BBC Radio Podcasts from BBC Inside Science

Inside Your Microbiome

A look into the unregulated world of home gut microbiome testing.

Our Accidental Universe

Professor and presenter Chris Lintott talks about his new book, Our Accidental Universe.

World’s oldest forest fossils

Oldest forest fossils found in Somerset show how our world looked 390 million years ago.

How pure is the water from your tap?

We look at the quality of water from your kitchen tap and check out some clever bees.

Dimming the Sun

Should we even consider solar geoengineering?

Laboratory-Grown Meat

Is it a solution to global emissions or a distraction? And, will people actually eat it?

The Gulf Stream’s tipping point

Will the Gulf Stream collapse? A new modelling study suggests it could.

Ancient Roman writings revealed

Thanks to AI, scientists can now read charred scrolls from Herculaneum for the first time.

When brains and computers meet

A look at the science and ethics behind the companies driving brain-computer interface.

Hydrogen and the race to net zero

A look at the role of hydrogen in the UK’s future energy economy with Prof Mark Miodownik.

A New Volcanic Era?

Are we entering a new volcanic era in Iceland?

Understanding Flood Forecasting

Understanding how flood forecasting and warning systems work, plus a mission to Europa.

Space Exploration

Inside Science explores the planned missions to the Moon in 2024.

12 days of Christmas - science version

A festive special in the style of the 12 days of Christmas.

The Science of the South Pole

On board the RSS Sir David Attenborough for the vessel’s first big science season

Biggest COP in history

Some of the biggest stories from COP28: oceans, food security and fossil fuel dependence.

Vagrant Birds

Why are non-native species of birds arriving in the UK?

Finding Tunnels

The geophysics at work to locate tunnels.

UK Covid-19 Inquiry

The key takeaways from the evidence of top scientists this week at the Covid inquiry.

Iceland Volcano

How scientists are monitoring Fagradalsfjall volcano and keeping people safe.

Loss and damages for vulnerable countries

Saleemul Huq, an advocate for vulnerable countries affected by climate change, has died.

Metal Mines

How disused mines are having a harmful effect on our rivers.

Forever chemicals

What goes into our water supply and never comes out?

White phosphorus

What is white phosphorus and why is it so dangerous?

Tumbling down the rabbit hole of assembly theory

Could a radical theory help us understand the origins of life?

Life beyond Earth

In the shadow of the Lovell Telescope, Victoria Gill questions our place in the universe.

The state of nature in the UK

A new report has revealed that one in six native UK species are at risk of extinction.

Why is Prime Minister Rishi Sunak rowing back on climate pledges?

The halfway point for sustainable development

How close are we to achieving the UN’s goals by 2030?

What’s the cost of invasive species?

A landmark report reveals the staggering damage from invasive species across the world

How will climate change affect where we can live?

Extreme weather is forcing communities to leave their homes. What can we do about it?

What makes a healthy river?

Broadcasting from Green Man Festival in Wales, we find out about the state of our rivers.

Why do we want to go back to the Moon?

Russia and India are due to land on the Moon next week. Here’s what you need to know.

Time is still ticking for the Amazon

Can we ensure a brighter future for the Amazon rainforest?

Reality check: carbon capture and storage

Will two new carbon capture and storage plants help bring UK to net zero?

Battles with flames

Is climate change the cause of wildfires?

The wide-ranging effects of climate change

Record heatwaves have scorched parts of the planet. What are the impacts of these events?

How social media can affect the health of teenagers

Should social media apps be better regulated in order to protect young people?

Mapping the universe

Catch up on the latest cosmological research that has physicists ‘excited’.

Heat and health

Temperatures are soaring. But is there anything we can do to prepare for the heat?

The science of sound

Tune in and hear how rich soundscapes can inform science and help us conserve the planet.

The Kakhovka dam and global food security

A week on from the disaster what are the long-term implications for Ukraine and the globe?

An ocean of opportunities

In the coming years, how could the seas help us feed the world and tackle climate change?

AI and human extinction

The machines are getting smarter. But is this a cause for concern?

The benefits and problems of eDNA

A new study to track turtles revealed unexpected levels of human eDNA in the environment.

Science in the making

Travel back in time via 370 years of research from some of the greatest minds in science.

Can we prevent natural disasters?

Gaia Vince explores the steps we can take to mitigate the impacts of natural disasters.

Wild Britain

What would the UK look like if it protected 30 per cent of its land and sea for nature?

70th anniversary of the discovery of DNA’s structure

Fresh insights into Rosalind Franklin’s role in the identification of DNA’s double-helix.

Rocket Launch Pollution

Popping the bonnet on the environmental impacts of a rapidly growing space industry.

Negotiation

Tips and insights into the art of negotiating and the science underpinning it

Recycling

We are facing a waste crisis; what must be done to promote and incentivise recycling?

Net Zero

How does the government’s latest plan to reduce emissions stack up against the science?

Covid – missing link found?

A potential intermediate species in the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from bats to humans.

Sweet Science

The unexpected medical uses of artificial sweeteners.

Science superpower?

The government’s strategy for the future of science and technology

Covid leaks and conspiracies

Ministers, scientific advice and the search for scientific facts on the pandemic.

Antarctic Ice Special

What does the new record-breaking sea ice minimum mean for Antarctica?

Gene Editing Ethics, Killer Whale Mummy's Boys and Ancient Hippo Butchery

CRISPR controversy, a stone tool discovery and killer whale mummy's boys.

Abundant energy

What would the world look like if we had affordable energy available for everyone?

Exploring the New Environmental Improvement Plan

What does the government's Environmental Improvement plan really mean?

Vegetarian school dinners

Can serving less meat in school dinners help the UK reach its climate goals?

Towards Net Zero

Changing our home heating and improving insulation to reduced bills and emissions.

Chatbot plagiarism

Does modern AI technology pose a threat to student learning?

The UK's first satellite launch

Competition in the space industry is set to boom.

Game changers

Marnie, Vic and Gaia look back at some of the biggest science news stories of 2022.

A Scientifically Superior Christmas Dinner

We head to the kitchen to cook up the best Christmas dinner that science has to offer.

Cancer cure, Strep A research and hopes for biodiversity

Editing DNA seems to have cured a teenager’s leukaemia

Biodiversity

Can international efforts plan a more sustainable future?

Killer smog

Seventy years ago, the deaths of thousands in London's smog led to the Clean Air Act.

Science funding

Can the UK reach agreement with the EU on future scientific collaborations ?

Climate science and politics

Holding the decision makers to account

COP27

Loss and damage, Funding climate change impacts

Monkeypox

Could you have it and not know ?

Turtle Voices, a Pandemic Retrospective and a Nose-Picking Primate

Turtle voices shed light on the evolutionary origins of vocal communication.

The BBC at 100

Science, technology and the future of broadcasting.

Avian flu

A new strain of the virus is taking a toll on both wild birds and poultry.

Coronavirus - new variants

What does virus evolution mean for Covid severity as we head into winter?

Fracking Science

The moratorium on fracking has been lifted, but what does the science say?

Science collaborations – with Russia

How the war in Ukraine is impacting international research

Is the James Webb Space Telescope too good?

Ancient Amputation

How hunter gatherers in Borneo successfully performed surgery thousands of years ago.

Dealing with drought

Dealing with drought, satellite clutter and mucus evolution.

Return of the ozone hole

Australian fires have impacted the ozone layer.

A Possible Sequel to the Dinosaur Armageddon

Did the Chicxulub meteor that did for the dinosaurs have a smaller cousin?

Amplified Arctic Amplification and Microclot Clues to Post-Viral Disease

Arctic warming around four times faster than previously thought.

Shaun The Sheep Jumps Over The Moon, Bronze Age Kissing and PPE Rubbish

ESA announce that Shaun The Sheep will fly around the moon this month aboard Artemis 1.

Heatwave: the consequences

What are the consequences of the recent UK heatwave for us, plants and our energy supply.

Multiverses, melting glaciers and what you can tell from the noise of someone peeing

What came before the Big Bang; why the theory of the multiverse makes sense.

Deep Space and the Deep Sea - 40 years of the International Whaling Moratorium.

The James Webb Space Telescope is finally in business - what treasures yet to come?

Robotic Thumbs, Mending Bones with Magnets, and the State of Science this Summer

A trip round the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition 2022.

10 Years of the Higgs Boson

July 2022 marks 10 years since the Higgs Boson was confirmed to exist. What next?

Engineering Around Mercury, Science Festivals, and The Rise of The Mammals

How hard is it to get to Mercury and why are we going?

Inside Sentience

How could we spot a synthetic sentience even if we had made one?

