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A Spark of Science — 269 episodes
269: Terrific Tetrapods
268: Why do hot things glow?
257: What would happen if the Gulf stream disappeared?
266: Smell with a Twist
265: Smelly Science
264: Do elephants ever forget?
262: Can you smell fear?
262: Thunder & Lightning
261: The Science of Spice
260: Goosebumps
259: Why do your fingers go wrinkly in the bath?
258: Star Colours
257: Identifying Rocks!
256: Dark Oxygen
255: Animal Defences
254: Why is Scotland getting spaceports?
253: How are you listening to this?
252: Eye colour
251: Wooden Satellites
250: Flight & Fuel
249: Magnets
248: Preserving Food
247: Medicines in Space
246: Wiggly Worms
245: Animal antifreeze
244: Silent snow
243: Red noses and chilly fingers
242: Why is water salty?
241: Why does pineapple make your tongue tingle?
240: Why can't you burp in space?
239: Planetary Procession
238: Self-driving cars
237: Where does plastic go when it's recycled?
236: Vitamins
235: Why can we see our breath in winter?
234: Lighting up the Future
233: Ice & Salt
232: How do clocks work?
231: From the Archive - Winter Solstice
230: from the archive - How do polar bears stay warm?
229: Is there water in Mars?
228: Nitrogen
227: Where do satellites go to die
226: Air Economists
225: Indoor Air Quality
224: Auroras
223: Polar Nights & Midnight Sun
222: Solubility
221: Why Do Onions Make Us Cry?
220: Twins
219: Volcanoes
218: Bone Clues
217: Venus Fly Traps
216: It's Rocket Science
215: Animal Migration
214: Pollination
213: Deadly Makeup
212: The Second Moon of Mars
211: Busy Bees
210: Desertification
209: Blue Moons
208: Hardworking Hearts
207: Caterpillar transformation
206: What is sand?
205: Sleepwalking
204: Seagrass Meadows
203: Why wear sunscreen?
202: Why do birds sing?
201: Temperate Rainforests
200: Facts around number 200 - 200th episode!
199: Geothermal Energy
198: Tardigrades
197: Frogs
196: Glasgow Sandstone
195: Peatlands
194: How do bats see in the dark?
193: Music in Space
192: Colossus Penguins
191: What is a lightyear? - British Science Week
190: Scottish Wildcats
189: Nature's Engineers - Beavers
188: Why is snot helpful?
187: Wearing your school uniform is good for you
186: Why do dogs pee on everything?
185: Gemstones
184: Vitamin C and Scurvy
183: Mars Sample Return Mission
182: Dinosaur Footprints
181: What is Precipitation?
180: Winter Solstice
179: How do polar bears stay warm?
178: Space Toilets
177: Smart Bandages
176: Red Planet Day
175: Archive episode - The Perihelion Prize
174: Archive episode - The colours of Autumn
173: Is all radiation bad?
172: Animals have dreams too
171: Fascinating Fusion
170: What is a scab?
169: Brain Freeze
168: The Moon
167: When is Autumn?
166: How do we see?
165: Migrating Geese
164: What's in the air around us?
163: Why do we fall for lies?
162: Perfect Patterns
161: What happens to Honeybees in winter?
160: Bioluminescence
159: Biology - Yawning
158: Physics - Gravitational waves
157: Technology - AI Homework War
156: Photonics - Quantum psychology
155: Nature - Algal blooms
154: Physics - The Big Bang
153: Scottish Climate Solutions - Wind
152: Human Body - Artificial heart
151: Floating wetlands - Dr Ed Curley: The benefits of floating wetlands
150: Photonics - How physics foils fine art forgers
149: Scottish Climate Solutions - Water
148: What is Artificial Intelligence
147: Our changing city
146: The science of appliances - the microwave
145: Scottish climate solutions - mountains
144: Volcanoes in space
143: What is biodiversity?
142: Ignite - Dr Cecilia Medupin
141: Talking trees
140: Ignite - Emmanuel Zuza
139: British science week
138: Floating wetlands
137: Ignite - Jamie Toney
136: Marine snow
135: Ignite - Jonathan Shanklin
134: Water on Mars
133: Octopus escape artists
132: Microbiome and poo transplants
131: Exoplanets
130: Marine energy
129: Thermal batteries
128: Why are evergreens, ever green?
127: Why is snow white?
126: Sustainable solutions at Christmas
125: Why do octopuses punch fish?
124: Language Acquisition
123: Arctic Prize
122: Amazing alginate
121: How do squirrels find their nuts?
120: Sound and vision in space
119: Frankenstein
118: Bloodsuckers
117: Ignite - Pam Smith
116: Sustainable Development Goals
115: Electric Cars
114: Waste
113: DNA
112: Jet packs
111: Wind turbines
110: Climate sisters
109: 3D printing
108: Biofuels
107: Particle science
106: Scientific mindset
105: Colourblindness
104: Dreaming
103: Sustainability of paint
102: Music on the radio
101: Balloons
100: Facts about 100
99: Sharks
98: Wee Forests
97: Ignite - Max Holloway
96: James Webb telescope
95: Fibre optics
94: A cup of tea
93: Our favourite science facts
92: The science of fasting
91: Newton Flight Academy
90: Our world our impact
89: The Moon is following you
88: Ice isn't solid
87: Star Spotting
86: Brilliant bacteria
85: Alan Turing and Sophia Jex Blake
84: Mating Behaviours
83: Comets
82: Climate conversations - Extreme weather
81: Winter Sky - Orion
80: Animal adaption
79: Facial recognition
78: Sense of self - Interoception
77: Igloo ingenuity
76: Christmas on the ISS
75: Climate conversations - Arctic
74: Perihelion prize
73: The colours of Autumn
72: Caffeine conundrum
71: A tail of evolution
70: Young climate activists
69: The chemistry of colour - Fireworks
68: Deep sea and climate change
67: Cracking caramelisation
66: No such thing as a silly question
65: E-waste
64: Make your mark
63: What is COP26?
62: Fibonacci garden
61: Pollen season and climate change
60: GSC's outdoor space
59: Climate conversations
58: Brilliant bubbles
57: The truth about the T-Rex
56: Going for gold
55: Changing Arctic
54: What glows below
53: Air Pollution
52: Scottish science - George Bennie Railplane
51: Favourite scientific breakthroughs of the last 20 years
50: Astrobiology
49: Explore!
48: The secret life of grass
47: The wolf tone
46: Light and long-distance measuring
45: Backyard Bioblitz
44: Scottish innovation
43: Sunshine food
42: Mars landers
41: The energy trilemma
40: Water on Earth
39: Yuri Gagarin
38: The science of chocolate
37: What time is it?
36: International day of happiness
35: Green futures - cities
34: Inspiring women scientists
33: Hibernation
32: Science of Sleep
31: Nurdles
30: Bumblebees
29: Biodiversity
28: Miyawaki forests
27: Food waste
26: Climate challenges
25: Scottish science - Schiehallion
24: How fast does Santa travel?
23: Brussel sprouts
22: Sustainable Christmas trees
21: Snowflake science
20: Your flexible brain
19: Why is the sky blue?
18: Scottish science - temperature
17: Vertical farming
16: What if the Moon disappeared?
15: Peat mummies
14: Ocean acidification
13: Planet spotting
12: Satellites
11: Viscosity
10: Colour vision in animals
9: Singing bowl
8: Urban mining
7: Scottish science - Strontium
6: Wind energy
5: A tour of Jupiter
4: What it's like to be a Science Communicator?
3: Medical mythbusting
2: Pennies and corrosion
1: Weird, cool and gross animal facts