BBC Inside Science

BBC Radio 4

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

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663 episodes
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Mar 2, 2023 · 31 min
Exploring the New Environmental Improvement Plan
What does the government's Environmental Improvement plan really mean?
Feb 23, 2023 · 31 min
Vegetarian school dinners
Can serving less meat in school dinners help the UK reach its climate goals?
Feb 16, 2023 · 31 min
Towards Net Zero
Changing our home heating and improving insulation to reduced bills and emissions.
Feb 9, 2023 · 29 min
Chatbot plagiarism
Does modern AI technology pose a threat to student learning?
Feb 2, 2023 · 27 min
The UK's first satellite launch
Competition in the space industry is set to boom.
Jan 26, 2023 · 28 min
Game changers
Marnie, Vic and Gaia look back at some of the biggest science news stories of 2022.
Jan 19, 2023 · 28 min
A Scientifically Superior Christmas Dinner
We head to the kitchen to cook up the best Christmas dinner that science has to offer.
Jan 12, 2023 · 27 min
Cancer cure, Strep A research and hopes for biodiversity
Editing DNA seems to have cured a teenager’s leukaemia
Jan 5, 2023 · 28 min
Biodiversity
Can international efforts plan a more sustainable future?
Dec 29, 2022 · 32 min
Killer smog
Seventy years ago, the deaths of thousands in London's smog led to the Clean Air Act.
Dec 22, 2022 · 29 min
Science funding
Can the UK reach agreement with the EU on future scientific collaborations ?
Dec 15, 2022 · 27 min
Climate science and politics
Holding the decision makers to account
Dec 8, 2022 · 32 min
COP27
Loss and damage, Funding climate change impacts
Dec 1, 2022 · 34 min
Monkeypox
Could you have it and not know ?
Nov 24, 2022 · 31 min
Turtle Voices, a Pandemic Retrospective and a Nose-Picking Primate
Turtle voices shed light on the evolutionary origins of vocal communication.
Nov 17, 2022 · 50 min
The BBC at 100
Science, technology and the future of broadcasting.
Nov 10, 2022 · 29 min
Avian flu
A new strain of the virus is taking a toll on both wild birds and poultry.
Nov 3, 2022 · 34 min
Coronavirus - new variants
What does virus evolution mean for Covid severity as we head into winter?
Oct 27, 2022 · 32 min
Fracking Science
The moratorium on fracking has been lifted, but what does the science say?
Oct 20, 2022 · 31 min
Science collaborations – with Russia
How the war in Ukraine is impacting international research