Science In Action

BBC World Service

The BBC brings you all the week's science news.

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335 episodes
Updated Oct 30, 2025

Episodes335

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Jan 30, 2020 · 33 min
Understanding the new coronavirus
Analysis of the impact of the new virus
Jan 23, 2020 · 27 min
New Coronavirus
What science can tell us about the emergence of a new virus in China
Jan 16, 2020 · 27 min
Mount Taal volcano
Why Mount Taal volcano near Manila produces so much ash and lightning
Jan 9, 2020 · 26 min
Australia’s extreme fire season
2019 was Australia’s hottest year on record, a major factor behind the continued bushfires
Jan 2, 2020 · 26 min
Adapting California
Living with the threat of fires and earthquakes.
Dec 26, 2019 · 26 min
Gaming climate change
Can a role-playing game improve climate negotiation outcomes?
Dec 19, 2019 · 26 min
Understanding the Anak Krakatau eruption
How a relative small volcanic eruption caused a tsunami
Dec 12, 2019 · 26 min
White Island volcano eruption
Why a small eruption on White Island was so dangerous
Dec 5, 2019 · 35 min
CRISPR babies scandal – more details
Evidence for a series of scientific and ethical errors have emerged
Dec 2, 2019 · 29 min
New malaria target
Molecular research opens the way to prevent antimalarial resistance
Nov 21, 2019 · 27 min
Politics and Amazonia’s fires
Satellite data shows this year’s Amazon fires have been the worst since 2010.
Nov 14, 2019 · 29 min
Australia burning
To what extent is ‘Bush fire weather’ influenced by climate change?
Nov 7, 2019 · 29 min
Climate in crisis
Inaction on climate change while the impact of air pollution is likened to smoking
Oct 31, 2019 · 28 min
Wildfires and winds in California
How dry land and high winds are fuelling fires in California
Oct 24, 2019 · 37 min
Is quantum supremacy ‘garbage’?
Has a new era of computing finally arrived or not, or is it both at the same time?
Oct 17, 2019 · 29 min
Malaria's origins and a potential new treatment
How malaria jumped from great apes to humans and why Antarctica may hold a new treatment
Oct 10, 2019 · 29 min
From batteries to distant worlds
Nobel Prize wins for a range of well-known discoveries
Oct 3, 2019 · 30 min
Drought likely to follow India’s floods
Despite extreme rainfall, climate scientists predict drought in India within months.
Sep 26, 2019 · 30 min
Global climate inaction
The latest climate report look like earlier ones, where is the call to action?
Sep 20, 2019 · 30 min
South East Asia choking - again
Why even staying indoors offers no escape from fires across the region