Here is a selection of particularly interesting natural history and science podcast episodes for the week ending 6 June 2025.
Noteworthy Podcast Episodes (Week Ending 6 June 2025)
astronomy
The Royal Observatory Celebrates Its 350th Anniversary
In a time when the governments of some of the world’s most powerful nations are ignorantly and inexcusably slashing investment in scientific research that if properly funded would benefit not only their own citizens but the world as a whole (I’m looking at you, United States), The Royal Observatory, Greenwich is celebrating its 350th anniversary.
Noteworthy Podcast Episodes (Week Ending 30 May 2025)
Here is a selection of recent noteworthy podcast episodes featuring interviews with authors of natural history books as well as a newly launched botany podcast and a bit of nature-originating auditory mind massage to help with relaxation.
Edwin Hubble Present and Past
Prior to the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope that has recently delivered to us so many awe-inspiring images of the universe, it was the Hubble Space Telescope, named for astronomer Edwin Hubble and launched in 1990, that set the standard for what we could see from a space-based observational platform. Indeed, both technological developments that went into the creation of, as well as of course images from, Hubble continue to provide new information not only to astronomers and astrophysicists but to a wide range of scientists around the world.