Miscounting Carbon, EU Funding Stalemate, and How to Make a Royal Hologram

A stalemate in EU/UK science cooperation, and secrets of the jubilee 'hologram' revealed.

A Reign of Science

Marnie Chesterton and guests take a walkabout through 70 years of science.

Monkeypox, Pompeii aDNA, and Elephant Mourning Videos

Why are non-African monkeypox cases causing concern?

Buried Mars Landers, Freezing Species, and Low-Tide Archaeology

Why Nasa's Marsquake monitor is powering down for good.

Running Rings Around Matter

A remarkable image of the supermassive black hole at the middle of the Milky Way.

Precious Metals, Earlier Eggs, and Meaningful Meteorites

How bacteria could soon harvest precious metals from your old phone.

The Ebb and Flow of the Tidal Power Revolution

What do we know about the mysterious cases of hepatitis in children?

Building Better Engagement

Why does scientific communication matter and how might it be done better?

A Trip-Switch for Depression?

Could magic mushrooms be the key to a revolution in treating depression?

Declining Data, Climate Deadlines and the Day the Dinosaurs Died

Without mass studies and free testing, how will the UK keep an eye on Covid?

How can the UK get to zero carbon?

With energy bills soaring, what's the best way to cut carbon use and keep the lights on?

Racial inequality in UK science

Improving diversity in science; heatwaves at both poles; finding the best hedge to plant.

Global food security during Ukraine conflict

Food supply risks; lead poisoning in birds; Covid monitoring; Artemis mission to moon.

High Seas treaty talks and discoveries from the deep

UN talks on ocean protection; Covid’s effects on the brain; disruptions to Russian science

Cyber frontlines in Ukraine

Cyber war in Ukraine, global energy security, and the IPCC climate change report.

Inside Science is now first on BBC Sounds

New episodes will now be available first on Sounds for 28 days before other podcast apps.

World’s largest Jurassic pterosaur found on Skye

Exciting finds from the dinosaur age, and how human behaviour shapes climate predictions

COVID-19: Beginnings... and endings?

Is the pandemic coming to an end? Scientists weigh in.

Fusion energy smashes world record

Record-breaking energy extraction gets us closer to nuclear fusion at the UK-based JET lab

The Continuing Story of the Nuclear Waste Bill

As energy costs rise, a look at the legacy cost of radioactive waste.

Predicting Long Covid, and the Global Toll of Antimicrobial Resistance

Promising results suggest new biomarkers could rate the risk of developing Long Covid.

The 'perfect' depth for a destructive eruption

Whay was the blast from the Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai volcano so violent?

The Rutland ‘Sea Dragon’, An Astronomer's Christmas and some Animal Magic

What does it take to unearth the largest Jurassic reptile fossil the UK has ever seen?

Deep ocean exploration

The wonders and mysteries of the deep ocean, and the potential threats to it.

A new space age?

Could humans be on the Moon and Mars before this decade is out?

The Origin of Celtic Culture in Britain?

Archaeologists use ancient DNA to uncover an unrecognised mass migration into Britain.

The James Webb Space Telescope

A new giant space telescope that will show us the first stars that shone in the universe.

Initial Omicron Lab Data, Creative Naps, and Fishy Sounds.

T-Cells in vaccinated folk might just hold the fort against the latest SARS CoV2 variant.

When Pandemics Collide

Did the omicron variant incubate in an immunocompromised patient?

Malaria: what's in it for the mosquito?

Gaia Vince finds out what benefit the malaria parasite brings to blood feeding mosquitoes.

Yet More Space Junk; COP-up or COP-out; The End of Bias.

How much junk can we leave in orbit before space becomes impenetrable?

Propane: Keeping Your Cool as the World Warms Around You

Can propane prevent air conditioning becoming a bigger burden on our heating planet?

How Whales Farmed For Food, COP progress, and The Last Stargazers

Gaia Vince hears how blue whales' huge appetites helped generate more food for themselves.

Atmospheric Pollutants and Where to Find Them

Do Ultra Low Emission Zones in Cities Work?

The Possible Impact of false-negative PCR Tests

False-negative PCRs, World Weather Attribution Science, and Metascience Studies.

Early Alzheimer's Alert

A simple test for the earliest stages of Alzheimer's.

Surprising choice for Nobel prizes in a pandemic?

Nobel prizes; BepiColombo snaps Mercury; carbon take up by old oaks; mystery illnesses.

Covid vaccine boosters; why we don't have a tail; cassowary domestication; Royal Society Science book prize shortlist

Covid vaccine boosters; why we don't have a tail; cassowary farming; book prize shortlist

La Palma volcano; wind energy in the UK; origins of SARS-Cov2; Formula 1 safety

La Palma volcano; wind energy in the UK; origins of SARS-Cov2; Formula 1 safety.

Perseverance drills on Mars; space tourism; Australian fire debris and algal blooms; DNA vaccines against Covid

Mars rock samples; space tourism; fire debris and algal blooms; DNA vaccines for Covid.

Climate change and oil and gas exploration; cutting methane emissions; African wild dog populations; freezing eggs and sperm

What's the future of oil and gas exploration when limiting global heating to 1.5 degrees?

Rugby and the brain

New clues on how tackles and knocks impact the brains of professional rugby players.

Window to solve pandemic origins closing

Is time running out to trace the origins of the pandemic?

Mammoth Journey

Tusk reveals the story of a woolly mammoth's 70,000 kilometre journey

IPCC report - extreme weather events

Climate change and extreme weather events.

Bees and multiple pesticide exposure

Pesticides more than double the trouble for bees

Covid 19 – reaching the unvaccinated

How to balance individual rights with the collective action needed to end the pandemic.

A life-changing database

Revolutionising research into every aspect of life.

Covid19 - should we test everybody ?

Testing the entire population could stop the virus spreading, but how would we do it?

Covid and our ancient ancestors

The role our genetic inheritance plays in determining how the virus affects us.

Gene editing gets real

A treatment to change faulty genetic instructions in the liver seems to be successful.

UK science policy shake-up; Ivermectin & Covid; black fungus in Indian Covid patients; many hominins in Siberian cave

How will the new UK strategy affect funding for existing research and future innovation?

Cov-Boost trial; SARS-Cov 2 infection in action; sapling guards; why tadpoles are dying

Covid vaccines in children; preventing dengue; algal blooms; supersonic flight

Covid vaccines in children; preventing dengue; algal blooms; supersonic flight.

Lab origin theory of SARS-Cov2; gene for obesity; dark matter map; rock art in Scotland

Lab leak theory of SARS-Cov2; gene for obesity; dark matter map; rock art in Scotland

Human use of plants beyond the limits of history.

Vic Gill and guests take a look at human impacts on the earth over thousands of years.

Blood Clot Cure, Synthetic Fuels and Coal Mine Heat Pumps

Viennese scientists describe a cure for infamous vaccine-induced thrombosis.

Microplastics in UK river beds

Victoria Gill wades into the microplastic problems in UK riverbeds.

Early burials, diversity in Tudor England, a malaria vaccine, and rogue brain waves

Early burials, diversity in Tudor England, a malaria vaccine, and rogue brain waves.

Dragonfly on Titan, Retreating Glaciers, Surge Testing, Acoustic lighthouses

Dragonfly on Titan, Retreating Glaciers, Surge Testing for Covid 19, Acoustic lighthouses.

Coronavirus variants and vaccines, climate change resistant coffee, dare to repair and how to get rid of moths

Coronavirus variants, climate change resistant coffee, dare to repair and clothes moths.

Blood clots, grieving and the emotion of screams

Evolving research on blood clots associated with vaccines, the emotion of screams, grief.

Disobedient particles, noisy gorillas, sharks and fictional languages

Disobedient particles, noisy gorillas, sharks and fictional languages.

Science funding cuts; Mice get Covid-19; Native oyster reintroductions

Science funding cuts; Mice and Covid-19; Native oyster reintroduction.

Halfway to net zero; hydrogen as a fuel; Fagradalsfjall, Iceland’s active volcano

Halfway to net zero; hydrogen as a fuel; Fagradalsfjall, Iceland’s active volcano.

Human embryo research and ethics; sperm whale social learning; Antikythera mechanism

Human embryo research and ethics; sperm whale social learning; Antikythera mechanism.

China's green growth plan

China’s five-year plan; cloning the black footed ferret; seals lending a flipper.

Blue carbon; inside Little Foot's skull; reading locked letters

Blue carbon; seeing inside Little Foot's skull; reading locked letters with X rays.

Good COP Bad COP, Shotgun Lead Persistence, and Featherdown Adaptation

UN Environment Programme publishes Making Peace With Nature report ahead of COP 26.

