Â鶹ÊÓƵAV 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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Why aren’t we eating more insects?
Thu 22 Aug 2024
We try some cricket tacos – and ask what role insects might play in our future diets.
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Beavers of London
Thu 15 Aug 2024
As beaver kits arrive in London, we ask if we should bring wilderness back to UK cities.
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Going for gold
Thu 8 Aug 2024
Turning e-waste into jewellery and the genetics of a gold medal Olympian.
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How much of a risk is space junk?
Thu 1 Aug 2024
Also, sex before sport and how oceans influence how hot it is.
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Should Antarctica be off limits?
Thu 18 Jul 2024
Also, we dip into the Seine’s Olympic clean-up, and is Flying Ant Day really just one day?
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Wimbledon Grass Science
Thu 11 Jul 2024
Could white paint help tackle climate change? And 'synthetic embryos' for research.
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Sun, sea... and science
Thu 4 Jul 2024
Misunderstood seagulls, ice cream chemistry and the science of sun safety.
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What makes an effective protest?
Thu 27 Jun 2024
Also, a smiling robot, landfill methane emissions, and the perfect temperature for humans.
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Taylor Swift Seismology
Thu 20 Jun 2024
We delve into the geophysics of Taylor Swift’s seismic Eras tour.
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Are implanted brain chips the future?
Thu 13 Jun 2024
Also how we measure distance in space and what drugs in sewage are doing to our frogs.
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How do we solve antibiotic resistance?
Thu 6 Jun 2024
Also, the inescapable pull of a black hole and an EU ban on smoky flavoured crisps.
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Micro Nuclear Reactors
Thu 23 May 2024
Can miniature nuclear reactors help us get to net zero by 2050?
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Is gene therapy the future?
Thu 16 May 2024
Plus, how aerosols change the weather and the secret vibrations bees make to communicate.
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Is treated sewage worse for the environment than raw?
Thu 9 May 2024
Plus animal medicine and Eurovision
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Ugly animals and asteroid Apophis
Thu 2 May 2024
Plus, from wastewater monitoring to vaccines, how COVID-19 irrevocably altered science.
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Can we get plastic waste under control?
Thu 25 Apr 2024
The UN attempts a global treaty on plastic, and the science of heartbreak.
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Do we need a new model of cosmology?
Thu 18 Apr 2024
Astrophysicists are questioning the nature of the universe.
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Bird flu outbreak in cows
Thu 11 Apr 2024
Bird flu has infected cows for the first time. Should we be worried?
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Inside Your Microbiome
Thu 28 Mar 2024
A look into the unregulated world of home gut microbiome testing.
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Our Accidental Universe
Thu 21 Mar 2024
Professor and presenter Chris Lintott talks about his new book, Our Accidental Universe.
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World’s oldest forest fossils
Thu 14 Mar 2024
Oldest forest fossils found in Somerset show how our world looked 390 million years ago.
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How pure is the water from your tap?
Thu 7 Mar 2024
We look at the quality of water from your kitchen tap and check out some clever bees.
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Laboratory-Grown Meat
Thu 22 Feb 2024
Is it a solution to global emissions or a distraction? And, will people actually eat it?
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The Gulf Stream’s tipping point
Thu 15 Feb 2024
Will the Gulf Stream collapse? A new modelling study suggests it could.
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Ancient Roman writings revealed
Thu 8 Feb 2024
Thanks to AI, scientists can now read charred scrolls from Herculaneum for the first time.
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When brains and computers meet
Thu 1 Feb 2024
A look at the science and ethics behind the companies driving brain-computer interface.
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Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Inside Science is produced in partnership with The Open University.
