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How exercise shrinks tumours and starves cancer; Weird molecules found on comet 3I/A…

12/5/2025 • 25 min

Episode 335 Exercise has been shown to shrink tumours by 60 per cent. A new study shows another link between regular exercise and cancer prevention, this time revealing that muscle cells may outcompete cancer cells for energy - basically starving them. We explore the links between metabolism and glucose - with the caveat that so far this has only been demonstra… Play episode

The evolution of sperm and the enduring mystery of the s*****m; How our br…
The origin and evolution of music: Steve Pretty plays the conch
New genome of ancient human; 95% of us have a dormant virus that causes di…
Why the claims about Hitler’s genome are misleading
COP30: The world's climate future hinges on this meeting
The collapse of America’s health data system; How sleep affects your focus…
How mRNA vaccines teach your body to kill cancer; Grim state of climate ac…
Neuroscience of reality; Quest for dark matter; Folklore of geoscience (Ne…
First climate tipping point triggered; Man controls another person's body …
Space 2075: How Humanity Will Live, Work and Make Drugs off-planet | Live …
How Jane Goodall changed the world; How the universe ends; How “selfish sp…
Emergency in Antarctica; How movement changes the brain; Why women live lo…
Skull rewrites story of human evolution; Autism and Tylenol; discovery of …
The evolutionary price we pay for longer lives; the asteroid coming VERY c…
Why we can't announce life on Mars (yet); The Romans' impact on the Britis…
First complete map of brain activity; Queen ant lays eggs of another speci…
Scientists discovered a 100,000-year-old organism; Breakthrough brain impl…
Could we end winter illness?; Cold fusion’s comeback; The delicious microb…
Climate special: How to fix the climate crisis with Tim Lenton and Kate Ma…
80 years since Hiroshima: Forgotten victims of the atomic bomb
Ozempic and Wegovy slow down biological ageing; creation of synthetic bact…
AI wins first gold at maths Olympic games; How mitochondria are linked to …
Scientists test engineered microbes to fight disease; Has 1.5 degrees fail…
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First full genome of Ancient Egyptian sequenced; Wild killer whales offer …
Mice with two dads; perfect your sleep with science; how lizards survived …
First skull of mysterious human ancestor; Decoding whale language; Heatwav…
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$1 trillion of platinum on the moon; how your brain distinguishes between …
The real threat of AI - ethics, exploitation and the erosion of truth
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Ocean wonders and the new arguments against deep-sea mining; biophotons em…
Is our understanding of light completely wrong? Two consciousness theories…
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