Nasa's Perseverance - will it pay off? And spotting likely hosts for future pandemics.

Landing, driving, flying on Mars, and where on Earth to look out for the next big virus.

Meeting Mars, Melting Ice, Ozone on the Mend Again, and A Sea Cacophany

Tim Peake on Mars, melting poles and glaciers, CFC anomaly disappears, Oceanic cacophany.

Putting a number on biodiversity

Biodiversity, planting trees for good and bad, and the hidden impacts of traffic noise.

Next Gen Covid Vaccines; Man's Oldest Bestest Friend; Bilingual Brain Development

What will the next generation of Covid vaccines be like? And when was the first pet dog?

Vaccine Hesitancy and Ethnicity; The Joy of catnip; Lake Heatwaves

Unpacking some causes of vaccine hesitancy in different quarters, and what does catnip do?

UK Science post Brexit; GMOs vs Gene Editing regulation; Identical Twins That Aren't Indentical

UK Science after Brexit, changing the rules for GMO's, and how identical twins differ.

Vaccine Dosing and Biodiversity Soundscape Monitoring

Spacing vaccine doses, and monitoring biodiversity through sound and machine learning.

Brian Cox and Alice Roberts on a decade of extraordinary science

Adam Rutherford, Brian Cox and Alice Roberts reflect on a decade of extraordinary science.

Space Rocks, Aquatic Dinosaurs and Global Temperatures; 2020 science reviewed

Dr Adam Rutherford and guests discuss space, dinosaurs and climate science in 2020.

Covid mutation; On the facial expression of emotions; A mystery object

Tracking Covid variants, AI v. the expression of human emotions, a mystery museum object.

Future risk planning; Millennium Seed Bank; Urban trees

Future risk planning; Millennium Seed Bank; Urban trees.

Protein folding; Hyabusa sample return; Holiday Covid testing

AI ‘solves’ protein puzzle; Chasing Asteroids; holiday testing students

26/11/2020

Sentinel 6 launch; The Cosmic Dark Ages; Lithium Batteries

COVID Operation Moonshot; Big Compost Experiment; Gulf of Mexico meteorite and new life

COVID Operation Moonshot; Big Compost Experiment; Gulf of Mexico meteorite and new life.

mRNA vaccinations; bacterial space miners; Artemis accords

How do the new type of mRNA vaccines work actually work? And how lawless is space?

COVID in families; earthquake under Aegean Sea; Camilla Pang wins science book prize

COVID in families; earthquake under Aegean Sea; Camilla Pang wins science book prize.

A new saliva gland, Bill Bryson on the Human Body, and the return of the Dust Bowl

A new saliva gland, Bill Bryson on the Human Body, and the return of the Dust Bowl.

COVID reinfections, Susannah Cahalan questions psychiatry and sense of smell and COVID

COVID reinfections, Susannah Cahalan questions psychiatry, and sense of smell and COVID.

Test and trace - how the UK compares to the rest of the world; Linda Scott's book The Double X Economy

COVID test and trace around the world and Linda Scott's book - The Double X Economy

08/10/2020

The science of affectionate touch, from the skin to brain.

Brian May's Cosmic Clouds 3-D; How fish move between waterbodies and Jim Al-Khalili's take on physics

Brian May's 3-D nebulae; how fish move between lakes; Jim Al-Khalili's take on physics.

Royal Society Science Book Prize - Gaia Vince; Biodiversity loss and Science Museum mystery object

Royal Society Science Book Prize - Gaia Vince; Biodiversity loss and Science Museum object

COVID-19 in Winter, Acoustics of Stonehenge and Dog years

COVID-19 in winter; acoustics of Stonehenge; dog years.

Coronavirus: The types of vaccine; How the UK is scaling up vaccine production

Coronavirus: the types of vaccine; how the UK is scaling up vaccine production.

Bird and dinosaur skull evolution; the wonders of yeast and Science Museum mystery object

What does the science say about the COVID risks of schools reopening? Dolphin ear autopsy

What does the science say about the Covid risks of schools reopening? Dolphin ear autopsy.

Smart bricks, The Royal Academy of Engineering awards for pandemic engineering solutions and detecting SARS-Cov-2 in sewage

Smart bricks, awards for pandemic engineering solutions and detecting Covid in sewage.

Land use and zoonoses, California's earthquake risk and the Tuatara genome

Land use and zoonoses, Los Angeles’ earthquake risk and the Tuatara genome.

How sperm swim, the theory of soil & the Big Compost Experiment update

How sperm actually swim, the theory of soil and an update on the Big Compost Experiment.

Science Museum mystery objects; home security camera security and Rosalind Franklin at 100

Pre-prints over peer review during the COVID pandemic and roads and birds

Pre-prints over peer review during the COVID pandemic, and roads and birds.

Science Fraud & Bias, Immunity to COVID-19

Adam Rutherford explores fraud and bias in science. And immunity to SARS-CoV-2.

Satellite navigation in the UK; the science of the World Wide Web and Neolithic genomics

Satellite navigation in the UK; the science of the World Wide Web; Neolithic genomics

Preventing pandemics, invading alien species, blood types & COVID-19.

Preventing zoonotic pandemics; invasive species; blood groups and COVID-19

The Human Genome Project's 20th Anniversary

An Inside Science Special on the 20th anniversary of the Human Genome Project.

Coronavirus conspiracy, Listeners' mask questions, Solar Orbiter gets close to the Sun

Coronavirus conspiracies, listeners' mask questions, Solar Orbiter gets close to the Sun

Engineering out of lockdown and should we castrate male dogs?

Engineering solutions to reduce the spread of Covid-19, and should we castrate male dogs?

Back to School and Covid-19 and Ordnance Survey and the pandemic

Back to School and Covid-19 and Ordnance Survey and the pandemic.

Testing & Tracing the coronavirus, and the traces our movements leave behind

Testing and Tracing the coronavirus, and the traces our everyday movements leave behind.

Coronavirus-free science, the impact of lockdown on climate change and the odds of both life and intelligent life existing.

Marnie Chesterton brings us some coronavirus-free science breakthroughs since lockdown.

Coronavirus R number, genome study of Covid-19 survivors and using aircraft messages to assess aviation

Coronavirus R number, genome study of Covid survivors and assessing aviation with big data

Should the public wear face masks? Did SARS-Cov-2 escape from a laboratory in Wuhan?

Should the public wear face masks? Did the coronavirus escape from a laboratory in Wuhan?

Testing for immunity to COVID-19 and Citizen science on BBC Radio past and present

Testing for immunity to Covid-19 and citizen science on BBC Radio past and present.

Understanding Covid-19 death rates; Contact tracing apps; Whale sharks and atomic bombs

Understanding Covid-19 death rates; contact tracing apps; whale sharks and atomic bombs.

Lockdown lessons for climate change and the carbon neutral Cumbrian coal mine

Lockdown lessons for climate change and the carbon neutral Cumbrian coal mine.

Testing for asymptomatic coronavirus carriers, Human Cell Atlas, and invasive parakeets

Testing for asymptomatic coronavirus carriers, Human Cell Atlas, and invasive parakeets.

Coronavirus: Models & being ‘led by the science’; Mars500 isolation tips; Kids’ science - singing glasses

Models and graphs informing government strategy; Isolation tips; Fun science for kids.

Coronavirus - Lockdown efficacy; viral testing; surface survival; dog walking safety

Coronavirus - lockdown efficacy; viral testing; surface survival; dog walking safety

TB vaccination to replace culling in badgers; Neil Shubin on the wonders of evolution

TB vaccination to replace culling in badgers; Neil Shubin on the wonders of evolution.

Biology of the new coronavirus

Why and how does the new coronavirus make us ill?

Banning lead shot for hunting; UK Fireball Network and Extremely thin gold

The Big Compost Experiment; Using AI to screen for new antibiotics; Science of slapstick

Coronavirus questions; HMS Challenger and ocean acidification; Sean Carroll's quantum world

Coronavirus questions; HMS Challenger & ocean acidification; Sean Carroll's quantum world

Ordnance Survey - Britain's 220-year-old tech company; Launching synthetic voices and personality test

Ordnance Survey - 220-year-old tech company, synthetic voices and personality test.

Solar Orbiter launch; Mutational signatures in cancer; paleo-oncology

Coronavirus update, Typhoid Mary and 200th anniversary of the first sighting of Antarctica

Coronavirus outbreak in China; Genetic diseases in Amish communities and getting an Egyptian mummy to speak

Coronavirus outbreak in China, Amish genetic diseases and Egyptian mummy speaks.

