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- Link
- https://www.usefulscience.org/podcast
- Category
- Science and Technology
- Subject
- Biology, Chemistry, General Science, Medicine, Physics
- Medium
- Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Podcasting, Streaming/Download
This site posts one sentence ‘Tweetable’ summaries of recent scientific research which is relevant in some way to everyday life. The podcast, which began in September 2015, consists of hour long discussions about the research, aiming to explore the summaries in more depth. Each podcast is about an hour long and consists of a rotating panel of experts. Attractively laid out and easy to navigate, users can explore a range of broad subject headings including Health, Nutrition, Creativity, Persuasion, Productivity and Sleep. Users can click through the summary to find the original research (or a detailed summary thereof) as presented in the relevant scientific journal. Scholarly, yet accessible, this resource has potential appeal and use to a general listenership as well as science students, researchers and postgraduates.
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- Link
- https://play.acast.com/s/lifeinscents
- Category
- Bio-Medical, Science and Technology
- Subject
- Biology, Nature, Psychology
- Medium
- Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Podcasting, Streaming/Download
This fascinating and idiosyncratic podcast about smell deals with all things odorous, looking at the sense of smell scientifically, poetically, historically, psychologically and industrially. The format varies but generally features a guest talking about how smell is important in their life, seen (and smelled) from the perspective of a particular academic discipline, profession or way of life.
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- Link
- https://www.kanopystreaming.com/
- Category
- Arts and Humanities, Bio-Medical, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
- Subject
- Agriculture, American Studies, Archaeology, Art, Biology, Business Studies, Chemistry, Dance, Design, Economics, Education, Engineering, Film Studies, General Science, Geography, German Studies, History, Information Studies, Mathematics, Media Studies, Medicine, Music, Photography, Physics, Politics and Government, Social Studies, Technology, Women’s Studies
- Type of resource
- AV services, Streaming/Download, Video Sources
On-demand streaming platform for educational institutions featuring over 26,000 films from leading producers including PBS, BBC, the Criterion Collection, First Run Features, Media Education Foundation, but also many other smaller, niche producers. The site offers both a platform from which to stream films as well as providing a video hosting service. A full range of academic subjects is covered and many of the films, programmes and clips are not otherwise available on DVD. The site also features detailed analytics so that librarians can more easily assess how the site is being used by students. Subscription is based on paying only for the films which students and institutions actually watch.
Other 
Online
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- Link
- https://biologyonthebox.wordpress.com/
- Category
- Bio-Medical
- Subject
- Agriculture, Biology, Medicine
- Medium
- Film/Video
- Type of resource
- Blogs, Discussion Lists, Information Sources, Video Sources
Website created by Chris Willmott at the University of Leicester as a resource for lecturers and students of bioscience in Higher Education. The main aim of biologyonthebox is to share suggestions for the use of television in teaching Biology. The only constraint is that the programmes suggested must be available in Box of Broadcasts (Bob). The site is clearly laid out and easy to navigate. A helpful list of categories, from Agriculture and Bioethics to Virology and Zoology helps users navigate the resource. Each entry features a url to the programme on BoB along with information about the programme and suggestions on how to use it in teaching.
Other 
Record only
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- Link
- https://dublin.sciencegallery.com
- Category
- Arts and Humanities, Bio-Medical, Science and Technology
- Subject
- Art, Biology, Engineering, General Science, Physics, Psychology, Technology
- Medium
- Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Archives/Museums, Podcasting, Streaming/Download
The Science Gallery is a public science centre at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. Opened in 2008 and housed in Trinity’s Naughton Institute, it holds exhibitions and lectures with a view to science outreach and art-science collaborations. Unlike most science centres, it has no permanent collection, but rather a series of 4-6 temporary exhibitions each year. The Video section of the website hosts video podcasts of recent events including the performance artist ORLAN talking about the future of the human body, and a debate by leading scientists on the ethics of synthetic biology. The podcast section offers a small number of audio podcasts on a wide range of topics including neuroscience, the portrayal of scientists in movies and the relationship between technology, business and art,
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- Link
- https://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/podcasts/genetics/
- Category
- Bio-Medical, Science and Technology
- Subject
- Agriculture, Biology, Genetics, Medicine
- Medium
- Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Podcasting, Streaming/Download
Audio monthly podcasts from the Naked Scientists team at the University of Cambridge in collaboration with the Genetics Society. Recent topics (10/2015) in the magazine-style format have included targeting cancer genes, GM crops and genetic testing. The description of content is comprehensive and full transcripts are available for most titles.
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- Link
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b036f7w2/episodes/downloads
- Category
- Bio-Medical, Science and Technology
- Subject
- Biology, Chemistry, Current Affairs, Engineering, Environmental Studies, General Science, Genetics, Physics, Technology
- Medium
- Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Podcasting, Streaming/Download
BBC Radio 4 series. Dr Adam Rutherford and guests illuminate the mysteries and challenge the controversies behind the science that’s changing our world. Recent topics have included preserving global biodiversity, zero gravity space, new images of Pluto from the New Horizons space probe and artificial intelligence. The content information accompanying each programme is full but only a summary appears as the title; there is no subject searching facility. Episodes are available indefinitely.
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- Link
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0380wf8/episodes/downloads
- Category
- Science and Technology
- Subject
- Biology, Botany, General Science, Physics, Technology
- Medium
- Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Podcasting, Streaming/Download
BBC Radio 4 seven-part series on the history of science in Britain from the Restoration to the present day presented by Lisa Jardine.
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- Link
- http://labmed.ascpjournals.org/site/includefiles/multimedia.xhtml
- Category
- Bio-Medical, Science and Technology
- Subject
- Biology, Chemistry, Medicine
- Medium
- Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Journals, Podcasting, Streaming/Download
LabMedicine is a journal published by the American Society for Clinical Pathology. The site hosts podcasts on microbiology, haemotology, chemistry, transfusion medicine, phebotomy and laboratory management. There is no information given in the listings beyond title and speaker but the titles are self-explanatory.
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- Link
- https://elifesciences.org
- Category
- Bio-Medical, Science and Technology
- Subject
- Biology, General Science, Genetics, Medicine
- Medium
- Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Blogs, Journals, Podcasting, Streaming/Download
eLife publishes outstanding research in the life sciences and biomedicine, from the most fundamental and theoretical work, through to translational, applied, and clinical research. It aims to esearch to improve the way important results are presented and shared and the open-access eLife journal is the first step in the initiative to make science publishing more effective. The epodcasts produced by The Naked Scientists include magnetic nerve cells, the social behaviour of ants, optogenetics and gene therapy. Transcripts can be downloaded.
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