成人快手 Inside Science Podcast
A weekly programme that illuminates the mysteries and challenges the controversies behind the science that's changing our world.
Episodes to download
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African genomes sequenced; Space weather; sports head injuries
Thu 31 Oct 2019
African genomes sequenced; Space weather; sports head injuries.
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Organic farming emissions; Staring at seagulls; Salt and dementia
Thu 24 Oct 2019
Agriculture and greenhouse gases: We answer your questions
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Ebola model, Partula snails, Malaria origin
Thu 17 Oct 2019
Ebola model, partula snails, malaria origin.
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Extinction Rebellion, UK net zero emissions and climate change; Nobel Prizes
Thu 10 Oct 2019
XR protest 鈥� how best to reach net zero emissions? And science and culture of Nobel Prizes
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HIV protective gene paper retraction, Imaging ancient Herculaneum scrolls, Bill Bryson's The Body
Thu 3 Oct 2019
HIV protective gene paper retraction, imaging Herculaneum scrolls, Bill Bryson's The Body.
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Oceans, ice and climate change; Neolithic baby bottles; Caroline Criado-Perez wins RS Book Prize
Thu 26 Sep 2019
Oceans, ice and climate change; Neolithic baby bottles; and Caroline Criado Perez
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MOSAiC Arctic super-expedition, Likely extinction of the Bahama nuthatch, Tim Smedley's book on air pollution
Thu 19 Sep 2019
MOSAiC expedition, Bahama nuthatch and Tim Smedley's book on air pollution.
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Model embryos from stem cells, Paul Steinhardt's book on impossible crystals, Mother Thames
Thu 12 Sep 2019
Model embryos, Paul Steinhardt's book on impossible crystals and Mother Thames.
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Inventing GPS, Carbon nanotube computer, Steven Strogatz and Monty Lyman discuss calculus and skin
Thu 5 Sep 2019
Inventing GPS, carbon nanotube computer, RS Prize shortlisted books on calculus and skin.
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Amazon fires, Royal Society Book Prize shortlist announced, John Gribben on quantum physics
Thu 29 Aug 2019
Amazon fires, Royal Society Book Prize shortlist, and John Gribben on quantum physics.
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UK's black squirrels' genetic heritage; nuclear fusion in the UK and the Royal Society's science book prize
Thu 22 Aug 2019
UK's black squirrels' genetic heritage; nuclear fusion and the Royal Society's book prize.
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UK power cut, Huge dinosaur find in Wyoming, Micro-plastics in Arctic snow
Thu 15 Aug 2019
UK power cut, huge dinosaur find in Wyoming and micro-plastics in Arctic snow
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Making the UK's dams safe, AI spots fake smiles, How many trees should we be planting?
Thu 8 Aug 2019
Making the UK's dams safe; AI spots fake smiles and how many trees should we be planting?
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Lovelock at 100; Hydrothermal vents and antibiotic resistance in the environment
Thu 1 Aug 2019
James Lovelock at 100, hydrothermal vents and antibiotic resistance in the environment
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False positives in genetic test kits, Impact of fishing on ocean sharks, Sex-change fish
Thu 25 Jul 2019
False positives in genetic test kits, impact of fishing on sharks, and sex-change species.
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Turing on the new 拢50 note, Moon landing on the radio, 25 years since Shoemaker-Levy comet
Thu 18 Jul 2019
Turing on the new 拢50 note, moon landing on the radio, 25 years since Shoemaker-Levy comet
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Earliest modern human skull, Analysing moon rocks, Viruses lurking in our genomes
Thu 11 Jul 2019
Earliest modern human skull, analysing moon rocks, and viruses lurking in our genomes.
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X-Rays on Mercury, Monkey Tools, Music of Molecules, AI Drivers
Thu 4 Jul 2019
Summer Science from the Royal Society: a trip to Mercury, Music of Molecules, and AI Cars.
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Global Food Security, Reactive Use-By Labels, Origins of the Potato
Thu 27 Jun 2019
Global Food Security, a threat to wheat, future use-by labels and origins of the potato.
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Rinderpest destruction, Noise and birdsong, Science as entertainment
Thu 20 Jun 2019
Destroying rinderpest virus, how noise confuses birds, and science as light entertainment.
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Net-Zero carbon target, Science Policy Under Thatcher, Screen time measures
Thu 13 Jun 2019
Gareth Mitchell discusses a new carbon emissions target, and Science Policy Under Thatcher
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CCR5 Mutation Effects, The Surrey Earthquake Swarm, Animal Emotions
Thu 6 Jun 2019
CCR5 mutation effects, the Surrey earthquake swarm, Mama鈥檚 Last Hug by Frans de Waal.
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How maths underpins science
Thu 30 May 2019
How mathematics underpins science, recorded at the Hay Festival.
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New CFC emissions, Cannabis and the Environment, The Noisy Cocktail Party, Automated Face Recognition
Thu 23 May 2019
New CFC emissions, Cannabis and Yeast, A Noisy Cocktail Party, Automated Face Recognition.
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Hubble Not-So Constant, Synthetic E. Coli, The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt
Thu 16 May 2019
Hubble Not-So Constant, Synthetic E. Coli, The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt
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Forensic science provision, optimal garden watering strategy, and a mystery knee bone
Thu 9 May 2019
Forensic science provision, an optimal garden watering strategy, and a mystery knee bone.
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Sex, gender and sport - the Caster Semenya case and the latest Denisovan discovery
Thu 2 May 2019
Sex, gender and sport - the Caster Semenya case; the latest Denisovan discovery in Tibet
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Thought-to-speech machine, City Nature Challenge, Science of Storytelling
Thu 25 Apr 2019
Thought-to-speech machine, City Nature Challenge, the Science of Storytelling
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Notre-Dame fire, Reviving pig brains, ExoMars, Evolution of faces
Thu 18 Apr 2019
Notre-Dame fire, reviving pig brains, ExoMars and evolution of faces.
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Visualising a black hole, Homo luzonensis, Two ways to overcome antimicrobial resistance
Thu 11 Apr 2019
Visualising a black hole, Homo luzonensis, Two ways to overcome antimicrobial resistance
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