Reproducibility crisis in science; Aeolus wind-measuring satellite; electric cars

Reproducibility crisis in science, Aeolus wind-measuring satellite, and electric cars.

Australian bush fires; Veganuary and LIGO

Gareth Mitchell discusses the Australian bush fires; Veganuary and LIGO

The hidden history in our DNA - Part 2 - Travel and Culture

The hidden history in our DNA - Part 1 - Sex and Disease

Ten years of Zooniverse; what happened to volcano Anak Krakatau and visualising maths

Ten years of Zooniverse; what happened to volcano Anak Krakatau and visualising maths.

Earliest hunting scene cave painting; animal domestication syndrome

Earliest prehistoric hunting scene; fox domestication study flaw

Global Carbon Emissions; Parker Solar Probe and simulating swaying buildings

Global Carbon Emissions; Simulating swaying buildings and Parker Solar Probe

What's the problem with palm oil and should we be supporting sustainably grown oil? Virtual reality skin

Should we be supporting sustainably grown palm oil? Virtual reality skin

Noise pollution and wildlife; No till farming; Cornwall's geothermal heat

Soils and floods, Air pollution and ultra-low emission zones, detecting the drug Spice

Soils and floods, air pollution and ultra-low emission zones, detecting the drug Spice

Fracking moratorium; Bloodhound; Big Compost Experiment; transit of Mercury

African genomes sequenced; Space weather; sports head injuries

African genomes sequenced; Space weather; sports head injuries.

Organic farming emissions; Staring at seagulls; Salt and dementia

Agriculture and greenhouse gases: We answer your questions

Ebola model, Partula snails, Malaria origin

Ebola model, partula snails, malaria origin.

Extinction Rebellion, UK net zero emissions and climate change; Nobel Prizes

XR protest – how best to reach net zero emissions? And science and culture of Nobel Prizes

HIV protective gene paper retraction, Imaging ancient Herculaneum scrolls, Bill Bryson's The Body

HIV protective gene paper retraction, imaging Herculaneum scrolls, Bill Bryson's The Body.

Oceans, ice and climate change; Neolithic baby bottles; Caroline Criado-Perez wins RS Book Prize

Oceans, ice and climate change; Neolithic baby bottles; and Caroline Criado Perez

MOSAiC Arctic super-expedition, Likely extinction of the Bahama nuthatch, Tim Smedley's book on air pollution

MOSAiC expedition, Bahama nuthatch and Tim Smedley's book on air pollution.

Model embryos from stem cells, Paul Steinhardt's book on impossible crystals, Mother Thames

Model embryos, Paul Steinhardt's book on impossible crystals and Mother Thames.

Inventing GPS, Carbon nanotube computer, Steven Strogatz and Monty Lyman discuss calculus and skin

Inventing GPS, carbon nanotube computer, RS Prize shortlisted books on calculus and skin.

Amazon fires, Royal Society Book Prize shortlist announced, John Gribben on quantum physics

Amazon fires, Royal Society Book Prize shortlist, and John Gribben on quantum physics.

UK's black squirrels' genetic heritage; nuclear fusion in the UK and the Royal Society's science book prize

UK's black squirrels' genetic heritage; nuclear fusion and the Royal Society's book prize.

UK power cut, Huge dinosaur find in Wyoming, Micro-plastics in Arctic snow

UK power cut, huge dinosaur find in Wyoming and micro-plastics in Arctic snow

Making the UK's dams safe, AI spots fake smiles, How many trees should we be planting?

Making the UK's dams safe; AI spots fake smiles and how many trees should we be planting?

Lovelock at 100; Hydrothermal vents and antibiotic resistance in the environment

James Lovelock at 100, hydrothermal vents and antibiotic resistance in the environment

False positives in genetic test kits, Impact of fishing on ocean sharks, Sex-change fish

False positives in genetic test kits, impact of fishing on sharks, and sex-change species.

Turing on the new £50 note, Moon landing on the radio, 25 years since Shoemaker-Levy comet

Turing on the new £50 note, moon landing on the radio, 25 years since Shoemaker-Levy comet

Earliest modern human skull, Analysing moon rocks, Viruses lurking in our genomes

Earliest modern human skull, analysing moon rocks, and viruses lurking in our genomes.

X-Rays on Mercury, Monkey Tools, Music of Molecules, AI Drivers

Summer Science from the Royal Society: a trip to Mercury, Music of Molecules, and AI Cars.

Global Food Security, Reactive Use-By Labels, Origins of the Potato

Global Food Security, a threat to wheat, future use-by labels and origins of the potato.

Rinderpest destruction, Noise and birdsong, Science as entertainment

Destroying rinderpest virus, how noise confuses birds, and science as light entertainment.

Net-Zero carbon target, Science Policy Under Thatcher, Screen time measures

Gareth Mitchell discusses a new carbon emissions target, and Science Policy Under Thatcher

CCR5 Mutation Effects, The Surrey Earthquake Swarm, Animal Emotions

CCR5 mutation effects, the Surrey earthquake swarm, Mama’s Last Hug by Frans de Waal.

How maths underpins science

How mathematics underpins science, recorded at the Hay Festival.

New CFC emissions, Cannabis and the Environment, The Noisy Cocktail Party, Automated Face Recognition

New CFC emissions, Cannabis and Yeast, A Noisy Cocktail Party, Automated Face Recognition.

Hubble Not-So Constant, Synthetic E. Coli, The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt

Forensic science provision, optimal garden watering strategy, and a mystery knee bone

Forensic science provision, an optimal garden watering strategy, and a mystery knee bone.

Sex, gender and sport - the Caster Semenya case and the latest Denisovan discovery

Sex, gender and sport - the Caster Semenya case; the latest Denisovan discovery in Tibet

Thought-to-speech machine, City Nature Challenge, Science of Storytelling

Thought-to-speech machine, City Nature Challenge, the Science of Storytelling

Notre-Dame fire, Reviving pig brains, ExoMars, Evolution of faces

Notre-Dame fire, reviving pig brains, ExoMars and evolution of faces.

Visualising a black hole, Homo luzonensis, Two ways to overcome antimicrobial resistance

Cretaceous catastrophe fossilised, LIGO and Virgo, Corals, Forensic shoeprint database

Cretaceous catastrophe fossilised, LIGO and Virgo, corals and forensic shoeprint database

UK pollinating insect numbers, Tracking whales using barnacles, Sleep signals

UK pollinating insect numbers, tracking whales using barnacles and sleep signals.

Where next World Wide Web? Space rocks and worms

Rules and ethics of genome editing, Gender, sex and sport, Hog roasts at Stonehenge

Rules and ethics of genome editing, gender, sex and sport, and hog roasts at Stonehenge.

A cure for HIV? Sleepy flies, Secrets of the Fukushima disaster, Science fact checking

A cure for HIV? Sleepy flies, secrets of the Fukushima disaster and science fact checking

Falling carbon and rising methane; Unsung heroes at the Crick

Falling carbon and rising methane, and unsung heroes at the Francis Crick Institute.

Mars - rovers v humans? Forests and carbon, Ethiopian bush crow

Goodbye Mars Opportunity rover - what's next? Forests and carbon, Ethiopian bush crow

Insect decline, Gut microbiome, Geomagnetic switching

Insect decline, gut microbiome and geomagnetic switching.

Sea Level Rise, Equine Flu, Generator Bricks, Iberian Genes

Antarctic ice melting and sea level, equine flu, generator bricks, and Iberian gene maps.

Sprinting Neanderthals, Geodynamo, Spreading Sneezes and Dying Hares

Sprinting Neanderthals, geodynamo, spreading sneezes and dying hares.

Ultima Thule, Dry January, Periodic Table

The latest on Nasa's Ultima Thule mission and the science behind Dry January

Gene-edited twins, Placenta organoids in a dish, When the last leaves drop

Gene-edited twins; placenta organoids in a dish; when the last leaves drop.

Mars InSight mission, Detecting dark matter, Redefining the kilogram, Bovine TB

Mars InSight mission, detecting dark matter, redefining the kg and more on bovine TB.

Bovine TB and badger culling, Shrimp hoover CSI, Shark-skin and Turing

Bovine TB and badger culling; shrimp hoover CSI; shark-skin and Turing patterning.

Oldest cave picture; the Anthropocene under London; a new scientist for the £50 note

Oldest cave picture, the Anthropocene under London and a new scientist for the £50 note.

Repairing potholes, Ozone hole, Internet of hives, Drugs from fingerprints

Repairing potholes, ozone hole, internet of hives and drugs from fingerprints.

Science and Brexit, Antibiotic livestock growth promoters, Bepicolombo goes to Mercury

Royal Society President Venki Ramakrishnan on UK science and Brexit.

