Defying death: The future of forever

10.12.2025 • 00:31:14

Gene and stem cell therapies have been touted as the next phase in the longevity movement, with promises to rejuvenate the body at the cellular level ...

Defying death: The longevity lab

03.12.2025 • 00:32:28

Singapore has become a model for longevity-focused healthcare. With an ageing population and citizens willing to spend money on anti-ageing treatments...

Defying death: The origins of ageing

26.11.2025 • 00:35:49

How much do we really know about ageing? For decades, scientists have been trying to understand the biology of the ageing process - what happens to ou...

Coming soon: Defying death

19.11.2025 • 00:01:30

Investors are spending billions of dollars on novel ways to extend human life through inventive treatments, therapies, and even manipulating our genes...

Introducing Untold: Toxic Legacy

23.10.2025 • 00:02:16

Introducing Toxic Legacy, a new season of Untold from the Financial Times. Host Laura Hughes uncovers a lead poisoning epidemic across the UK. You mig...

Mission to Mars: Bad science fiction

22.10.2025 • 00:31:17

For decades, science fiction writers have envisaged colonising Mars, even building cities on the red planet. Advocates for Mars exploration, such as E...

Mission to Mars: The new space race

15.10.2025 • 00:29:53

US President Donald Trump wants to “plant the stars and stripes on the planet Mars”. But more than 50 years on from the moon landings, America’s space...

Mission to Mars: Elon Musk's 'Starship' enterprise

08.10.2025 • 00:29:34

Elon Musk wants humans to settle on Mars, and his rocket company SpaceX is spending billions of dollars on developing the spacecraft to take us there....

Coming soon: Mission to Mars

01.10.2025 • 00:01:40

US President Donald Trump has pledged to “plant the stars and stripes on the planet Mars”, China could send its first crewed mission to Mars within a ...

Vote for Tech Tonic in the Signal Awards!

30.09.2025 • 00:00:49

Tech Tonic has been nominated for a Signal Award in the Technology category! It's a Listener Choice award, which means we need your help. Vote for us ...