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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Nov 30, 2023 · 31 min
All aboard the RRS Sir David Attenborough
The RRS Sir David Attenborough has reached Antarctica for its first full science season.
Nov 23, 2023 · 29 min
Fires in the Pantanal wetlands
Brazil’s searing temperatures have scorched the world’s largest tropical wetlands.
Nov 16, 2023 · 29 min
Volcanic rumblings in Iceland
Does seismic activity in Iceland suggest the country is entering a new volcanic era?
Nov 9, 2023 · 26 min
Sounds of the Cape
Fossil hunting, African penguin rehabilitation and bird bioacoustics on the Western Cape.
Nov 2, 2023 · 26 min
Climate emergency
Hurricanes, fires and carbon budgets; the impacts of climate change around the world
Oct 26, 2023 · 27 min
Bird flu reaches Antarctic region
Bird flu continues to spread across the world, putting isolated bird populations at risk.
Oct 19, 2023 · 27 min
Alarm at Campi Flegrei, Italy
Naples is wondering about the next volcanic eruption.
Oct 12, 2023 · 26 min
Devastating earthquakes hit Afghanistan
Herat has not seen an earthquake for almost 1000 years but now, five have come at once.
Oct 5, 2023 · 30 min
The best and the worst
From talking to a Nobel prize winner to discussing allegations of scientific misconduct.
Sep 28, 2023 · 27 min
Trilobite dinner
What did a 465-million-year-old trilobite eat for dinner? And how can we possibly know?
Sep 21, 2023 · 28 min
More likely, more intense
Extreme flooding in Libya 50 times more likely and 50% more intense due to climate change
Sep 14, 2023 · 26 min
Deadly floods in Derna
Devastating floods have swept away the banks of Derna, Libya. How did this happen?
Sep 7, 2023 · 27 min
Returning to the North Pole
Ice breaker Polarstern returns to the Arctic visiting sites last explored in 2012.
Aug 31, 2023 · 28 min
Drowning coastal ecosystems
Coastal ecosystems around the world are at risk of disappearing as sea levels rise
Aug 24, 2023 · 29 min
Brain-computer interfaces
Brain to speech translation allows patients to communicate faster and more expressively.
Aug 17, 2023 · 29 min
The science behind the Hawaii fire
The science behind the devastating fires that have consumed Lahaina in Hawaii.
Aug 10, 2023 · 26 min
Pandemic surveillance system at risk
One of the most useful scientific tools you’ve never heard of is being paywalled
Aug 3, 2023 · 29 min
Bird Flu is back
H5N1 bird flu is spreading to seabirds, mammals, and household pets
Jul 27, 2023 · 26 min
Ocean current collapse
Is the collapse of large system of ocean currents imminent?
Jul 20, 2023 · 26 min
On the edge of a new volcano
A spectacular volcanic eruption hits Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula for the third year