Old Dogs and Physics in Space

The dogs of Neolithic farmers and rocket science.

IPCC report, Cairngorms Connect project, grass pea, the Sun exhibition at Science Museum

Nobel Prizes - Hayabusa 2 latest - IPCC meeting - North Pole science

Adam Rutherford investigates the news in science and science in the news.

Hyabusa 2 at Ryugu, deadly 1918 flu pandemic; WW2 bombing and ionosphere, teenage brain

Hayabusa2, the deadly 1918 flu pandemic, WW2 bombing and the ionosphere, the teenage brain

Science of Addiction

Adam Rutherford looks at the art and science of addiction at the Science Gallery London.

First human drawing, Cycling genes, Oden Arctic expedition, Hello World

First human drawing; cycling genes; Oden Arctic expedition; Hello World.

Complexity in Biology

Adam Rutherford wrestles with biological complexity with help from guests in Dublin.

Electronic brain probe; Rural stream biodiversity; Arctic weather research trip; Science book prize

Electronic brain probe; River biodiversity; Arctic weather expedition; Science book prize

Cavendish banana survival; Guillemot egg shape; Unexpected Truth About Animals; Tambora's rainstorm

Banana survival; Guillemot egg shape; Unexpected Truth About Animals; Tambora rainstorm

Capturing greenhouse gas, Beating heart failure with beetroot, Why elephants don't get cancer, Exactly - a history of precision

Why elephants don't get cancer, Exactly - a history of precision

New Horizons' next mission, Helium at 150, The Beautiful Cure, Oden arctic expedition

New Horizons next mission, helium at 150, The Beautiful Cure, Oden arctic expedition.

Parker solar probe, Diversity in the lab, Royal Society book prize, Arctic circle weather

Parker solar probe, Diversity in the lab, Royal Society book prize, Arctic circle weather.

Liquid water on Mars, Early embryo development, Earth Biogenome Project, Marine wilderness

Liquid water on Mars, Early embryo development, Earth Biogenome Project, Marine Wilderness

Peatbog wildfires, Coral acoustics, Magdalena Skipper, Fuelling long-term space travel

Peatbog wildfires, coral acoustics, Magdalena Skipper and fuelling long-term space travel.

Out of Africa, Predicting future heatwaves, Virtual reality molecules, Life in the dark

Out of Africa, predicting future heatwaves, virtual reality molecules, life in the dark.

Northern white rhino preservation, Deep sea earthquake detection, Twitter's rare Heuchera discovery, Human roars

Preserving white rhino, deep sea earthquake detection, Twitter's plant find, human roars.

Hyabusa mission; ProtoDUNE neutrino detector; Caledonian crow skills; Koala microbiome

Adam Rutherford discusses the latest space mission to grab samples from an asteroid.

The Large Hadron Collider Upgrade, Voltaglue, Cambridge Zoology Museum, Francis Willughby

The Large Hadron Collider Upgrade, Voltaglue, Cambridge Zoology Museum, Francis Willughby.

Antarctic melt speeds up, Antarctica's future, Cryo-acoustics, Narwhals

Antarctica's ice melt is speeding up. What does this mean for rising global sea levels?

Dinosaur auction, Who owns the genes of the ocean life, Cancer immunotherapy

Should dinosaurs be sold to the high bidder?

Hay Festival

Adam Rutherford and guests at the Hay Festival on what science learns when things go wrong

CO2 and rice, Underground farming, Ancient interstellar asteroid, Microplastics air pollution

Will rising CO2 levels make rice less nutritous?

Face Recognition, ‘Thug’ plants, Cancer Funding Inequalities, Feynman’s 100th birthday

How good is face recognition technology? Adam Rutherford investigates.

Rat eradication; elephant talk; the rise of the dinosaurs; physics of snooker

Why eradicate every rat on South Georgia?

Antarctic, Kew, Paleogenomics, Sea birds

Antarctic glacier collapse and rising sea levels plus Adam asks who owns ancient DNA.

Human Consciousness: Could a brain in a dish become sentient?

Could a brain grown in a dish become sentient? Adam Rutherford investigates.

Plastic-eating bacteria, Foam mattresses for crops, The evolved life aquatic, The Double Helix

Adam Rutherford investigates the plastic-eating bacteria in the news this week.

Pesticides in British Farming

How widespread is pesticide use in British farming? Adam Rutherford presents.

Stephen Hawking Tribute

Adam Rutherford presents a special tribute to the science of Stephen Hawking.

Genes and education, John Goodenough, Caring bears and hunting

Adam Rutherford looks at the latest study on genetics and education.

Data Scraping

Data scraping, Future of the Sea report, Cleaning up space junk, Dinosaur eggs and nests.

Buzz kill

With Brexit approaching, what stance will the UK take on bee-harming pesticides?

Russian Spy Poisoning

What are nerve agents and what antidotes are available?

Weird Weather?

Is the current weather really so unusual?

Science after Brexit

Post-Brexit science funding, the Great pot invasion, Hurricane bells and Dancing worms.

Shipping air pollution; Cheddar Man; Millirobots in the body;Dog brain training

Shipping air pollution; Cheddar Man; millirobots in the body; dog brain training.

Democracy in Space

How space science is getting down with the kids.

Scientists on Trial

Scientists under threat in Turkey.

Did typhoid kill the Aztecs, DNA stored in Bitcoin, Glow-in-the-dark plants and levitating humans

Did typhoid kill the Aztecs? DNA and Bitcoin, Glow-in-the-dark plants, Human levitation.

African swine fever, Oil spill update, CRISPR gene editing, Rat eradication in New Zealand, Chimp kin recognition

Adam Rutherford investigates the news in science and science in the news.

Sanchi oil tanker, Gut gas-monitoring pill and Chimpanzee portraits

Sanchi oil tanker, Gut gas sensor, Do babies look like their fathers?, Neanderthal sex.

Tabby's Star, Space 2018, Mosquito sounds, C diff and food additive link

Strange star seeks an explanation that doesn't involve alien civilisation

Ancient DNA and Human Evolution

Adam Rutherford on the DNA revolution in our understanding of human evolution.

Antisense RNA therapy, Fossils vs Trump, Printing mini-kidneys, Electric eel power

A turning point in treating brain diseases? Why are palaeontologists suing Donald Trump?

The Future of Coral Reefs, Little Foot, Arthur C Clarke

Adam Rutherford considers the future of coral reefs and the visions of Arthur C Clarke.

Trophy hunting, Gene drives, Nuclear lightning, Peregrine falcons and drones

Does trophy hunting threaten big game species with extinction?

Prehistoric Strong Women, Semi-synthetic Life, Listener Feedback, Artificial Superintelligence

Prehistoric women were as strong as today's top female rowers.

Interstellar visitor, Svante Paabo, Synthetic biology, Plight of the Axolotl

Oumuamua - the first known visitor from beyond the solar system.

Can we forecast earthquakes?, Britain's space race rocket Skylark, Francis Galton

Does the length of the day influence the risk of large earthquakes?

Boy gets New Skin, The York Gospels, Stephen Hawking's Thesis

A young boy is saved by a remarkable combination of stem cell and gene therapy

Climate Change and Health; Moth Snow Storm Feedback; Whale Brain Evolution; Pharoah's Serpent

A major global study finds that climate change has already damaged the health of millions.

Insects disappearing, DNA Biosensor, Dog faces, Bandit dinosaur

Where have all the insects gone?

Colliding Neutron Stars, Krakatoa, Centigrade vs Celsius

Astronomy enters a new age as gravitational waves locate the collision of neutron stars.

HiQuake, Plate Tectonics@50, Sonic Weapon Puzzle, The Chinese Typewriter

Earthquakes caused by human activities - a new global database

Gravity wave breakthrough, The antibiotic pipeline, Microbial waste recycling, Fausto - an AI opera

How can we avert the antibiotic resistance crisis?

Cassini's finale; Science and Technology Select Committee; Crick's lecture; Cave acoustics

Farewell to Cassini, the epic 20 year mission to Saturn

Farewell to Cassini - the latest and final results of the 20 year mission to Saturn.

North Korea Bomb Tests, Warming Antarctic Sea Life, the Microbiome, Cuckoo Chuckle

Did North Korea test a hydrogen bomb?

Noxious haze over south coast; In Pursuit of Memory book; technosphere; Big Wasp Survey

Killer robots; Myths and superstitions and conservation; Science book prize nominee - Cordelia Fine; Taxidermy

Killer robots; myths and conservation; Cordelia Fine's book - Testosterone Rex; taxidermy.

