans-le-m%C3%AAme-sens/id1048372492?i=1000649 ... Show More

2m 57s

Oct 2021

Wetlands under attack

Since its introduction four decades ago, Spartina alterniflora, a salt-water cordgrass from the USA, has been spreading along China’s coasts. Today, it covers nearly half of the country’s salt marshes. As the UN Biodiversity Conference COP 15 kicks off in China, we look at how th ... Show More

58m 50s

Jul 2021

#78: Will covid evolve to evade vaccines?; the oldest animal fossils ever found; predicting climate change’s extreme weather

More than a week since England lifted its covid restrictions, infection numbers in the UK are very high. The team examines how the country has set up the perfect circumstances for the evolution of “escape variants” - forms of the virus that may be able to evade our immune systems ... Show More

27m 34s

Des météo-tsunamis en Méditerranée (Fds#...