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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Sex, gender and sport - the Caster Semenya case and the latest Denisovan discovery
Thu 2 May 2019
Sex, gender and sport - the Caster Semenya case; the latest Denisovan discovery in Tibet
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Thought-to-speech machine, City Nature Challenge, Science of Storytelling
Thu 25 Apr 2019
Thought-to-speech machine, City Nature Challenge, the Science of Storytelling
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Notre-Dame fire, Reviving pig brains, ExoMars, Evolution of faces
Thu 18 Apr 2019
Notre-Dame fire, reviving pig brains, ExoMars and evolution of faces.
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Visualising a black hole, Homo luzonensis, Two ways to overcome antimicrobial resistance
Thu 11 Apr 2019
Visualising a black hole, Homo luzonensis, Two ways to overcome antimicrobial resistance
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Cretaceous catastrophe fossilised, LIGO and Virgo, Corals, Forensic shoeprint database
Thu 4 Apr 2019
Cretaceous catastrophe fossilised, LIGO and Virgo, corals and forensic shoeprint database
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UK pollinating insect numbers, Tracking whales using barnacles, Sleep signals
Thu 28 Mar 2019
UK pollinating insect numbers, tracking whales using barnacles and sleep signals.
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Where next World Wide Web? Space rocks and worms
Thu 21 Mar 2019
Where next World Wide Web? Space rocks and worms
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Rules and ethics of genome editing, Gender, sex and sport, Hog roasts at Stonehenge
Thu 14 Mar 2019
Rules and ethics of genome editing, gender, sex and sport, and hog roasts at Stonehenge.
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A cure for HIV? Sleepy flies, Secrets of the Fukushima disaster, Science fact checking
Thu 7 Mar 2019
A cure for HIV? Sleepy flies, secrets of the Fukushima disaster and science fact checking
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Falling carbon and rising methane; Unsung heroes at the Crick
Thu 28 Feb 2019
Falling carbon and rising methane, and unsung heroes at the Francis Crick Institute.
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Mars - rovers v humans? Forests and carbon, Ethiopian bush crow
Thu 21 Feb 2019
Goodbye Mars Opportunity rover - what's next? Forests and carbon, Ethiopian bush crow
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Insect decline, Gut microbiome, Geomagnetic switching
Thu 14 Feb 2019
Insect decline, gut microbiome and geomagnetic switching.
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Sea Level Rise, Equine Flu, Generator Bricks, Iberian Genes
Thu 7 Feb 2019
Antarctic ice melting and sea level, equine flu, generator bricks, and Iberian gene maps.
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Sprinting Neanderthals, Geodynamo, Spreading Sneezes and Dying Hares
Thu 31 Jan 2019
Sprinting Neanderthals, geodynamo, spreading sneezes and dying hares.
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Ultima Thule, Dry January, Periodic Table
Thu 3 Jan 2019
The latest on Nasa's Ultima Thule mission and the science behind Dry January
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Gene-edited twins, Placenta organoids in a dish, When the last leaves drop
Thu 29 Nov 2018
Gene-edited twins; placenta organoids in a dish; when the last leaves drop.
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Mars InSight mission, Detecting dark matter, Redefining the kilogram, Bovine TB
Thu 22 Nov 2018
Mars InSight mission, detecting dark matter, redefining the kg and more on bovine TB.
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Bovine TB and badger culling, Shrimp hoover CSI, Shark-skin and Turing
Thu 15 Nov 2018
Bovine TB and badger culling; shrimp hoover CSI; shark-skin and Turing patterning.
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Oldest cave picture; the Anthropocene under London; a new scientist for the £50 note
Thu 8 Nov 2018
Oldest cave picture, the Anthropocene under London and a new scientist for the £50 note.
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Repairing potholes, Ozone hole, Internet of hives, Drugs from fingerprints
Thu 1 Nov 2018
Repairing potholes, ozone hole, internet of hives and drugs from fingerprints.
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Science and Brexit, Antibiotic livestock growth promoters, Bepicolombo goes to Mercury
Thu 25 Oct 2018
Royal Society President Venki Ramakrishnan on UK science and Brexit.
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IPCC report, Cairngorms Connect project, grass pea, the Sun exhibition at Science Museum
Thu 11 Oct 2018
IPCC report, Cairngorms Connect project, grass pea, the Sun exhibition at Science Museum
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Nobel Prizes - Hayabusa 2 latest - IPCC meeting - North Pole science
Thu 4 Oct 2018
Adam Rutherford investigates the news in science and science in the news.
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Hyabusa 2 at Ryugu, deadly 1918 flu pandemic; WW2 bombing and ionosphere, teenage brain
Thu 27 Sep 2018
Hayabusa2, the deadly 1918 flu pandemic, WW2 bombing and the ionosphere, the teenage brain
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Science of Addiction
Thu 20 Sep 2018
Adam Rutherford looks at the art and science of addiction at the Science Gallery London.
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First human drawing, Cycling genes, Oden Arctic expedition, Hello World
Thu 13 Sep 2018
First human drawing; cycling genes; Oden Arctic expedition; Hello World.
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Complexity in Biology
Thu 6 Sep 2018
Adam Rutherford wrestles with biological complexity with help from guests in Dublin.
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Electronic brain probe; Rural stream biodiversity; Arctic weather research trip; Science book prize
Thu 30 Aug 2018
Electronic brain probe; River biodiversity; Arctic weather expedition; Science book prize
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Cavendish banana survival; Guillemot egg shape; Unexpected Truth About Animals; Tambora's rainstorm
Thu 23 Aug 2018
Banana survival; Guillemot egg shape; Unexpected Truth About Animals; Tambora rainstorm
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