Antarctica's volcanoes, science book prize nominee - Mark O'Connell, US solar eclipse and 40 years of NASA's Voyager mission

Antarctica's volcanoes; Mark O'Connell's book; US solar eclipse; Voyager at 40.

European heatwave and climate change, Eugenia Cheng, Next generation batteries for electric cars, Joseph Hooker exhibition.

Heat waves; Eugenia Cheng's book; next generation batteries; Joseph Hooker exhibition.

Gene-editing human embryos, Spaceman's eyes, Science book prize, Sexual selection in salmon

Gene-editing human embryos; spaceman's eyes;science book prize; sexual selection in salmon

Cod fisheries, Our connection to nature, Domestic electricity and Gamma ray bursts

Cod; connection to nature; domestic electricity; gamma ray burst.

Genetics and privacy, Global plastic, Great Ape Dictionary, Ocean Discovery X Prize

Genetics and privacy; Global plastic; Great Ape Dictionary; Ocean Discovery X Prize.

Genetic testing; Pugs on treadmills; Frankenstein

What areas of medicine will benefit from genetic testing? Has its promise been overstated?

Neonics dispute, Hygenic bees, Hip-hop MRI

Disagreement over the results of the latest field study into neonicotinoids and bee health

Sex bias in biology, Engineering prize, Olympic bats, Angry Chef

Huge genetic differences between the sexes may result in more drug side-effects for women.

Forensics Centre in Dundee; D'Arcy Thompson centenary; Scottish science adviser; Coffee and climate

Dundee University forensics science centre expands to test new psychoactive substances.

Science in Fire Prevention

Applying scientific techniques to reduce fire risk in tall buildings

Early Humans Were Even Earlier Than We Thought

Homo sapiens walked the earth at least 300,000 years ago.

The Importance of Basic Research

Adam Rutherford and guests discuss the usefulness of useless knowledge at the Hay Festival

Sherpas - dolphin rescue - quantum computing - hot lavas

What is the secret of the Sherpa people's adaptation to life at high altitude?

Childhood cancers - Ghana telescope - Nano-listening device for cells - Ancient whales

Searching for 100-year-old tumours to boost research on rare childhood cancers.

Violins - Social networks and cliques in great tits and snow monkeys - Exploring DNA and art

Do new violins sound better than old famed instruments? A scientist and soloist discuss.

The moral brain, stem cell developments, ancient DNA in cave dirt, mangrove forest

Shocking experiment shows how the brain makes us do the right thing.

Homo naledi, First humans in America, Dark matter detector, New theory of dark matter

Homo naledi; first humans in America; dark matter detector; new theory of dark matter.

Cassini’s death, scrapping diesel, weather balloon, satellites monitoring volcanos

Cassini's death; scrapping diesel cars; weather balloons; satellites monitoring volcanoes

23andMe Genetic Sequencing, Human Knockout genes, Coral Bleaching

23andMe genetic sequencing, Human knockout genes, Coral bleaching.

Creation of island Britain, Sleep gene, Mary Kelly forensics, Global Tree Search survey

How a megaflood severed Britain's connection to what is now France 450,000 years ago.

Climate change and extreme weather; Primate brain size; Earthquake forecasting; Planet 9

Climate change and extreme weather; primate brain size; earthquake forecasting; planet 9.

Comet 67P images; Etna eruption; Brain navigation; Octopus intelligence

Comet 67P images, Etna eruption, brain navigation, octopus intelligence.

Boaty McBoatface in Antarctica, Aeroplane biofuels, Bakhshali manuscript, Goldilocks zones

Boaty McBoatface in Antarctica, aeroplane biofuels, Bakhshali manuscript, Goldilocks zones

Rise of the Robots: 3. Where is my mind?

Adam Rutherford asks if we are ready for artificial intelligences making decisions for us

Cells and Celluloid: Aliens on Film

With Adam Rutherford and Francine Stock.

Rise of the Robots: 2. More human than human

Adam Rutherford explores our relationship with contemporary humanoid robots

Rise of the Robots: 1. The history of things to come

Adam Rutherford explores the role of robots in past societies

Earth's Earliest Life, The Benefits of Pollution, Sexuality and Science and New ideas on Evolution

The World's oldest sedimentary rocks reveal traces of our earliest ancestors.

The perils of fake science news, The neanderthal inside us, What The Beatles really sang - statistically speaking

How a woolly story about resurrecting mammoths raises serious questions for medical ethics

Science and cyber security, Dinosaur babies, Winston Churchill and level crossings

Testing cyber security with science.

Measuring human impact on earth, Awards for engineers, Sounds of space junk.

Quantifying the impact of humanity on the earth's natural systems.

Wildlife trafficking, New quantum computers, Ancient bird beaks, Glassblowing.

How measures set up to conserve endangered species are being eroded.

Crime, volcanoes, ghosts and how we are influenced by the genes of unrelated others

How the genes of unrelated others can influence our health and behaviour.

Antarctic science rescue, Killing cancer with viruses, Measuring wind from space and the Last man on the moon

Why the British Antarctic science base is being temporarily abandoned.

The perils of explaining science, Living to 500, What's good for your teeth and The future of stargazing

Why the simplest explanations are not always the best when it comes to science.

RIP Granny the oldest Orca - Graphene + Silly Putty - Moving a Giant Magnet - Space in 2017

Science mourns the death of the world's oldest killer whale, 'Granny'.

Listeners' Questions

Adam Rutherford puts listeners' science questions to his team of experts.

Inuits and Denisovans, Sex and woodlice, Peace through particle physics, Caspar the octopus in peril?

Can Inuits survive the Arctic cold thanks to deep past liaisons with another species?

Rock traces of life on Mars, Desert fireball network, Gut microbes and Parkinson's Disease, Science Museum's maths exhibition

Could rocks discovered by the Mars rover Spirit contain the hallmarks of ancient life?

Alzheimers research, Lucy in the Scanner, Smart bandages, From supernovae to Hollywood

How well do we understand Alzheimers disease after the latest drug trial disappointment?

Predator bacteria therapy, New money for UK science, Stick-on stethoscope, Taming fears in the brain scanner

Can we use predatory bacteria as treatments for antibiotic resistant infections?

Does Pluto have an ocean, Antarctica's oldest ice, Meat emissions, Swifts fly ten months non-stop

Does Pluto have an ocean under its ice crust?

Climate change questions, Animal computer interaction, Sounds and meaning across world's languages

Climate change - listeners' questions answered.

Italy's quakes, Ebola virus, Accidental rocket fuel, China in space

Italy's earthquakes: is there a pattern?

Making mozzies safe with a microbe, CO2 at 400 ppm, Chixculub crater rocks, Why Mars Lander failed

Fighting Zika and dengue virus with an insect bacterium.

HFC Ban; Human Cell Atlas; Origin of Hunting with Dogs

A map of the 37 trillion cells in the body and when did humans first use dogs for hunting?

Life on Mars? Quantum Gravity. The deep origins of bird song

New mission searching for signs of life on Mars about to arrive at the Red Planet

Microbead impact, Remote animal logging, Royal Society book prize, Surgewatch

Microbead impact, remote animal logging, Royal Society book prize, Surgewatch.

Proxima b exoplanet, The Hunt for Vulcan, East Antarctic lakes, Deep sea shark hunting

Proxima b exoplanet, The Hunt for Vulcan, east Antarctic lakes, deep sea shark hunting.

Autonomous cars, Bees and neonicotinoids, Marden Henge, Royal Society Book Prize

Autonomous cars, bees and neonicotinoids, Marden Henge, Royal Society Book Prize.

Blow to the LHC "bump", Crow intelligence, Robot mudskippers, Royal Society book prize

A blow to the LHC "bump"; Crow intelligence; Robot mudskippers; Royal Society book prize.

Signs of life on planets, Royal Society Book Prize, Queen Bee control, Galactic Prom 29

What clues should we look for when searching for life on other planets?

Dinosaur extinction, Neanderthals in Gibraltar, Music appreciation, A year of New Horizons

Dinosaur extinction, Neanderthals in Gibraltar, music appreciation; a year of New Horizons

Juno, Space debris, Fake tumours, Risky plants

Welcome to Jupiter: Juno mission unlocks secrets of this giant gas ball of a planet.

Juno, Nanotech art conservation, Robots fix the city, Eel conservation

Nasa's Juno space mission approaches Jupiter.

National Insect Week, Venus' electric field, Green mining, Wimbledon grass science

Adam Rutherford finds out why insects are being celebrated across the UK.

More gravitational waves; Ocean floor mapping; Selfish Gene 40th; Spoonies

Gravitational waves have been found for a second time. What’s different this time?

