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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March 12 · 26 min
Is the Earth warming faster than we expected?
New research on what three very hot years can tell us about climate change.
March 5 · 26 min
How is war being fought in space?
Space warfare, space manufacturing and satellite data at Space Comm Expo
February 26 · 26 min
Does new science get us closer to finding out how life on earth began?
Molecular biologists find tiny self-replicating molecules which may be key to life origins
February 19 · 26 min
How to bury radioactive waste
And how can future civilisations remember where we put it?
February 12 · 26 min
Will there be a city on the moon in ten years?
What would it really take to build a city on the moon?
February 5 · 26 min
Where do forever chemicals come from?
New research on how forever chemicals get into our environment.
January 29 · 26 min
Should we rethink navigating by GPS?
GPS is vulnerable to interference, so how can we make navigating at sea safer?
January 22 · 26 min
How is air travel returning to supersonic speeds?
50 years since Concorde’s first commercial flight, is aviation going supersonic again?
January 15 · 26 min
Why is Nasa sending people around the moon?
Nasa’s Artemis II rocket is about to be rolled out. What is the mission hoping to achieve?
January 8 · 26 min
How rare are Greenland’s rare earth elements?
What rare earths have been found in Greenland, and why do we want them?
Dec 18, 2025 · 26 min
How did President Trump transform science in 2025?
President Trump continues to shake up science. We look at the impact it’s already having.
Dec 11, 2025 · 26 min
Would our ancestors have benefited from early neanderthals making fire?
New evidence shows that early neanderthals made fire 350 thousand years before we thought.
Dec 4, 2025 · 26 min
A 'functional' cure for HIV?
Almost four decades after the first HIV treatment, is there finally a ‘functional’ cure?
Nov 27, 2025 · 26 min
Why aren’t gene therapies more common?
Three decades since the first successful gene therapy, why aren’t we using them more?
Nov 20, 2025 · 26 min
What’s in the wording of the COP 30 negotiations?
As COP 30 draws to close in Brazil, we speak to a former negotiator.
Nov 13, 2025 · 26 min
Could technology replace animal testing in science?
The UK government plans to phase out animal experiments. What are the alternatives?
Nov 6, 2025 · 26 min
Is Dark Energy Getting Weaker?
New evidence that the expansion of the universe is slowing. And the Godfather of AI.
Nov 5, 2025 · 27 min
Is climate change to blame for Hurricane Melissa?
The science of what makes hurricanes so deadly.
Nov 4, 2025 · 28 min
Have scientists created a bionic eye?
The bionic microchip implant which allows registered blind people to see again.
Nov 3, 2025 · 27 min
Why do we love to play games?
The science and maths of playing The Traitors recorded at Green Man Festival.