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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Sep 12, 2024 · 28 min
Beavers of London
As beaver kits arrive in London, we ask if we should bring wilderness back to UK cities.
Sep 5, 2024 · 28 min
Going for gold
Turning e-waste into jewellery and the genetics of a gold medal Olympian.
Aug 29, 2024 · 28 min
How much of a risk is space junk?
Also, sex before sport and how oceans influence how hot it is.
Aug 22, 2024 · 28 min
CERN’s Supercollider Plan
Is the 17 billion Euro project worth it?
Aug 15, 2024 · 28 min
Should Antarctica be off limits?
Also, we dip into the Seine’s Olympic clean-up, and is Flying Ant Day really just one day?
Aug 8, 2024 · 28 min
Wimbledon Grass Science
Could white paint help tackle climate change? And 'synthetic embryos' for research.
Aug 1, 2024 · 28 min
Sun, sea... and science
Misunderstood seagulls, ice cream chemistry and the science of sun safety.
Jul 25, 2024 · 28 min
What makes an effective protest?
Also, a smiling robot, landfill methane emissions, and the perfect temperature for humans.
Jul 18, 2024 · 28 min
Taylor Swift Seismology
We delve into the geophysics of Taylor Swift’s seismic Eras tour.
Jul 11, 2024 · 28 min
Are implanted brain chips the future?
Also how we measure distance in space and what drugs in sewage are doing to our frogs.
Jul 4, 2024 · 28 min
How do we solve antibiotic resistance?
Also, the inescapable pull of a black hole and an EU ban on smoky flavoured crisps.
Jun 27, 2024 · 28 min
Why do we sleep?
We all know sleep is important – but why do we do it?
Jun 20, 2024 · 28 min
Micro Nuclear Reactors
Can miniature nuclear reactors help us get to net zero by 2050?
Jun 13, 2024 · 28 min
Is gene therapy the future?
Plus, how aerosols change the weather and the secret vibrations bees make to communicate.
Jun 6, 2024 · 27 min
Is treated sewage worse for the environment than raw?
Plus animal medicine and Eurovision
May 30, 2024 · 28 min
Ugly animals and asteroid Apophis
Plus, from wastewater monitoring to vaccines, how COVID-19 irrevocably altered science.
May 23, 2024 · 27 min
Can we get plastic waste under control?
The UN attempts a global treaty on plastic, and the science of heartbreak.
May 16, 2024 · 31 min
Do we need a new model of cosmology?
Astrophysicists are questioning the nature of the universe.
May 9, 2024 · 31 min
Bird flu outbreak in cows
Bird flu has infected cows for the first time. Should we be worried?
May 2, 2024 · 27 min
200 years of dinosaur science
The story of the last 200 years of dinosaur science.