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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Horsemeat; NanoSims; Early bacteria; Crystallography
Thu 12 Dec 2013
Scientists are ready to form the vanguard in the fight to protect UK food from criminals.
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Badger culls; Douglas Mawson; Plastics; Uptalk
Thu 28 Nov 2013
The global march of valley-girl 'uptalk' - now men too are upwardly inflecting.
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Therapeutic hypothermia; Cameras on Gaia; Methane; Wine microbiota
Thu 28 Nov 2013
Adam Rutherford toasts microbial 'terroir', the fungi and bacteria that make grapes unique
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Bird Atlas; Flywheels; Energy capture; Science lessons for MPs
Thu 21 Nov 2013
The citizen science army who've logged 19 million birds for the new UK Ireland Bird Atlas.
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DNA to ID typhoon victims; Volcanic ash; Hope for red squirrels; Robogut
Thu 14 Nov 2013
How DNA matching techniques can help identify those who perished in Typhoon Haiyan.
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Personal genome; Solar cells and music; Asteroids; Alfred Russel Wallace
Thu 7 Nov 2013
Dr Lucie Green on putting your sequenced DNA, your personal genome, on the internet.
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Moon dust; Electro-ceuticals; Soil and climate change; Dogs' tails
Thu 31 Oct 2013
Dust in space - Dr Lucie Green on the LADEE Moon Mission and the perils of moon dirt.
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Nuclear Waste; Exoplanets; Â鶹ÊÓƵAV time and pips, Synthetic Biology Olympics
Thu 24 Oct 2013
Adam Rutherford asks how radioactive waste from Hinkley C nuclear plant will be dealt with
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Genetics and education; Golden Rice inventor; Chimp Chatter and Lightning Lab
Thu 17 Oct 2013
Robert Plomin on why Michael Gove's advisor is right to highlight genetics in education.
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US shutdown; Nobels; New climate science; Airport heart attack headlines
Thu 10 Oct 2013
With the US government on lockdown, Dr Adam Rutherford considers the risks for science.
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Menopause; IPCC; Fracking feedback; Particle accelerator; Zombie chemicals
Thu 3 Oct 2013
Adam Rutherford explores the science behind the menopause and the uncertainty of science.
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Fracking FAQs; Fingerprint feedback; Lipstick forensics; Snake hook
Thu 26 Sep 2013
Adam Rutherford tackles the subject of fracking in the UK, sorting myth from science fact.
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Chemical weapons; Crowd-sourcing weather; Fingerprint ID; Dino drill
Thu 19 Sep 2013
Adam Rutherford asks how difficult it is to destroy chemical weapons.
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Stem cell news; Science practicals; Phantom head; Sewage power
Thu 12 Sep 2013
Is this week's new stem cell research a breakthrough for regenerative medicine?
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Fukushima ice wall; Martian menus; Science practicals; Eye tracker
Thu 5 Sep 2013
Will the proposed ice wall at Fukushima nuclear plant finally fix their radioactive leaks?
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Research bias; Sniffer dogs; Lasers; Roadkill
Thu 29 Aug 2013
Alice Roberts looks at research bias, training sniffer dogs, mapping roadkill and lasers
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Artificial reefs; Scanning beehives; Ape feet; NMR
Thu 22 Aug 2013
The science of artificial reefs, and why our feet are more ape-like than we thought.
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Universal flu vaccine; Science games; AllTrials; Penguin camera
Thu 15 Aug 2013
Search for a universal flu vaccine, and the scientists using online games for research.
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Lab-grown leather; Goal line technology; Bacteria outrage; Marine buoy
Thu 8 Aug 2013
New goal line technology kicks in this month - Adam Rutherford looks at how Hawk-Eye works
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Crash risk; Mary Rose bacteria; History of Science; Greenwich telescope
Thu 1 Aug 2013
With seven disasters last month, Adam Rutherford asks if trains crash more often in summer
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2D supermaterials; Inside an MRI; Antarctic architecture
Thu 25 Jul 2013
Dr Adam Rutherford explores supermaterials, brain scanning and Antarctic architecture.
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Animal research; Astronaut selection; Show us your instrument
Thu 18 Jul 2013
Publication of the annual government statistics on scientific research on animals.
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Bioscience to bioweapons; Synthetic diamonds; Stem cell transplants
Thu 11 Jul 2013
Could the same knowledge used to save lives create viruses to use as weapons of terror?
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Bovine TB; Coral sunscreen; Space junk
Thu 4 Jul 2013
Bovine TB, sunscreens from nature, and cleaning up space junk.
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