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The Rest Is Science
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Today: #11 in Science on our combined chart.
Today: #1 in Science, United Kingdom on our combined chart.
Today: #5 in Science, Canada on our combined chart.
Today: #1 in Science, Australia on our combined chart.
Today: #20 in Science, Germany on our combined chart.
Today: #11 in Science, Brazil on our combined chart.
Today: #5 in Science, Mexico on our combined chart.
Today: #1 in Science, New Zealand on our combined chart.
Today: #1 in Science, Ireland on our combined chart.
Today: #3 in Science, India on our combined chart.
Today: #35 in Science, Japan on our combined chart.
Today: #5 in Science, Philippines on our combined chart.
Today: #3 in Science, South Africa on our combined chart.
Chart positions today · Ireland
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Ranking history · Ireland
Latest daily rankings: Oct 22. New rankings will appear after the next update.
Position on the Science, Ireland combined chart over the last 7 days. Toggle platforms to compare their positions. Lower rank numbers are better.
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| Date | Combined Rank | Apple Podcasts | Pocket Casts | Castbox |
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| Oct 22 | #1 | #1 | #1 | #1 |
| Oct 21 | #1 | #1 | #1 | #1 |
| Oct 20 | #1 | #1 | #1 | #1 |
| Oct 19 | #1 | #1 | #1 | #1 |
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Latest episodes
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A History Of Squatting
October 21, 2026 · 38 minIn 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…
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Mathematicians Are The Canary Down The AI Coal Mine
October 18, 2026 · 1 hr 7 minOpenAI 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…
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The Right Way To Open A Shaken Soda Can
October 14, 2026 · 38 minA 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…
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Something Weird Is Going On With Placebos
October 11, 2026 · 50 minFor 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…
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What Was A Mammoth Doing At The Bottom Of The Sea?
October 7, 2026 · 42 minHannah 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 minWhy 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…
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Hacking The Kendama With Physics
September 30, 2026 · 41 minMichael 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…
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Why Do We Like Staring Into Fire?
September 27, 2026 · 59 minWhat 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…
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The Fluid Dynamics of Fountain Pens
September 23, 2026 · 1 hr 5 minThe 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…
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Dying In Space, Trapped Water, and What's Hidden In Pi?
September 20, 2026 · 49 minAlmost 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…
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How Codes Were Used To Hack The Telegram Business
September 16, 2026 · 57 minWhat 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…
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Why Your Body Needs Gravity
September 13, 2026 · 43 minDoes 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…
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.