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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The Rutland 鈥楽ea Dragon鈥�, 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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Surprising choice for Nobel prizes in a pandemic?
Thu 7 Oct 2021
Nobel prizes; BepiColombo snaps Mercury; carbon take up by old oaks; mystery illnesses.
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Covid vaccine boosters; why we don't have a tail; cassowary domestication; Royal Society Science book prize shortlist
Thu 30 Sep 2021
Covid vaccine boosters; why we don't have a tail; cassowary farming; book prize shortlist
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La Palma volcano; wind energy in the UK; origins of SARS-Cov2; Formula 1 safety
Thu 23 Sep 2021
La Palma volcano; wind energy in the UK; origins of SARS-Cov2; Formula 1 safety.
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Perseverance drills on Mars; space tourism; Australian fire debris and algal blooms; DNA vaccines against Covid
Thu 16 Sep 2021
Mars rock samples; space tourism; fire debris and algal blooms; DNA vaccines for Covid.
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Climate change and oil and gas exploration; cutting methane emissions; African wild dog populations; freezing eggs and sperm
Thu 9 Sep 2021
What's the future of oil and gas exploration when limiting global heating to 1.5 degrees?
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Rugby and the brain
Thu 2 Sep 2021
New clues on how tackles and knocks impact the brains of professional rugby players.
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Window to solve pandemic origins closing
Thu 26 Aug 2021
Is time running out to trace the origins of the pandemic?
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Mammoth Journey
Thu 19 Aug 2021
Tusk reveals the story of a woolly mammoth's 70,000 kilometre journey
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Bees and multiple pesticide exposure
Thu 5 Aug 2021
Pesticides more than double the trouble for bees
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Covid 19 鈥� reaching the unvaccinated
Thu 29 Jul 2021
How to balance individual rights with the collective action needed to end the pandemic.
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Covid19 - should we test everybody ?
Thu 15 Jul 2021
Testing the entire population could stop the virus spreading, but how would we do it?
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Covid and our ancient ancestors
Thu 8 Jul 2021
The role our genetic inheritance plays in determining how the virus affects us.
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Gene editing gets real
Thu 1 Jul 2021
A treatment to change faulty genetic instructions in the liver seems to be successful.
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UK science policy shake-up; Ivermectin & Covid; black fungus in Indian Covid patients; many hominins in Siberian cave
Thu 24 Jun 2021
How will the new UK strategy affect funding for existing research and future innovation?
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