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Why not listen and learn your GCSE biology in nice easy ten minute chunks? You'll need paper, a pen and a big hot mug of tea.

Mike Shaw


    • Oct 3, 2012 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 14 EPISODES


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    Episode 8 Photosynthesis

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2012


    Here is a new link to an old show. It got broken somehow - sorry about that!

    Episode 10 Microbes and immunity

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2012


    You are the battleground in a war that is constantly raging between your immune system and a host of microbes. Grab a helmet, check your ammo and join the fight...

    Episode 12 - Ecosystems and food webs

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2011


    Get yourself ready for the cold wet field course that awaits you! Find out how the topic of ecology relates to the real world...

    episode 11 - communication and control

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2011


    Keeping your body under control in an ever changing environment takes learning, nerves and hormones.

    Episode 10 - Fighting Disease

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2010


    You are a battlefield in a war that rages constantly in your bloodstream. Find out how you stay on top, and what happens if the microbes ever win...

    Episode 19 Cell Division

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2010


    Once upon a time you were a tiny dot called a zygote. Then, you made a perfect copy of yourself by cell division. From then on, its just been one division after another...

    episode 5 - Blood

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2010


    You see a lot of it in video games these days, but what's it for, and why is it bad for you if it leaks out? Find out all about blood in this episode.

    Episode 2 - Digestion

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2010


    What's good to eat? What's not? How do you turn a yummy quark and lettuce sandwich into something you can use to repair a torn ligament? find out as we go down the digestive tract...

    Episode 18 - Genetic Engineering

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2010


    How can we train bacteria and plants (maybe even animals) to grow better, or make new products for humans? Genetic engineering is big news.

    Episode 17 - cancer and smoking

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2010


    A rather grim topic this episode as we review some of the latest science on why you should really try to give up smoking NOW!

    Episode 9 - genetics

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2010


    Why do you look so much like a better made version of your parents? Listen to the wonderful world of genetics...

    Episode 1 Cells

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2009


    It all starts here. If you don't know how cells work, you don't know enough about biology.

    Episode 3 Digestion

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2009


    How do you get the nutrients you need to keep on going? Find out about the wonders of enzymes and digestion in this episode...

    Episode 7 Carbon and Nitrogen

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2009


    We hear a lot about the greenhouse effect these days, and we should, but get inside the science of the carbon and nitrogen cycles in this episode.

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