All Episodes

6.7 The Hidden Architecture of Sleep

6.6 Preparing for the Next Pandemic: Understanding Viruses from Wildlife to Humans

6.5 How Ultraprocessed Foods Rewire the Brain with Arsene Kanyamibwa

6.4 Inside Muscle Recovery: The Science Behind Repair, Strength, and Ageing

6.3 The Science of Conversation

6.2 The ghost-like particle: What are neutrinos and why are the so elusive?

6.1 The Science Basement Roundtable: 2025 in Review

5.9 On Thin Ice: How Data and Models Reveal Antarctic Sea-Ice Thickness/ w Shreya Trivedi, Sujai & Touqeer

5.8 Journey from Junior Researcher to Principal Investigator- w/ Heli, Nidal, Veijo & Rhiannon

5.7 Seeds of the Sky: From Boreal Forests to Penguin Poop w/ Zoé, Matthew, Sujai & Touqeer

5.6. Ancient Clues, Modern Risks: How Paleontology tells the future-w/ David Polly, Emmi & Rhiannon

5.5. Why Science? The Motivations, Challenges, and Triumphs- w/ Victor & Roselydiah

5.4 Breast Milk, Babies, and the Microbiome- w/ Dollwin, Roselydiah & Rhiannon

5.3 ReproducibiliTea: Grassroots Action for Open Science w/ Vootele, Anastasiia, & Sujai

5.2 Unlocking puberty: How does the onset of puberty begin? w/ Nidhi, Rhiannon & Uranbaigal

5.1 Birds, Bees, & Sustainability: A Year in Review with the Basement Crew w/Sujai, Emmi, Uranbaigal

The Innovation Journey: From Academia to Impact w/ Sarah, Rhiannon & Rose

Into the wild: A Biologist’s Notes on wildlife adaptation to climate change w/ Katja, Sujai & Emmi

Does high-impact equal high quality in scientific publishing? w/ Pekka, Rafael, Rhiannon, & Sujai

4.13 Twisted Spaces: A Look at Quasi-conformal geometry – w/ Jonathan, Sujai & Rhiannon

4.12 Engineering hope: Cancer treatment & synthetic biology – w/ Nisa, Ardalan, Sujai & Rhiannon

4.11 Tackling scientific misinformation using iHealthFacts – w/ Paula, Rhiannon & Rose

4.10 Fresh for Longer: How Packaging Extends Agri-Produce Shelf Life – w/ Kateřina, Rhiannon & Rose

4.9 Tiny Tech, Big Impact: The World of Biosensors – w/ Martin, Katja & Rhiannon

4.8 The first five days of embryo development: the key to IVF success – w/ Nina, Rhiannon & Rose

4.7 Closing the loop: How your discarded clothes get a new life- w/ Anubhuti, Rhiannon & Sujai

4.6 Growing mini-brains as models for Alzheimer's disease - w/ Alejandra, Giuliano & Pritakshi

4.5 The Anatomy of Agony: Deciphering Pain Perception

4.4 Our favourite episodes of 2023 - w/ Anastasiia, Eleanna, Rhiannon, & Sujai

Societal impact of research | HiLIFE series Ep5 w/ Marjo Saastamoinen & Kirsi Mikkonen

Research support with leadership and infrastructure | HiLIFE Ep4 w/ Juha Huiskonen&Maria Vartiainen

Mentoring scientific talents | HiLIFE series Ep3 w/ Rhiannon, Anastasiia, E.Castrén & O.Pietiläinen

At the crossroads of research and business | HiLIFE series Ep2 w/ Andrea Ganna & Johan Lundin

Leading a big academic institution | HiLIFE mini-series Ep1 w/ Eleanna, Anastasiia & Jari Koistinaho

4.3 Quantum computing: safeguarding data in photon parcels -w/Eleanna,Anastasiia&Valentin Averchenko

4.2 From friends to foes: the origins and struggles of mitochondrial diseases -w/Rohit Verma

Let's talk about harassment in academia | Spinoff Episode 6 - w/ Anastasiia & Eleanna

4.1 The secrets of ants' resilience to changing climate - w/ Eleanna, Katja & Beatriz Portinha

Let's talk about an epidemic of misinformation | Spinoff Episode 5 - w/ Anastasiia & Eleanna

3.27 Vegan diet in children - w/ Anastasiia, Rhiannon and Topi Hovinen

Let's talk about why people run from academia | Spinoff Episode 4 - w/ Anastasiia & Eleanna

3.26 Magnifying nature: expressing your science in an art book - w/ Christopher Jackson

Let's talk about the art of networking | Spinoff Episode 3 - w/ Anastasiia & Eleanna

3.25 Killer electrons in space - w/ Eleanna, Tomàs & Harriet George

Let’s talk about supervising and being supervised | Spinoff Episode 2 - w/ Anastasiia & Eleanna

3.24 Self-medicating ants - w/ Katja, Pritakshi & Jason Rissanen

Let's talk about choosing your future group | Spinoff Episode 1 - w/ Anastasiia & Eleanna

