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The Rest Is Science

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Today: #3 in Science, South Africa on our combined chart.

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Date	Combined Rank	Apple Podcasts	Pocket Casts	Castbox
Oct 22	#106	#112	#89	#87
Oct 21	#80	#81	#89	#89
Oct 20	#87	#91	#89	#89
Oct 19	#147	#154	#90	—
Oct 18	#145	#149	#90	—
Oct 17	#115	#111	#91	—
Oct 16	#104	#102	#91	—

Latest episodes

A History Of Squatting

October 21, 2026 · 38 min

In many parts of the world, people rest in a deep squat every day. In others, most adults can barely get down there. So what’s going on? Hannah Fry and Michael Stevens dig into the history of squatting and why the ability to squat differs…
Mathematicians Are The Canary Down The AI Coal Mine

October 18, 2026 · 1 hr 7 min

OpenAI claims a swarm of AI agents has solved the Navier-Stokes problem, one of the hardest unsolved questions in mathematics, with a $1 million prize attached. Then it released more than 700 more mathematical manuscripts, including claims…
The Right Way To Open A Shaken Soda Can

October 14, 2026 · 38 min

A can of fizzy drink has been violently shaken. The pressure is building, the bubbles are ready to erupt, and Michael Stevens is about to open it. But Hannah Fry has a trick up her sleeve. Can a few taps really prevent an explosion?This…
Something Weird Is Going On With Placebos

October 11, 2026 · 50 min

For the past few decades, something strange has been happening in clinical trials. Painkillers aren't getting worse, but the placebos they're tested against appear to be getting better. In one landmark study, the advantage of pain…
What Was A Mammoth Doing At The Bottom Of The Sea?

October 7, 2026 · 42 min

Hannah surprises Michael with a mammoth bone from Doggerland, the lost Ice Age land that once joined Britain to mainland Europe, and now lies beneath the North Sea. Who lived there, what roamed it, and how did an entire landscape disappear…

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Why Do We Turn on Innocent People?

October 4, 2026 · 51 min

Why do we turn on innocent people? A convincing story, a suspicious glance and suddenly everyone’s an armchair detective. But what happens when the crowd gets it completely wrong? Hannah Fry and Michael Stevens explore the psychology of…
Hacking The Kendama With Physics

September 30, 2026 · 41 min

Michael hands Hannah a kendama, the Japanese cup-and-ball toy, and asks her to land a single catch. Then he brings out one built for him by Adam Savage of MythBusters and explains why a heavier kendama is a completely different physics…
Why Do We Like Staring Into Fire?

September 27, 2026 · 59 min

What is fire, and why does watching it hold our attention in a different way from scrolling on your phone? Hannah Fry and Michael Stevens start with the science of a flame: why it glows, what its different colours reveal, and why fire is…
The Fluid Dynamics of Fountain Pens

September 23, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min

The wait is finally over: Hannah Fry introduces Michael Stevens to her beloved fountain pen collection and the beautiful physics behind how fountain pens work. From a £20 Lamy Safari to vintage Waterman and Montblanc pens, Hannah explains…
Dying In Space, Trapped Water, and What's Hidden In Pi?

September 20, 2026 · 49 min

Almost every human who has ever lived has one thing in common: they were born and died on Earth. Except for three people. Hannah Fry and Michael Stevens uncover the extraordinary story of Soyuz 11, the Soviet cosmonauts who became the…
How Codes Were Used To Hack The Telegram Business

September 16, 2026 · 57 min

What if a single strange word could save you a fortune? In this episode Michael opens up a Victorian telegram code book and explores how users compressed long messages into brief coded words to outwit the per word charge of the telegraph…
Why Your Body Needs Gravity

September 13, 2026 · 43 min

Does space travel make astronauts younger? Professor Hannah Fry and Michael Stevens explore Einstein’s twin paradox, time dilation and NASA’s famous Twins Study with astronauts Scott and Mark Kelly. After Scott Kelly spent 340 days…

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About the show

Join mathematician Professor Hannah Fry and science creator Michael Stevens (Vsauce) as they dig into the weird scientific questions that often go unexplored. Welcome to The Rest Is Science, a show that sits in the fascinating space between what we think we know, and what we actually know. Why do we assume we understand things like time, randomness, or even gravity? Once you start questioning these familiar ideas, reality becomes astonishingly strange and completely fragile. Whether you're a lifelong science fan or just naturally curious, The Rest Is Science will change your perception of reality, and prove that the biggest questions are always the most fun.