Fighting Antimicrobial Resistance

What can be done to tackle antimicrobial resistance, a massive threat that humans face?

Fixing the Future

From the Hay Festival, Adam Rutherford and guests ask how science can fix the future.

GM plants; Svalbard Seed Vault; Directed Evolution; Dolphin Snot

Adam Rutherford examines the science of GM plants as the Royal Society takes on the issue

Climate Change, State of the World's Plants, Antibiotic Resistance, Telephone Metadata, Bat Detective

How can complex science tell us what to do about the effects of climate change?

Genetics and education, Eyam plague, Pint of science, Labradors and chocolate

Adam Rutherford investigates a small but significant link between genetics and education.

Human embryos, Transit of Mercury, Fishackathon, Fat labradors

Scientists can keep human embryos alive for longer. Should they?

Chernobyl, Drones, Tree crickets, Cern

Have physicists at Cern found a new particle?

EU membership and UK science, Quantum games, Fixing genes

What are the consequences for UK science of leaving the EU? Adam investigates.

Breakthrough Starshot, Moon mining, QB50, Solar Q&A

Will a fleet of tiny craft, pushed by lasers, sail to a star?

Air pollution monitoring, Britain breathing, Tracking Hannibal

Dung Roman: the historical mess of Hannibal's elephant march may have been cleared up.

Solar farm, Gravity machine, Kakapo

As Europe's largest floating solar farm goes online, Adam Rutherford discusses solar power

Flu, Coffee yeasts, Wave machine, Cochlear implants

Predicting how the flu virus mutates could help make better vaccines to fight it.

Recovering lost memories, Storks eat junk food, Oldest pine fossil, Spring flowering

Lost memories can be recovered in mice. Are there implications for Alzheimer's patients?

Gain-of-function research, Mindfulness, Women in science, Snake locomotion

Tracey Logan investigates whether there is some science that is just too dangerous to do.

UK's longest-running cohort study, The Brain prize, Hairy genetics

Babies from the longest-running cohort study turn 70 this month.

UK science and the EU, Sex of organs, Artificial colon, Gorillas call when eating

What does a Brexit mean for UK science?

Gravitational Waves, UK Spaceport, Big Brains and Extinction Risk, Conservation in Papua New Guinea

Adam Rutherford puts listeners' gravitational wave queries to cosmologist Andrew Pontzen.

Gravitational Waves Special

Gravitational waves detected - scientists prove Einstein right after 100 years.

UK pollinators' food, Brain implant, Holograms, Lunar 9

How charting the UK's nectar-providing flowers could help pollinating insects.

Zika, Penguins, Erratum, Fossil fish

What can science reveal about the Zika virus and microcephaly?

Ancient Britons' DNA, Concorde's 40th Anniversary, Giant dinosaur, New planet?

Adam Rutherford examines the genetics of ancient Britons and reminisces about Concorde.

The 100,000 Genome Project, Stem cell doping, Nuclear waste, Dinosaur sex

Adam Rutherford finds out how the 100,000 Genome Project is helping children and families.

El Nino Special

How the current El Nino event is affecting lives in the UK and around the world.

31/12/2015

Adam Rutherford and guests answer listeners' science questions.

New Horizons Pluto update; friendly predatory bacteria; Christmas in the lab; human ancestry

New Horizons Pluto update;friendly predatory bacteria;Christmas in the lab;human ancestry

Tim Peake's mission to the ISS, Spaceman Chris Hadfield, AGU round-up, Air pollution, Human Evolution at the NHM

Astronaut Chris Hadfield gives Tim Peake advice on how to cope in space.

Flooding, Scientific modelling, Magnetoreception, Escalators

Adam Rutherford asks how models can help to predict floods and improve defences.

Science funding, Carbon capture storage, Graphene

Adam Rutherford questions the latest government science funding review.

Ancient farmers' genomes, Alice at Cern, Astrophysics questions

Ancient genome research shows the effect of the introduction of farming to Europe.

Antarctic ice sheet instability, Groundwater, Accents, Fluorescent coral

Melting Antarctic ice sheet will not lead to as big a sea level rise as previously thought

Sex-change tree, Pluto's cryovolcanoes, Sellafield's plutonium, Ant super-organisms

Adam Rutherford asks whether Britain's oldest tree has changed sex.

Grid cells and time, Boole, How your brain shapes your life

Tracey Logan unpicks how people's brains work and discusses maverick scientist Boole.

Oxygen on comet 67P; Bees and antimicrobial drugs; Reproducibility of science experiments; Reintroduction of beavers

Oxygen detected on comet 67P doesn’t fit with models of early Solar System formation.

Animal experiments, Bees and diesel, Sense Ocean, Readability of IPCC report

Latest stats shows UK scientists used fewer research animals last year. Or did they?

Time Travel in Science and Cinema

Adam Rutherford and Francine Stock explore time travel in science and cinema.

Ethiopian genome, Coral nutrients, The hunt for gravitational waves, Seven Brief Lessons on Physics

Adam Rutherford meets Carlo Rovelli, author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics.

Write on Kew festival at Kew Gardens, Preserving global biodiversity

Adam Rutherford is at Kew Gardens to discuss challenges in preserving global biodiversity.

Listeners' Science Questions

Adam Rutherford is joined by guests to answer listener questions.

Pluto images, Space elevator, Insect migration, Imagination app

Adam Rutherford looks at the new photos of Pluto which were beamed back to Earth this week

Homo Naledi, New spacesuit, Quantum biology, A possible cure for motion sickness

Tracey Logan investigates an ancient human and a zero-gravity space suit.

El Nino, Sphagnum moss and peatlands, Inside Cern, Measuring air pollution with iPhones

Tracey Logan investigates the El Nino warnings and the search for the Higgs boson.

20/08/2015

Gareth Mitchell asks whether paleolithic people ate carbs and why corals are in peril.

Scottish GM ban, Earth's magnetic field, OCD, Birth of a new galaxy

Scottish GM ban, the Earth's magnetic field, life with OCD, and how galaxies are born.

Pluto's surface, Increased Arctic ice in 2013, Linking brains together, Signals of fertility

Adam Rutherford presents news on the latest New Horizons images of Pluto's surface.

Pluto: New Horizons

The flyby of Pluto. Adam Rutherford with early pictures from New Horizons space probe.

Intrusive memories, Silent aircraft, Nuclear fusion, Pluto

Adam Rutherford investigates intrusive memories, silent aircraft, nuclear fusion and Pluto

Aphid-repelling wheat, National Institute for Bioscience, Global map of smell, Parrot mimics

Adam Rutherford examines results of a field trial of a new way to repel aphids from wheat.

Malaria drug, Listener feedback, Imaging the singing voice, Classifying human species

Adam Rutherford presents news of a novel drug to potentially prevent and treat malaria.

Stars, Fracking, Ice Cores, Drunken Chimps

Adam Rutherford examines new images from the Alma telescope of the earliest galaxies.

Origins of life, Earthquakes in London, Frog plague, Ancient pollen

New research on the origins of life. How do scientists unpick the start of biology?

Self-adapting robots, Artificial intelligence in medicine, Ageing healthily

Tracey Logan examines technology to enable robots to remain fully autonomous when damaged.

El Nino, Echolocation, Seasons, Snakes

Studying human echolocation at the quietest place on earth.

Seasonal Variation in Immunity, Chemosynthesis, Role of the ISS, Storing Digital Data in DNA

New research on seasonal variation in people's immune systems. With Adam Rutherford.

Listeners' Science Questions

Adam Rutherford investigates the news in science and science in the news.

Nepalese Earthquake, Monkey Hands, Maritime Light Pollution, Light in Bacteria

The earthquake in Nepal, monkey dexterity, maritime light pollution and light in bacteria.

Healthy Guts; Future High Speed Trading; Body Clocks and Colour; William Smith's Geology Map

How the gut bacteria of isolated communities shed light on diseases in the western world.

Hubble Space Telescope at 25

The Hubble Telescope and its contribution to shaping our understanding of the cosmos.

Legacy of Messenger, Computer Touch, AI and Traumatic Forgetting, Stained Glass Restoration

Dr Lucie Green examines the legacy of the Messenger mission to Mercury.

Invasive Species, Coral Seaview Survey, Evolution of the Brain, A New Virtual Reality

Should people embrace the changes resulting from invasive alien species?

Genetic Map of the British Isles, Drones for Conservation, Lab Photosynthesis, Solar Eclipse

Genetic map of British Isles, drones for conservation, lab photosynthesis, solar eclipse.

Large Hadron Collider Run Two, Flooding, Nasa's Biggest Rocket, Violin Evolution

Large Hadron Collider opportunities and the acoustics of the violin. With Adam Rutherford.

