蜜芽传媒 Inside Science Podcast
A weekly programme that illuminates the mysteries and challenges the controversies behind the science that's changing our world.
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Hobbit; Genetics of height; Solar science; Snails
Thu 23 Oct 2014
The 'Hobbit' skeleton - rewriting human history, but still controversial 10 years later.
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Ebola; Ada Lovelace Day; Space Weather
Thu 16 Oct 2014
What can science tell us about the virus at the centre of the current Ebola outbreak?
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Nobel Prizes 2014; Gauge; Genetics and Diabetes; UK Fungus Day
Thu 9 Oct 2014
Adam Rutherford hosts a post-match analysis of the 2014 Nobel Prizes for science.
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Women, Science and the Royal Society; Open Access Research
Thu 2 Oct 2014
Adam Rutherford asks the Royal Society about the decline in awards to female scientists.
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Cosmic inflation latest; Indian space success; Science and language; Wax Venus
Thu 25 Sep 2014
Claims of evidence for cosmic super-expansion just after the Big Bang are questioned.
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European ancestry; Cern is 60; Graphene plasters; Penguins
Thu 18 Sep 2014
How most present-day Europeans derive from at least three ancestral populations.
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Jack the Ripper; Future of Scottish science
Thu 11 Sep 2014
Examining the latest Jack the Ripper ID, and debating the future of Scottish science.
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Bardarbunga volcano; Geology in Minecraft; Synthesising opioids; Ammonia
Thu 4 Sep 2014
Adam Rutherford talks to researchers in Iceland studying the erupting Bardarbunga volcano.
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Manipulating mouse memory; London pollution; Nature of knowing; Snail fur
Thu 28 Aug 2014
Adam Rutherford shines a light on how the mouse brain processes memory.
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TB in the New World; Trusting Wikipedia; Shipwreck of the London; @LegoAcademics
Thu 21 Aug 2014
Adam Rutherford discovers that TB was introduced to the Americas from seals and sea lions.
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Anaesthesia; Chilean earthquakes; Strange weather; Jellyfish
Thu 14 Aug 2014
Will quantum physics bring us any closer to understanding how anaesthetics work?
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New dinosaur; GM chickens; Lightning; Rosetta; Diatoms
Thu 7 Aug 2014
Professor Alice Roberts reveals Laquintasaura, a new dinosaur found in South America.
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ExpeRimental; Rosetta; MOOCs
Thu 31 Jul 2014
Alice Roberts indulges in some science experiments for kids, including Bubblecano!
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Science's fascination with the face
Thu 24 Jul 2014
Adam discusses the ethics and privacy issues surrounding facial recognition programmes.
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A special programme on plants and their pollinators, poisons and pests
Thu 17 Jul 2014
Adam visits Kew Gardens to root amongst the foliage and reveal the latest in plant science
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Behavioural profiling at airports; Light and colour in art; Hadrian's Wall; Cassini
Thu 10 Jul 2014
Adam Rutherford questions the science behind behavioural profiling at airport security.
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Informed consent, El Nino, Gravitational Waves, Cloud cover
Thu 3 Jul 2014
Can we be used in experiments without our consent? Adam Rutherford investigates.
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Longitude Prize Winner; Solar cells; New species; Fiji fisherwomen; Physics questions
Thu 26 Jun 2014
Dr Adam Rutherford learns about this year's Longitude Prize challenge.
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Antarctic Invaders; Patents; Longitude Challenges for Water and Antibiotics
Thu 19 Jun 2014
Adam Rutherford finds out why Antarctica isn't such a pristine environment after all.
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Turing test; World Cup exo-skeleton; Plant cyborgs; Music hooks
Thu 12 Jun 2014
Big Science - the first World Cup kick is to be made using a mind-controlled robotic suit.
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Moving Mountains; Invasive Species; Football Stickers
Thu 5 Jun 2014
China is taking the tops off mountains to build cities. What are the risks?
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Women scientists; Mapping the ocean floor; Amplituhedron
Thu 29 May 2014
Tracey Logan and modern women scientists discuss past inspirational ladies of science.
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Longitude Prize 2014; Dementia; Matter from light; Coastal deposition
Thu 22 May 2014
Adam Rutherford discusses the launch of the Longitude Prize 2014.
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Antarctic melt; brain enhancing devices, atomic clocks and anti-bat moth sounds
Thu 15 May 2014
Adam Rutherford discusses the irreversible melting of the Antarctic Western Ice shelf.
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Colin Pillinger; Fire? Artificial DNA
Thu 8 May 2014
The first living organism is created using artificial DNA with man-made genetic letters
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Mice & Men; Fuel from CO2; fRMI; Insect calls
Thu 1 May 2014
How can you get jet fuel from thin air? Just add water, carbon dioxide and sunlight.
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Y chromosome; Everest avalanche; Aphid survey; Longitude
Thu 24 Apr 2014
Adam Rutherford finds out, when it comes to chromosomes, what's the point of the Y.
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Sperm and egg; Dogs; Automatic Facebook; Invasive species
Thu 17 Apr 2014
Tracey Logan finds out how a sperm recognises an egg.
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Whales; Dark Matter; Falling; Arty brains
Thu 10 Apr 2014
Tracey Logan asks whether killing whales for science can be justified?
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Calorie Restriction; Moon Age; Mars Yard; IPCC.
Thu 3 Apr 2014
Tracey Logan unpicks new research on calorie restriction.
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