BBC Inside Science Podcast
A weekly programme that illuminates the mysteries and challenges the controversies behind the science that's changing our world.
Episodes to download
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Science and Brexit, Antibiotic livestock growth promoters, Bepicolombo goes to Mercury
Thu 25 Oct 2018
Royal Society President Venki Ramakrishnan on UK science and Brexit.
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IPCC report, Cairngorms Connect project, grass pea, the Sun exhibition at Science Museum
Thu 11 Oct 2018
IPCC report, Cairngorms Connect project, grass pea, the Sun exhibition at Science Museum
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Nobel Prizes - Hayabusa 2 latest - IPCC meeting - North Pole science
Thu 4 Oct 2018
Adam Rutherford investigates the news in science and science in the news.
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Hyabusa 2 at Ryugu, deadly 1918 flu pandemic; WW2 bombing and ionosphere, teenage brain
Thu 27 Sep 2018
Hayabusa2, the deadly 1918 flu pandemic, WW2 bombing and the ionosphere, the teenage brain
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Science of Addiction
Thu 20 Sep 2018
Adam Rutherford looks at the art and science of addiction at the Science Gallery London.
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First human drawing, Cycling genes, Oden Arctic expedition, Hello World
Thu 13 Sep 2018
First human drawing; cycling genes; Oden Arctic expedition; Hello World.
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Complexity in Biology
Thu 6 Sep 2018
Adam Rutherford wrestles with biological complexity with help from guests in Dublin.
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Electronic brain probe; Rural stream biodiversity; Arctic weather research trip; Science book prize
Thu 30 Aug 2018
Electronic brain probe; River biodiversity; Arctic weather expedition; Science book prize
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Cavendish banana survival; Guillemot egg shape; Unexpected Truth About Animals; Tambora's rainstorm
Thu 23 Aug 2018
Banana survival; Guillemot egg shape; Unexpected Truth About Animals; Tambora rainstorm
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Capturing greenhouse gas, Beating heart failure with beetroot, Why elephants don't get cancer, Exactly - a history of precision
Thu 16 Aug 2018
Why elephants don't get cancer, Exactly - a history of precision
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New Horizons' next mission, Helium at 150, The Beautiful Cure, Oden arctic expedition
Thu 9 Aug 2018
New Horizons next mission, helium at 150, The Beautiful Cure, Oden arctic expedition.
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Parker solar probe, Diversity in the lab, Royal Society book prize, Arctic circle weather
Thu 2 Aug 2018
Parker solar probe, Diversity in the lab, Royal Society book prize, Arctic circle weather.
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Liquid water on Mars, Early embryo development, Earth Biogenome Project, Marine wilderness
Thu 26 Jul 2018
Liquid water on Mars, Early embryo development, Earth Biogenome Project, Marine Wilderness
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Peatbog wildfires, Coral acoustics, Magdalena Skipper, Fuelling long-term space travel
Thu 19 Jul 2018
Peatbog wildfires, coral acoustics, Magdalena Skipper and fuelling long-term space travel.
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Out of Africa, Predicting future heatwaves, Virtual reality molecules, Life in the dark
Thu 12 Jul 2018
Out of Africa, predicting future heatwaves, virtual reality molecules, life in the dark.
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Northern white rhino preservation, Deep sea earthquake detection, Twitter's rare Heuchera discovery, Human roars
Thu 5 Jul 2018
Preserving white rhino, deep sea earthquake detection, Twitter's plant find, human roars.
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Hyabusa mission; ProtoDUNE neutrino detector; Caledonian crow skills; Koala microbiome
Thu 28 Jun 2018
Adam Rutherford discusses the latest space mission to grab samples from an asteroid.
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The Large Hadron Collider Upgrade, Voltaglue, Cambridge Zoology Museum, Francis Willughby
Thu 21 Jun 2018
The Large Hadron Collider Upgrade, Voltaglue, Cambridge Zoology Museum, Francis Willughby.
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Antarctic melt speeds up, Antarctica's future, Cryo-acoustics, Narwhals
Thu 14 Jun 2018
Antarctica's ice melt is speeding up. What does this mean for rising global sea levels?
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Dinosaur auction, Who owns the genes of the ocean life, Cancer immunotherapy
Thu 7 Jun 2018
Should dinosaurs be sold to the high bidder?
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Hay Festival
Thu 31 May 2018
Adam Rutherford and guests at the Hay Festival on what science learns when things go wrong
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CO2 and rice, Underground farming, Ancient interstellar asteroid, Microplastics air pollution
Thu 24 May 2018
Will rising CO2 levels make rice less nutritous?
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Face Recognition, ‘Thug’ plants, Cancer Funding Inequalities, Feynman’s 100th birthday
Thu 17 May 2018
How good is face recognition technology? Adam Rutherford investigates.
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Rat eradication; elephant talk; the rise of the dinosaurs; physics of snooker
Thu 10 May 2018
Why eradicate every rat on South Georgia?
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Antarctic, Kew, Paleogenomics, Sea birds
Thu 3 May 2018
Antarctic glacier collapse and rising sea levels plus Adam asks who owns ancient DNA.
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Human Consciousness: Could a brain in a dish become sentient?
Thu 26 Apr 2018
Could a brain grown in a dish become sentient? Adam Rutherford investigates.
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Plastic-eating bacteria, Foam mattresses for crops, The evolved life aquatic, The Double Helix
Thu 19 Apr 2018
Adam Rutherford investigates the plastic-eating bacteria in the news this week.
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Pesticides in British Farming
Thu 12 Apr 2018
How widespread is pesticide use in British farming? Adam Rutherford presents.
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Stephen Hawking Tribute
Thu 5 Apr 2018
Adam Rutherford presents a special tribute to the science of Stephen Hawking.
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