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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Oct 22, 2020 · 34 min
COVID reinfections, Susannah Cahalan questions psychiatry and sense of smell and COVID
COVID reinfections, Susannah Cahalan questions psychiatry, and sense of smell and COVID.
Oct 15, 2020 · 39 min
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
Oct 8, 2020 · 34 min
08/10/2020
The science of affectionate touch, from the skin to brain.
Oct 1, 2020 · 36 min
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.
Sep 24, 2020 · 34 min
Royal Society Science Book Prize - Gaia Vince; Biodiversity loss and Science Museum mystery object
Royal Society Science Book Prize - Gaia Vince; Biodiversity loss and Science Museum object
Sep 17, 2020 · 30 min
COVID-19 in Winter, Acoustics of Stonehenge and Dog years
COVID-19 in winter; acoustics of Stonehenge; dog years.
Sep 10, 2020 · 29 min
Coronavirus: The types of vaccine; How the UK is scaling up vaccine production
Coronavirus: the types of vaccine; how the UK is scaling up vaccine production.
Sep 3, 2020 · 28 min
Bird and dinosaur skull evolution; the wonders of yeast and Science Museum mystery object
Bird and dinosaur skull evolution; the wonders of yeast and Science Museum mystery object
Aug 27, 2020 · 31 min
What does the science say about the COVID risks of schools reopening? Dolphin ear autopsy
What does the science say about the Covid risks of schools reopening? Dolphin ear autopsy.
Aug 20, 2020 · 28 min
Smart bricks, The Royal Academy of Engineering awards for pandemic engineering solutions and detecting SARS-Cov-2 in sewage
Smart bricks, awards for pandemic engineering solutions and detecting Covid in sewage.
Aug 13, 2020 · 27 min
Land use and zoonoses, California's earthquake risk and the Tuatara genome
Land use and zoonoses, Los Angeles’ earthquake risk and the Tuatara genome.
Aug 6, 2020 · 28 min
How sperm swim, the theory of soil & the Big Compost Experiment update
How sperm actually swim, the theory of soil and an update on the Big Compost Experiment.
Jul 30, 2020 · 31 min
Science Museum mystery objects; home security camera security and Rosalind Franklin at 100
Science Museum mystery objects; home security camera security and Rosalind Franklin at 100
Jul 23, 2020 · 31 min
Pre-prints over peer review during the COVID pandemic and roads and birds
Pre-prints over peer review during the COVID pandemic, and roads and birds.
Jul 16, 2020 · 28 min
Science Fraud & Bias, Immunity to COVID-19
Adam Rutherford explores fraud and bias in science. And immunity to SARS-CoV-2.
Jul 9, 2020 · 33 min
Satellite navigation in the UK; the science of the World Wide Web and Neolithic genomics
Satellite navigation in the UK; the science of the World Wide Web; Neolithic genomics
Jul 2, 2020 · 28 min
Preventing pandemics, invading alien species, blood types & COVID-19.
Preventing zoonotic pandemics; invasive species; blood groups and COVID-19
Jun 25, 2020 · 32 min
The Human Genome Project's 20th Anniversary
An Inside Science Special on the 20th anniversary of the Human Genome Project.
Jun 18, 2020 · 40 min
Coronavirus conspiracy, Listeners' mask questions, Solar Orbiter gets close to the Sun
Coronavirus conspiracies, listeners' mask questions, Solar Orbiter gets close to the Sun
Jun 11, 2020 · 28 min
Engineering out of lockdown and should we castrate male dogs?
Engineering solutions to reduce the spread of Covid-19, and should we castrate male dogs?