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

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Jul 13, 2023 · 26 min
Europe’s heatwave death toll
Around 62,000 people died in last year's European heatwave - is this the new normal?
Jul 6, 2023 · 26 min
Melting of Greenland ice sheet
Record-breaking global temperatures are accelerating Greenland ice melt
Jun 29, 2023 · 28 min
Preparing for crises
We have entered a state of multiple and entangled crises. How can research help?
Jun 22, 2023 · 26 min
Human embryo models
Scientists have made human embryo models – or “synthetic embryos” - in the lab.
Jun 15, 2023 · 28 min
Oceans in hot water?
A major El Niño is building and heating up the world. What is the forecast?
Jun 8, 2023 · 28 min
The beginnings of us
New molecular fossil records shed evidence on the billion-year-old roots of modern life
Jun 1, 2023 · 27 min
Vaccinating condors against bird flu
Endangered condors are being vaccinated to save them from deadly H5N1 bird flu
May 25, 2023 · 27 min
Brightest supernova in a decade
The brightest supernova in a decade springs astronomers around the world into action
May 18, 2023 · 29 min
Return of the Wildfires
The record-breaking heat behind the destructive North American wildfires
May 11, 2023 · 27 min
Human genome goes global
The Pangenome project captures human diversity with 47 new genomes
May 4, 2023 · 30 min
Darwin dumped from Indian classrooms
The exclusion of Darwinism from the curriculum prompts protests in India
Apr 27, 2023 · 32 min
The truth about the Sudan biolab
Khartoum’s National Public Health Laboratory is caught up in the Sudanese conflict.
Apr 20, 2023 · 28 min
Africa moves towards creating and manufacturing its own vaccines
Africa moves towards creating and manufacturing its own vaccines
Apr 13, 2023 · 31 min
Bird flu: The global threat
H5N1 avian flu is racing across the world. What can be done to control it?
Apr 6, 2023 · 30 min
Chasing tornados in the American mid-West
Chasing tornados in the American mid-West – the science behind the current outbreaks.
Mar 30, 2023 · 33 min
Gene editing breakthrough
New technique to correct gene errors in sick patients
Mar 24, 2023 · 31 min
Animals at the Wuhan Market
What does animal DNA from the Wuhan Market reveal about the start of the pandemic?
Mar 16, 2023 · 32 min
Return of Cyclone Freddy
Record-breaking Cyclone Freddy devastates Mozambique for the second time in one month.
Mar 9, 2023 · 34 min
Human Genome Editing - Promise and Peril
Human Genome Editing: curing genetic disease and ensuring it's safe and available to all.
Mar 2, 2023 · 32 min
Drought worsens in East Africa
Why the long rains in East Africa are forecast to fail again.