Shirtloads of Science

Ranking history

About the show

Latest episodes

• The GLP-1 Side Effect Everyone Ignores With Professor Clare Collins (493)

  October 3, 2026 · 28 min

  When Robbie Williams announced he had been diagnosed with scurvy earlier this year, Professor Clare Collins was relieved… why?! Because he was bringing attention to a major issue arising from the use of the popular class of weight loss…

• OpenAI's Rogue AI: A Real-World Cyberattack Explained with Dr. Petr Levedev (492)

  September 19, 2026 · 26 min

  In mid-2026, a swarm of AI agents coordinated a cyberattack on Hugging Face, a platform where machine learning communities can collectively work to improve AI models and capabilities. This breach happened without human supervision…

• The Universe's Mathematical Twin With Marcus Chown [Bonus Episode] (491)

  September 12, 2026 · 9 min

  Science writer and journalist Marcus Chown returns for a shorter, more philosophical chat. When Einstein first proposed gravitational waves, atoms hadn't even been discovered, so who knows what the next century holds? We dig into the…

• Gravity's Missing Particle With Marcus Chown (490)

  September 5, 2026 · 32 min

  Science writer and former astrophysicist Marcus Chown joins us to discuss the elusive graviton - the theoretical particle behind gravity.   In this chat we dig into the four fundamental forces of nature, why gravity is so uniquely hard…

• Reality Q&A: Live from Willoughby Library with Geraint Lewis (489)

  August 29, 2026 · 28 min

  A bonus episode straight from the audience at Geraint Lewis' book launch for "The Shortest History of Reality." Listeners fire off some big questions: where do we sit with the 95% of the universe we can't explain? What is dark energy? Why…

• Reality Check: An Astrophysicist's View of Reality with Geraint Lewis Part One (488)

  August 22, 2026 · 25 min

  Join us for a special live episode of Shirtloads of Science, recorded at Willoughby Library for the launch of Professor Geraint Lewis' new book, "The Shortest History of Reality" - a compelling journey tracing the evolution of humanity's…

• More with Toby Hagon: The EV Deep Dive Continues (487)

  August 15, 2026 · 33 min

  Motor journalist Toby Hagon returns to Shirtloads of Science for round two on electric vehicles. Toby shares how he got into motoring journalism and what the job really involves. We break down 400V vs 800V batteries, charge cycles, and…

• Charged Up: All Things Electric Vehicles With Toby Hagon (486)

  August 8, 2026 · 27 min

  Motor journalist Toby Hagon joins Shirtloads of Science to talk all things electric vehicles. We break down the often-confused difference between kilowatts and kilowatt-hours, compare EVs against petrol cars on performance, energy use, and…