3.23 The ups and downs of doing a PhD - w/ Anastasiia, Katja & Laura Suominen

3.22 Diabetes: can stem cells be a solution? - w/ Giuliano, Rhiannon & Tom Barsby

3.21 Top 3 scientific highlights of 2022 - w/ Anastasiia, Rhiannon & Giuliano

3.20 Happiness explained - w/ Anastasiia, Rhiannon & Jennifer De Paola

3.19 ADHD and the VR quest for diagnosis - w/ Giuliano, Katja & Liya Merzon

3.18 Rogue mitochondria: A rare disease story - w/ Anastasiia, Eleanna & Prof.Anu Wartiovaara

3.17 Casual chat on scicomm ...& a cat - w/ Giuliano, Eleanna Tomàs & Anastasiia

3.16 Psychedelics vs Addiction? - w/ Giuliano, Eleanna & Lauri Elsilä

3.15 University branding: defining and expressing identity - w/ Eleanna, Katja & Ari-Matti Erjansola

3.14 Can we recycle CO2? - w/ Giuliano, Tomàs & Todd Elliott

TSB-iCAN Ep5 - The creative future of cancer research - w/ Giuliano, Katja & Prof Vincenzo Cerullo

TSB-iCAN series Ep4 - AI in cancer research - w/ Eleanna, Rhiannon & Dr. Dmitrii Bychkov

TSB-iCAN series Ep3 - What is personalised cancer care? - w/ Eleanna, Katja & Dr. Anniina Färkkilä

TSB-iCAN series Ep2 - Finding new ways to beat cancer - w/ Giuliano, Tomàs & Prof. Sirpa Leppä

TSB-iCAN series Ep1 - Can we beat cancer? - w/ Tomàs, Eleanna & Prof. Tomi Mäkelä

3.13 Holiday Special - w/ Tomás, Giuliano, Katja & Steve

3.12 Evil... as a mass phenomenon - w/ Eleanna, Giuliano & Marianna Saartio-Itkonen

3.11 Virus vs Cancer! - w/ Giuliano, Eleanna & Manlio Fusciello

3.10 Treating fear with... an iPhone! - w/ Giuliano, Cecilia & Anja Zimmer

3.9 Gold Dragonflies and odd chemistry - w/ Tomás, Giuliano & Eduardo García Padilla

3.8 Treating depression with... Psychedelics? - w/ Giuliano, Eleanna & Rafael Moliner

3.7 Sleeping cells - w/ Tomás, Eleanna & Sarah Steffens

3.6 Solar eruptions & sheath regions. SPOILER: they're huge! -w/ Eleanna, Giuliano & Matti Ala-Lahti

3.5 A beautiful architecture in your eyes - The retina - w/ Giuliano, Cecilia & Laura Celotto

3.4 Fantastic Peats and where to find … salmon - w/ Tomás, Katja & Liam Godwin

TSB-Cochrane series Ep3 - How should we assess scientific information?-w/ Eleanna, Katja & Jack Nunn

TSB-Cochrane series Ep2 - Systematic reviews -w/ Giuliano, Elmo & Fiona Stewart

TSB-Cochrane series Ep1 - Cochrane reviews in times of COVID-19 - w/ Tomàs, Lea & John Lavis

3.3 Seismic imaging: "seeing" the inside of the Earth - w/ Eleanna, Tomàs & Christina

3.2 Online trolls, journalism, and armies of love - w/ Katja, Annina & Giuliano

3.1 We're back! - w/ Giuliano, Stephany & Erika

26. Plastic brains for adults - w/ Giuliano Didio

25. The dark side of the Moon - w/ Markku Alho

24. In social sciences your data can look back at you - w/ Anastasia Diatlova

23. Plants are leaking gas all the time - w/ Arnaud Praplan

22. If a huge solar storm comes we can be left without social media - w/ Diana Morosan

21. Shooting X-rays at things - w/ Ari-Pekka Honkanen

20. Epigenome, DNA, and pineapple on pizza - w/ Chiara Facciotto

19. Nobody is allowed to steal plutonium - w/ Camille Bélanger-Champagne

18. We are going to Mercury! - w/ Juhani Huovelin

17. Looking for gravitational waves - w/ David Weir

Summer Special - Science stories with the students from ICPS2018

16. Working with 4500 salmon - w/ Andrew House

15. How to brew stem cells - w/ Shibani Ratnayake

14. Polluting the air whilst cooking - w/ Lubna Dada

13. Flying around a comet with Rosetta - w/ Minna Myllys

12. From chicken bones to bone music - w/ Alexander Meaney

11. Did you know about MITO? - w/ Juan Landoni

10. Glaciers are very fast runners - w/ Yongmei Gong

9. The science of #howatomsmove - w/ Ekaterina Baibuz

8. There is dark and cold dust between stars - w/ Elisabetta Micelotta

7. A lemming once threatened me and my plants - w/ Friederike Gehrmann

6. Biofortified at an early stage: the story of a tuber - w/ Daniel Wasonga