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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Feb 5, 2015 · 27 min
Goshawk, Cosmic Renaissance, Carl Djerassi and Charles Townes
Hunting tactics of goshawks and the men who invented the contraceptive pill and the laser.
Jan 29, 2015 · 27 min
Climate change belief; Anthropocene era; Eyes on the sea; Origins of multicellular life
Perceptions of climate change, the Anthropocene era and a new theory of cell evolution.
Jan 22, 2015 · 27 min
GMOs; International Year of Light; Coral health
Proposed failsafe for genetically modified organisms and the International Year of Light.
Jan 15, 2015 · 27 min
International Year of Soils
Adam Rutherford takes a special look at the role soils play in providing for our planet.
Jan 8, 2015 · 27 min
Venus mission, Science highlights for 2015, Sonotweezers, Tsunami 10 years on
Mission to return to our planetary neighbour Venus and astronomy highlights in 2015.
Jan 1, 2015 · 27 min
Listeners' Science Questions
Adam Rutherford and guests answer listeners' science questions.
Dec 18, 2014 · 27 min
Microplastics; Holey Ice; Vesalius; Overeating
Tiny plastic particles have been found polluting the deep ocean sediment.
Dec 11, 2014 · 27 min
Water on Comets; DNA in Space; Sounds of the Ocean; Science in Fashion
Earth's water does not come from comets, the recent Rosetta mission suggests.
Dec 4, 2014 · 27 min
Orion Launch; Fake Mars trip; XDNA; Richard the Third's skeleton
A NASA space capsule which could transport humans to Mars is set to make its maiden flight
Nov 27, 2014 · 27 min
Campylobacter in Chicken; Artificial Intelligence Guru Demis Hassabis; Sexology; Lucy
The Food Standards Agency reports that 70 per cent of supermarket chicken is contaminated.
Nov 20, 2014 · 27 min
Comet landing detects organics molecules; Lunar Mission One; Biological warfare
Philae lander detects organic molecules on Comet 67P.
Nov 13, 2014 · 28 min
Rosetta; Thought-controlled genes; Biophonic Life; Arecibo message 40 years on
Adam Rutherford discovers what is happening now that Rosetta's lander has touched down.
Nov 6, 2014 · 28 min
Science of ageing; Microneedles; Firelab; Rosetta; Scientific authorship
Adam Rutherford asks if science can offer answers to our rapidly ageing population.
Oct 30, 2014 · 28 min
The Making of the Moon
Lucie Green investigates the past, present and future of the moon.
Oct 23, 2014 · 27 min
Hobbit; Genetics of height; Solar science; Snails
The 'Hobbit' skeleton - rewriting human history, but still controversial 10 years later.
Oct 16, 2014 · 27 min
Ebola; Ada Lovelace Day; Space Weather
What can science tell us about the virus at the centre of the current Ebola outbreak?
Oct 9, 2014 · 28 min
Nobel Prizes 2014; Gauge; Genetics and Diabetes; UK Fungus Day
Adam Rutherford hosts a post-match analysis of the 2014 Nobel Prizes for science.
Oct 2, 2014 · 27 min
Women, Science and the Royal Society; Open Access Research
Adam Rutherford asks the Royal Society about the decline in awards to female scientists.
Sep 25, 2014 · 27 min
Cosmic inflation latest; Indian space success; Science and language; Wax Venus
Claims of evidence for cosmic super-expansion just after the Big Bang are questioned.
Sep 18, 2014 · 27 min
European ancestry; Cern is 60; Graphene plasters; Penguins
How most present-day Europeans derive from at least three ancestral populations.