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
Updated Thursday

Episodes663

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Nov 10, 2016 · 28 min
Climate change questions, Animal computer interaction, Sounds and meaning across world's languages
Climate change - listeners' questions answered.
Nov 3, 2016 · 27 min
Italy's quakes, Ebola virus, Accidental rocket fuel, China in space
Italy's earthquakes: is there a pattern?
Oct 27, 2016 · 31 min
Making mozzies safe with a microbe, CO2 at 400 ppm, Chixculub crater rocks, Why Mars Lander failed
Fighting Zika and dengue virus with an insect bacterium.
Oct 20, 2016 · 30 min
HFC Ban; Human Cell Atlas; Origin of Hunting with Dogs
A map of the 37 trillion cells in the body and when did humans first use dogs for hunting?
Oct 13, 2016 · 29 min
Life on Mars? Quantum Gravity. The deep origins of bird song
New mission searching for signs of life on Mars about to arrive at the Red Planet
Sep 8, 2016 · 29 min
Microbead impact, Remote animal logging, Royal Society book prize, Surgewatch
Microbead impact, remote animal logging, Royal Society book prize, Surgewatch.
Aug 25, 2016 · 28 min
Proxima b exoplanet, The Hunt for Vulcan, East Antarctic lakes, Deep sea shark hunting
Proxima b exoplanet, The Hunt for Vulcan, east Antarctic lakes, deep sea shark hunting.
Aug 18, 2016 · 28 min
Autonomous cars, Bees and neonicotinoids, Marden Henge, Royal Society Book Prize
Autonomous cars, bees and neonicotinoids, Marden Henge, Royal Society Book Prize.
Aug 11, 2016 · 28 min
Blow to the LHC "bump", Crow intelligence, Robot mudskippers, Royal Society book prize
A blow to the LHC "bump"; Crow intelligence; Robot mudskippers; Royal Society book prize.
Aug 4, 2016 · 27 min
Signs of life on planets, Royal Society Book Prize, Queen Bee control, Galactic Prom 29
What clues should we look for when searching for life on other planets?
Jul 14, 2016 · 28 min
Dinosaur extinction, Neanderthals in Gibraltar, Music appreciation, A year of New Horizons
Dinosaur extinction, Neanderthals in Gibraltar, music appreciation; a year of New Horizons
Jul 7, 2016 · 28 min
Juno, Space debris, Fake tumours, Risky plants
Welcome to Jupiter: Juno mission unlocks secrets of this giant gas ball of a planet.
Jun 30, 2016 · 27 min
Juno, Nanotech art conservation, Robots fix the city, Eel conservation
Nasa's Juno space mission approaches Jupiter.
Jun 23, 2016 · 28 min
National Insect Week, Venus' electric field, Green mining, Wimbledon grass science
Adam Rutherford finds out why insects are being celebrated across the UK.
Jun 16, 2016 · 30 min
More gravitational waves; Ocean floor mapping; Selfish Gene 40th; Spoonies
Gravitational waves have been found for a second time. What’s different this time?
Jun 9, 2016 · 32 min
Fighting Antimicrobial Resistance
What can be done to tackle antimicrobial resistance, a massive threat that humans face?
Jun 2, 2016 · 27 min
Fixing the Future
From the Hay Festival, Adam Rutherford and guests ask how science can fix the future.
May 26, 2016 · 32 min
GM plants; Svalbard Seed Vault; Directed Evolution; Dolphin Snot
Adam Rutherford examines the science of GM plants as the Royal Society takes on the issue
May 19, 2016 · 29 min
Climate Change, State of the World's Plants, Antibiotic Resistance, Telephone Metadata, Bat Detective
How can complex science tell us what to do about the effects of climate change?
May 12, 2016 · 27 min
Genetics and education, Eyam plague, Pint of science, Labradors and chocolate
Adam Rutherford investigates a small but significant link between genetics and education.