ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Inside Science Podcast
A weekly programme that illuminates the mysteries and challenges the controversies behind the science that's changing our world.
Episodes to download
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Coronavirus: The types of vaccine; How the UK is scaling up vaccine production
Thu 10 Sep 2020
Coronavirus: the types of vaccine; how the UK is scaling up vaccine production.
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Bird and dinosaur skull evolution; the wonders of yeast and Science Museum mystery object
Thu 3 Sep 2020
Bird and dinosaur skull evolution; the wonders of yeast and Science Museum mystery object
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What does the science say about the COVID risks of schools reopening? Dolphin ear autopsy
Thu 27 Aug 2020
What does the science say about the Covid risks of schools reopening? Dolphin ear autopsy.
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Smart bricks, The Royal Academy of Engineering awards for pandemic engineering solutions and detecting SARS-Cov-2 in sewage
Thu 20 Aug 2020
Smart bricks, awards for pandemic engineering solutions and detecting Covid in sewage.
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Land use and zoonoses, California's earthquake risk and the Tuatara genome
Thu 13 Aug 2020
Land use and zoonoses, Los Angeles’ earthquake risk and the Tuatara genome.
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How sperm swim, the theory of soil & the Big Compost Experiment update
Thu 6 Aug 2020
How sperm actually swim, the theory of soil and an update on the Big Compost Experiment.
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Science Museum mystery objects; home security camera security and Rosalind Franklin at 100
Thu 30 Jul 2020
Science Museum mystery objects; home security camera security and Rosalind Franklin at 100
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Pre-prints over peer review during the COVID pandemic and roads and birds
Thu 23 Jul 2020
Pre-prints over peer review during the COVID pandemic, and roads and birds.
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Science Fraud & Bias, Immunity to COVID-19
Thu 16 Jul 2020
Adam Rutherford explores fraud and bias in science. And immunity to SARS-CoV-2.
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Satellite navigation in the UK; the science of the World Wide Web and Neolithic genomics
Thu 9 Jul 2020
Satellite navigation in the UK; the science of the World Wide Web; Neolithic genomics
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Preventing pandemics, invading alien species, blood types & COVID-19.
Thu 2 Jul 2020
Preventing zoonotic pandemics; invasive species; blood groups and COVID-19
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The Human Genome Project's 20th Anniversary
Thu 25 Jun 2020
An Inside Science Special on the 20th anniversary of the Human Genome Project.
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Coronavirus conspiracy, Listeners' mask questions, Solar Orbiter gets close to the Sun
Thu 18 Jun 2020
Coronavirus conspiracies, listeners' mask questions, Solar Orbiter gets close to the Sun
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Engineering out of lockdown and should we castrate male dogs?
Thu 11 Jun 2020
Engineering solutions to reduce the spread of Covid-19, and should we castrate male dogs?
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Back to School and Covid-19 and Ordnance Survey and the pandemic
Thu 4 Jun 2020
Back to School and Covid-19 and Ordnance Survey and the pandemic.
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Testing & Tracing the coronavirus, and the traces our movements leave behind
Thu 28 May 2020
Testing and Tracing the coronavirus, and the traces our everyday movements leave behind.
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Coronavirus-free science, the impact of lockdown on climate change and the odds of both life and intelligent life existing.
Thu 21 May 2020
Marnie Chesterton brings us some coronavirus-free science breakthroughs since lockdown.
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Coronavirus R number, genome study of Covid-19 survivors and using aircraft messages to assess aviation
Thu 14 May 2020
Coronavirus R number, genome study of Covid survivors and assessing aviation with big data
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Should the public wear face masks? Did SARS-Cov-2 escape from a laboratory in Wuhan?
Thu 7 May 2020
Should the public wear face masks? Did the coronavirus escape from a laboratory in Wuhan?
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Testing for immunity to COVID-19 and Citizen science on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio past and present
Thu 30 Apr 2020
Testing for immunity to Covid-19 and citizen science on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio past and present.
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Understanding Covid-19 death rates; Contact tracing apps; Whale sharks and atomic bombs
Thu 23 Apr 2020
Understanding Covid-19 death rates; contact tracing apps; whale sharks and atomic bombs.
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Lockdown lessons for climate change and the carbon neutral Cumbrian coal mine
Thu 16 Apr 2020
Lockdown lessons for climate change and the carbon neutral Cumbrian coal mine.
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Testing for asymptomatic coronavirus carriers, Human Cell Atlas, and invasive parakeets
Thu 9 Apr 2020
Testing for asymptomatic coronavirus carriers, Human Cell Atlas, and invasive parakeets.
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Coronavirus: Models & being ‘led by the science’; Mars500 isolation tips; Kids’ science - singing glasses
Thu 2 Apr 2020
Models and graphs informing government strategy; Isolation tips; Fun science for kids.
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Coronavirus - Lockdown efficacy; viral testing; surface survival; dog walking safety
Thu 26 Mar 2020
Coronavirus - lockdown efficacy; viral testing; surface survival; dog walking safety
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TB vaccination to replace culling in badgers; Neil Shubin on the wonders of evolution
Thu 19 Mar 2020
TB vaccination to replace culling in badgers; Neil Shubin on the wonders of evolution.
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Banning lead shot for hunting; UK Fireball Network and Extremely thin gold
Thu 5 Mar 2020
Banning lead shot for hunting; UK Fireball Network and Extremely thin gold
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The Big Compost Experiment; Using AI to screen for new antibiotics; Science of slapstick
Thu 27 Feb 2020
The Big Compost Experiment; Using AI to screen for new antibiotics; Science of slapstick
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Coronavirus questions; HMS Challenger and ocean acidification; Sean Carroll's quantum world
Thu 20 Feb 2020
Coronavirus questions; HMS Challenger & ocean acidification; Sean Carroll's quantum world
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