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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Precious Metals, Earlier Eggs, and Meaningful Meteorites
Thu 5 May 2022
How bacteria could soon harvest precious metals from your old phone.
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The Ebb and Flow of the Tidal Power Revolution
Thu 28 Apr 2022
What do we know about the mysterious cases of hepatitis in children?
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Building Better Engagement
Thu 21 Apr 2022
Why does scientific communication matter and how might it be done better?
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A Trip-Switch for Depression?
Thu 14 Apr 2022
Could magic mushrooms be the key to a revolution in treating depression?
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Declining Data, Climate Deadlines and the Day the Dinosaurs Died
Thu 7 Apr 2022
Without mass studies and free testing, how will the UK keep an eye on Covid?
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How can the UK get to zero carbon?
Thu 31 Mar 2022
With energy bills soaring, what's the best way to cut carbon use and keep the lights on?
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Racial inequality in UK science
Thu 24 Mar 2022
Improving diversity in science; heatwaves at both poles; finding the best hedge to plant.
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Global food security during Ukraine conflict
Thu 17 Mar 2022
Food supply risks; lead poisoning in birds; Covid monitoring; Artemis mission to moon.
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High Seas treaty talks and discoveries from the deep
Thu 10 Mar 2022
UN talks on ocean protection; Covid’s effects on the brain; disruptions to Russian science
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Inside Science is now first on Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Sounds
Fri 4 Mar 2022
New episodes will now be available first on Sounds for 28 days before other podcast apps.
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Cyber frontlines in Ukraine
Thu 3 Mar 2022
Cyber war in Ukraine, global energy security, and the IPCC climate change report.
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World’s largest Jurassic pterosaur found on Skye
Thu 24 Feb 2022
Exciting finds from the dinosaur age, and how human behaviour shapes climate predictions
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COVID-19: Beginnings... and endings?
Thu 17 Feb 2022
Is the pandemic coming to an end? Scientists weigh in.
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Fusion energy smashes world record
Thu 10 Feb 2022
Record-breaking energy extraction gets us closer to nuclear fusion at the UK-based JET lab
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The Continuing Story of the Nuclear Waste Bill
Thu 3 Feb 2022
As energy costs rise, a look at the legacy cost of radioactive waste.
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Predicting Long Covid, and the Global Toll of Antimicrobial Resistance
Thu 27 Jan 2022
Promising results suggest new biomarkers could rate the risk of developing Long Covid.
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The 'perfect' depth for a destructive eruption
Thu 20 Jan 2022
Whay was the blast from the Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai volcano so violent?
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The Rutland ‘Sea Dragon’, An Astronomer's Christmas and some Animal Magic
Thu 13 Jan 2022
What does it take to unearth the largest Jurassic reptile fossil the UK has ever seen?
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Deep ocean exploration
Thu 6 Jan 2022
The wonders and mysteries of the deep ocean, and the potential threats to it.
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The Origin of Celtic Culture in Britain?
Thu 23 Dec 2021
Archaeologists use ancient DNA to uncover an unrecognised mass migration into Britain.
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The James Webb Space Telescope
Thu 16 Dec 2021
A new giant space telescope that will show us the first stars that shone in the universe.
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Initial Omicron Lab Data, Creative Naps, and Fishy Sounds.
Thu 9 Dec 2021
T-Cells in vaccinated folk might just hold the fort against the latest SARS CoV2 variant.
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When Pandemics Collide
Thu 2 Dec 2021
Did the omicron variant incubate in an immunocompromised patient?
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Malaria: what's in it for the mosquito?
Thu 25 Nov 2021
Gaia Vince finds out what benefit the malaria parasite brings to blood feeding mosquitoes.
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Yet More Space Junk; COP-up or COP-out; The End of Bias.
Thu 18 Nov 2021
How much junk can we leave in orbit before space becomes impenetrable?
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Propane: Keeping Your Cool as the World Warms Around You
Thu 11 Nov 2021
Can propane prevent air conditioning becoming a bigger burden on our heating planet?
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How Whales Farmed For Food, COP progress, and The Last Stargazers
Thu 4 Nov 2021
Gaia Vince hears how blue whales' huge appetites helped generate more food for themselves.
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Atmospheric Pollutants and Where to Find Them
Thu 28 Oct 2021
Do Ultra Low Emission Zones in Cities Work?
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The Possible Impact of false-negative PCR Tests
Thu 21 Oct 2021
False-negative PCRs, World Weather Attribution Science, and Metascience Studies.
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