A weekly programme that illuminates the mysteries and challenges the controversies behind the science that's changing our world.

Tim Harford explains - and sometimes debunks - the numbers and statistics used in political debate, the news and everyday life

Host Miriam Frankel delves into some of the great mysteries still puzzling the world's top physicists in this new series from The Conversation. This podcast will take you on a mind-blowing journey from the smallest to the largest conundrums, exploring curled-up dimensions, consciousness and parallel universes on the way.

Professor Jim Al-Khalili talks to leading scientists about their life and work, finding out what inspires and motivates them and asking what their discoveries might do for us in the future

On ‘The Most Terrifying Places in America’, hear real about ghost stories at America's most-famous haunted landmarks. With direct audio from the TV show, a team of ghost hunters, psychic mediums and historians take you around the U.S. to find out why these paranormal hot spots deserve their reputation.

Also, go back and listen to episodes of These Woods Are Haunted and The Alaska Triangle. On These Woods Are Haunted, hear true accounts of people who ventured deep into the forest only to come screaming out with stories that defy reality. And on The Alaska Triangle, hear how experts and eyewitnesses attempt to unlock the mystery of the Alaska Triangle, a remote area infamous for alien abductions, Bigfoot sightings, paranormal phenomena and vanishing airplanes.

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