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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Jun 19, 2025 · 27 min
Does the pandemic agreement make the world safer?
An international agreement to prepare for future pandemics is adopted. What does it mean?
Jun 12, 2025 · 28 min
Will the Hole in the Ozone Layer Close?
40 years since we discovered a hole in the Ozone layer, we ask what threatens it today
Jun 5, 2025 · 28 min
The mysteries of the ocean floor
A new study says 99.999% of the world’s deep seafloor is still unseen by humans.
May 29, 2025 · 28 min
How vulnerable is our power supply?
Massive power cuts brought parts of Spain, Portugal and France to a standstill this week.
May 22, 2025 · 29 min
What would cuts to Nasa mean for space science?
Reaction to White House proposals to cut funding for Nasa and a future asteroid fly past
May 15, 2025 · 28 min
Answers to Your Science Questions
Translating noisy geese to time travel across the universe.
May 8, 2025 · 35 min
How can science help us fight wildfires?
In the past few days, UK firefighters have been tackling wildfires across the UK.
May 1, 2025 · 28 min
Is this finally the moment for UK tidal power?
A tidal lagoon should be created in the Severn Estuary according to a new report.
Apr 24, 2025 · 28 min
Is everything we know about the universe wrong?
How a ‘dark energy’ experiment could upend Einstein's theory of the universe.
Apr 17, 2025 · 28 min
Wild birds in crisis
And after two Nasa astronauts were finally brought home, we ask why SpaceX stole the show.
Apr 10, 2025 · 28 min
Are boys doing better than girls at maths and science?
...and what happens to the body when you spend a year in space?
Apr 3, 2025 · 28 min
Better Than Gold: Critical Minerals
Inside Science unearths everything you need to know about these precious resources.
Mar 27, 2025 · 28 min
AI in Science: Promise and Peril
Google has launched a new AI tool called Co-Scientist. How good is it?
Mar 20, 2025 · 28 min
Biotech Risks and Asteroid Anxiety
An asteroid is heading in our direction. Will it hit us in 2032?
Mar 13, 2025 · 28 min
US science in chaos
The United States is the world’s science superpower. But is their role under threat?
Mar 6, 2025 · 28 min
The World’s Biggest Iceberg
And what does locking up a load of radioactive waste have in common with baking a cake?
Feb 27, 2025 · 28 min
Is 1.5 still alive?
And new clues about how life on Earth began from a dusty old space rock.
Feb 20, 2025 · 28 min
Next-gen batteries and 'dark oxygen'
Is it time to replace the little chemical factories in our pockets with something better?
Feb 13, 2025 · 28 min
UK AI & science-optimised pasta
The positives and pitfalls of AI in medicine and a pasta recipe with added physics.
Feb 6, 2025 · 28 min
Science in 2025
What will happen in science this year?