BBC Inside Science

A weekly programme that illuminates the mysteries and challenges the controversies behind the science that's changing our world.

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Coronavirus variants and vaccines, climate change resistant coffee, dare to repair and how to get rid of moths
Coronavirus variants, climate change resistant coffee, dare to repair and clothes moths.
22 Apr 2021,28 mins
Blood clots, grieving and the emotion of screams
Evolving research on blood clots associated with vaccines, the emotion of screams, grief.
15 Apr 2021,28 mins
Disobedient particles, noisy gorillas, sharks and fictional languages
Disobedient particles, noisy gorillas, sharks and fictional languages.
08 Apr 2021,30 mins
Science funding cuts; Mice get Covid-19; Native oyster reintroductions
Science funding cuts; Mice and Covid-19; Native oyster reintroduction.
01 Apr 2021,28 mins
Halfway to net zero; hydrogen as a fuel; Fagradalsfjall, Iceland’s active volcano
Halfway to net zero; hydrogen as a fuel; Fagradalsfjall, Iceland’s active volcano.
25 Mar 2021,41 mins
Human embryo research and ethics; sperm whale social learning; Antikythera mechanism
Human embryo research and ethics; sperm whale social learning; Antikythera mechanism.
18 Mar 2021,31 mins
China's green growth plan
China’s five-year plan; cloning the black footed ferret; seals lending a flipper.
11 Mar 2021,27 mins
Blue carbon; inside Little Foot's skull; reading locked letters
Blue carbon; seeing inside Little Foot's skull; reading locked letters with X rays.
04 Mar 2021,30 mins
Good COP Bad COP, Shotgun Lead Persistence, and Featherdown Adaptation
UN Environment Programme publishes Making Peace With Nature report ahead of COP 26.
25 Feb 2021,30 mins
Nasa's Perseverance - will it pay off? And spotting likely hosts for future pandemics.
Landing, driving, flying on Mars, and where on Earth to look out for the next big virus.
18 Feb 2021,49 mins
Meeting Mars, Melting Ice, Ozone on the Mend Again, and A Sea Cacophany
Tim Peake on Mars, melting poles and glaciers, CFC anomaly disappears, Oceanic cacophany.
11 Feb 2021,41 mins
Putting a number on biodiversity
Biodiversity, planting trees for good and bad, and the hidden impacts of traffic noise.
04 Feb 2021,41 mins
Next Gen Covid Vaccines; Man's Oldest Bestest Friend; Bilingual Brain Development
What will the next generation of Covid vaccines be like? And when was the first pet dog?
28 Jan 2021,35 mins
Vaccine Hesitancy and Ethnicity; The Joy of catnip; Lake Heatwaves
Unpacking some causes of vaccine hesitancy in different quarters, and what does catnip do?
21 Jan 2021,30 mins
UK Science post Brexit; GMOs vs Gene Editing regulation; Identical Twins That Aren't Indentical
UK Science after Brexit, changing the rules for GMO's, and how identical twins differ.
14 Jan 2021,32 mins
Vaccine Dosing and Biodiversity Soundscape Monitoring
Spacing vaccine doses, and monitoring biodiversity through sound and machine learning.
07 Jan 2021,38 mins
Brian Cox and Alice Roberts on a decade of extraordinary science
Adam Rutherford, Brian Cox and Alice Roberts reflect on a decade of extraordinary science.
31 Dec 2020,38 mins
Space Rocks, Aquatic Dinosaurs and Global Temperatures; 2020 science reviewed
Dr Adam Rutherford and guests discuss space, dinosaurs and climate science in 2020.
24 Dec 2020,32 mins
Covid mutation; On the facial expression of emotions; A mystery object
Tracking Covid variants, AI v. the expression of human emotions, a mystery museum object.
17 Dec 2020,28 mins
Future risk planning; Millennium Seed Bank; Urban trees
Future risk planning; Millennium Seed Bank; Urban trees.
10 Dec 2020,36 mins
Protein folding; Hyabusa sample return; Holiday Covid testing
AI ‘solves’ protein puzzle; Chasing Asteroids; holiday testing students
03 Dec 2020,36 mins
26/11/2020
Sentinel 6 launch; The Cosmic Dark Ages; Lithium Batteries
26 Nov 2020,30 mins
COVID Operation Moonshot; Big Compost Experiment; Gulf of Mexico meteorite and new life
COVID Operation Moonshot; Big Compost Experiment; Gulf of Mexico meteorite and new life.
19 Nov 2020,30 mins
mRNA vaccinations; bacterial space miners; Artemis accords
How do the new type of mRNA vaccines work actually work? And how lawless is space?
12 Nov 2020,36 mins
COVID in families; earthquake under Aegean Sea; Camilla Pang wins science book prize
COVID in families; earthquake under Aegean Sea; Camilla Pang wins science book prize.
05 Nov 2020,30 mins
A new saliva gland, Bill Bryson on the Human Body, and the return of the Dust Bowl
A new saliva gland, Bill Bryson on the Human Body, and the return of the Dust Bowl.
29 Oct 2020,34 mins
COVID reinfections, Susannah Cahalan questions psychiatry and sense of smell and COVID
COVID reinfections, Susannah Cahalan questions psychiatry, and sense of smell and COVID.
22 Oct 2020,34 mins
Test and trace - how the UK compares to the rest of the world; Linda Scott's book The Double X Economy
COVID test and trace around the world and Linda Scott's book - The Double X Economy
15 Oct 2020,39 mins
08/10/2020
The science of affectionate touch, from the skin to brain.
08 Oct 2020,34 mins
Brian May's Cosmic Clouds 3-D; How fish move between waterbodies and Jim Al-Khalili's take on physics
Brian May's 3-D nebulae; how fish move between lakes; Jim Al-Khalili's take on physics.
01 Oct 2020,36 mins