BBC Inside Science
Dr Adam Rutherford and guests illuminate the mysteries and challenge the controversies behind the science that's changing our world.
- Website
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b036f7w2
- Description
- Dr Adam Rutherford and guests illuminate the mysteries and challenge the controversies behind the science that's changing our world.
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2024-11-15 13:19
- last episode published
- 2024-11-14 17:00
- publication frequency
- 7.16 days
- Contributors
- BBC
- Owner
- BBC Radio 4
- Author
- Explicit
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- Number of Episodes
- 581
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- Categories
- Science & Medicine
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Episodes
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| 2024-11-14 | The Earth’s natural carbon sinks absorb half of our pollution. But now, they appear to be collapsing. Why is this happening – and will we be able to reach our climate goals without them?Also this week, why a psychologist won the Nobel Prize in Physics,... |
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| 2024-11-07 | A woolly mammoth by 2028.That’s the bold claim from US company Colossal Biosciences, who say research is under way that will make this possible.But even if we have the technology to bring back a long dead species, should we? We hear the arguments for a... |
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| 2024-10-31 | “That’s the end of coal in the UK for electricity.” The UK’s last coal-fired power station has closed, ending Britain's 142-year reliance on coal. But what difference will the closure of Ratcliffe-on-Soar make – and could it mark a new dawn for clean e... |
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| 2024-10-24 | The images beamed back to Earth of the first civilian spacewalk have prompted a very pertinent question from one Inside Science listener: What effect is space travel having on our climate? We're used to delving into the carbon footprint of Earth-bound... |
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| 2024-10-17 | Lab-grown meat, cultivated meat, cultured meat, in-vitro meat - whatever you call it, the industry claims it could be a game changer. Not just economically, but for feeding the planet in a sustainable way.But is it too good to be true? And will people ... |
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| 2024-10-10 | Today incredible images were beamed around the world of civilians walking in space – for the very first time. All eyes were on businessman Jared Isaacman and engineer Sarah Gillis as they ventured outside a Space X capsule. But is this an historic sp... |
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| 2024-10-03 | As the long-awaited final report into Grenfell Tower is made public, we look at the cladding that has been at the centre of the story for seven years. We ask Richard Hull, an expert in chemistry and fire science who’s been following the story, why it w... |
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| 2024-09-26 | The Royal Society recently announced the shortlist for their annual Science Book Prize – and nominated is science writer and journalist Tom Chivers, author of the book Everything is Predictable. He tells us how statistics impact every aspect of our liv... |
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| 2024-09-19 | We try some cricket tacos and ask what role insects might play in our future diets, in a special programme with a live audience at Green Man Festival in the Bannau Brycheiniog National Park in Wales. Our panellists: Peter Smithers, an entomologist an... |
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| 2024-09-12 | The Ealing Beaver Project has found success as two new beaver kits have been born in a park in London after being reintroduced last October. Marnie visits the site to learn more about the benefits they bring - but beavers are just a drop in the river o... |
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