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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Mar 11, 2021 · 27 min
China's green growth plan
China’s five-year plan; cloning the black footed ferret; seals lending a flipper.
Mar 4, 2021 · 30 min
Blue carbon; inside Little Foot's skull; reading locked letters
Blue carbon; seeing inside Little Foot's skull; reading locked letters with X rays.
Feb 25, 2021 · 30 min
Good COP Bad COP, Shotgun Lead Persistence, and Featherdown Adaptation
UN Environment Programme publishes Making Peace With Nature report ahead of COP 26.
Feb 18, 2021 · 49 min
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.
Feb 11, 2021 · 41 min
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.
Feb 4, 2021 · 41 min
Putting a number on biodiversity
Biodiversity, planting trees for good and bad, and the hidden impacts of traffic noise.
Jan 28, 2021 · 35 min
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?
Jan 21, 2021 · 30 min
Vaccine Hesitancy and Ethnicity; The Joy of catnip; Lake Heatwaves
Unpacking some causes of vaccine hesitancy in different quarters, and what does catnip do?
Jan 14, 2021 · 32 min
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.
Jan 7, 2021 · 38 min
Vaccine Dosing and Biodiversity Soundscape Monitoring
Spacing vaccine doses, and monitoring biodiversity through sound and machine learning.
Dec 31, 2020 · 38 min
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.
Dec 24, 2020 · 32 min
Space Rocks, Aquatic Dinosaurs and Global Temperatures; 2020 science reviewed
Dr Adam Rutherford and guests discuss space, dinosaurs and climate science in 2020.
Dec 17, 2020 · 33 min
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.
Dec 10, 2020 · 36 min
Future risk planning; Millennium Seed Bank; Urban trees
Future risk planning; Millennium Seed Bank; Urban trees.
Dec 3, 2020 · 36 min
Protein folding; Hyabusa sample return; Holiday Covid testing
AI ‘solves’ protein puzzle; Chasing Asteroids; holiday testing students
Nov 26, 2020 · 30 min
26/11/2020
Sentinel 6 launch; The Cosmic Dark Ages; Lithium Batteries
Nov 19, 2020 · 30 min
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.
Nov 12, 2020 · 36 min
mRNA vaccinations; bacterial space miners; Artemis accords
How do the new type of mRNA vaccines work actually work? And how lawless is space?
Nov 5, 2020 · 30 min
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.
Oct 29, 2020 · 34 min
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.