Encoding memories; 350 years of the science journal; Women in science; Ceres

Encoding memories; 350 years of the science journal; women in science; arrival at Ceres.

Artificial Intelligence, Desalination, History of Forensics, Music from Cells

Adam Rutherford examines a significant step towards the intelligent computer.

Alzheimer's Disease, False Memory, Diamond Light Source, Twins in Space

The need for new treatments for Alzheimer's, a twin space experiment and false memories.

Earth's Core; What Can Chemistry Do for Us?; Ocean Acidification; Darwin Day

Adam Rutherford investigates new insights into what lies at the centre of the Earth.

Goshawk, Cosmic Renaissance, Carl Djerassi and Charles Townes

Hunting tactics of goshawks and the men who invented the contraceptive pill and the laser.

Climate change belief; Anthropocene era; Eyes on the sea; Origins of multicellular life

Perceptions of climate change, the Anthropocene era and a new theory of cell evolution.

GMOs; International Year of Light; Coral health

Proposed failsafe for genetically modified organisms and the International Year of Light.

International Year of Soils

Adam Rutherford takes a special look at the role soils play in providing for our planet.

Venus mission, Science highlights for 2015, Sonotweezers, Tsunami 10 years on

Mission to return to our planetary neighbour Venus and astronomy highlights in 2015.

Listeners' Science Questions

Adam Rutherford and guests answer listeners' science questions.

Microplastics; Holey Ice; Vesalius; Overeating

Tiny plastic particles have been found polluting the deep ocean sediment.

Water on Comets; DNA in Space; Sounds of the Ocean; Science in Fashion

Earth's water does not come from comets, the recent Rosetta mission suggests.

Orion Launch; Fake Mars trip; XDNA; Richard the Third's skeleton

A NASA space capsule which could transport humans to Mars is set to make its maiden flight

Campylobacter in Chicken; Artificial Intelligence Guru Demis Hassabis; Sexology; Lucy

The Food Standards Agency reports that 70 per cent of supermarket chicken is contaminated.

Comet landing detects organics molecules; Lunar Mission One; Biological warfare

Philae lander detects organic molecules on Comet 67P.

Rosetta; Thought-controlled genes; Biophonic Life; Arecibo message 40 years on

Adam Rutherford discovers what is happening now that Rosetta's lander has touched down.

Science of ageing; Microneedles; Firelab; Rosetta; Scientific authorship

Adam Rutherford asks if science can offer answers to our rapidly ageing population.

The Making of the Moon

Lucie Green investigates the past, present and future of the moon.

Hobbit; Genetics of height; Solar science; Snails

The 'Hobbit' skeleton - rewriting human history, but still controversial 10 years later.

Ebola; Ada Lovelace Day; Space Weather

What can science tell us about the virus at the centre of the current Ebola outbreak?

Nobel Prizes 2014; Gauge; Genetics and Diabetes; UK Fungus Day

Adam Rutherford hosts a post-match analysis of the 2014 Nobel Prizes for science.

Women, Science and the Royal Society; Open Access Research

Adam Rutherford asks the Royal Society about the decline in awards to female scientists.

Cosmic inflation latest; Indian space success; Science and language; Wax Venus

Claims of evidence for cosmic super-expansion just after the Big Bang are questioned.

European ancestry; Cern is 60; Graphene plasters; Penguins

How most present-day Europeans derive from at least three ancestral populations.

Jack the Ripper; Future of Scottish science

Examining the latest Jack the Ripper ID, and debating the future of Scottish science.

Bardarbunga volcano; Geology in Minecraft; Synthesising opioids; Ammonia

Adam Rutherford talks to researchers in Iceland studying the erupting Bardarbunga volcano.

Manipulating mouse memory; London pollution; Nature of knowing; Snail fur

Adam Rutherford shines a light on how the mouse brain processes memory.

TB in the New World; Trusting Wikipedia; Shipwreck of the London; @LegoAcademics

Adam Rutherford discovers that TB was introduced to the Americas from seals and sea lions.

Anaesthesia; Chilean earthquakes; Strange weather; Jellyfish

Will quantum physics bring us any closer to understanding how anaesthetics work?

New dinosaur; GM chickens; Lightning; Rosetta; Diatoms

Professor Alice Roberts reveals Laquintasaura, a new dinosaur found in South America.

ExpeRimental; Rosetta; MOOCs

Alice Roberts indulges in some science experiments for kids, including Bubblecano!

Science's fascination with the face

Adam discusses the ethics and privacy issues surrounding facial recognition programmes.

A special programme on plants and their pollinators, poisons and pests

Adam visits Kew Gardens to root amongst the foliage and reveal the latest in plant science

Behavioural profiling at airports; Light and colour in art; Hadrian's Wall; Cassini

Adam Rutherford questions the science behind behavioural profiling at airport security.

Informed consent, El Nino, Gravitational Waves, Cloud cover

Can we be used in experiments without our consent? Adam Rutherford investigates.

Longitude Prize Winner; Solar cells; New species; Fiji fisherwomen; Physics questions

Dr Adam Rutherford learns about this year's Longitude Prize challenge.

Antarctic Invaders; Patents; Longitude Challenges for Water and Antibiotics

Adam Rutherford finds out why Antarctica isn't such a pristine environment after all.

Turing test; World Cup exo-skeleton; Plant cyborgs; Music hooks

Big Science - the first World Cup kick is to be made using a mind-controlled robotic suit.

Moving Mountains; Invasive Species; Football Stickers

China is taking the tops off mountains to build cities. What are the risks?

Women scientists; Mapping the ocean floor; Amplituhedron

Tracey Logan and modern women scientists discuss past inspirational ladies of science.

Longitude Prize 2014; Dementia; Matter from light; Coastal deposition

Adam Rutherford discusses the launch of the Longitude Prize 2014.

Antarctic melt; brain enhancing devices, atomic clocks and anti-bat moth sounds

Adam Rutherford discusses the irreversible melting of the Antarctic Western Ice shelf.

Colin Pillinger; Fire? Artificial DNA

The first living organism is created using artificial DNA with man-made genetic letters

Mice & Men; Fuel from CO2; fRMI; Insect calls

How can you get jet fuel from thin air? Just add water, carbon dioxide and sunlight.

Y chromosome; Everest avalanche; Aphid survey; Longitude

Adam Rutherford finds out, when it comes to chromosomes, what's the point of the Y.

Sperm and egg; Dogs; Automatic Facebook; Invasive species

Tracey Logan finds out how a sperm recognises an egg.

Whales; Dark Matter; Falling; Arty brains

Tracey Logan asks whether killing whales for science can be justified?

Calorie Restriction; Moon Age; Mars Yard; IPCC.

Tracey Logan unpicks new research on calorie restriction.

Fracking; Purple GM tomatoes; Bionic humans; Shark attacks

Gareth Mitchell is joined by BBC School reporters to get their take on the week’s science.

Cosmic inflation; LISA; Photonic radar; Bird stress camera; Water research; Taxidermy

Gareth Mitchell explores the compelling new evidence for the Big Bang Theory.

Tracking planes; Peer review; Mega-virus; Astronaut

Are black boxes outdated technology? Adam Rutherford asks about ways to track aircraft.

LG - Chemical weapons, Turtles, Tech for wildlife, Climate

Dr Lucie Green on how Syria's chemical weapons are being neutralised and made safe.

Brain Machine Interfaces; Question on Gay Genes; Studying Drinking Behaviour

Adam Rutherford looks at controlling paralysed bodies using thought.

Bees; Whales; Pain; Gay genes

Bee diseases, whale-spotting question, epigenetics of pain and genes for sexual preference

Whales from space; Flood emails; SUYI JET Lasers; CERN's new tunnel; Discoveries exhibition

Dr Lucie Green discovers how underwater whales can be spotted from space.

Engineering for floods; Neanderthal genes; Switching senses; Genes in Space game

Adam Rutherford asks architects and engineers how to protect homes against floods.

Neanderthals; Plague; Wind Tunnel; Music Timing; Stem Cells

Adam Rutherford asks: What did the Neanderthals ever do for us?

Higgs Boson; Neutrinos; Antarctic echo locator; Rainforest fungi; Alabama rot

Tiny particles and the huge and hugely expensive experiments needed in order to find them.

Personal genetics kits; Persister cells; Earthquake mapping; Scorpions

Personal genetics kits - useful service or unregulated, irresponsible and gimmicky?

Antarctica weather and climate change; GM Fish Oils; Melanin Fossils; Time Travel

The astrophysicists, the poker game, and the search for time travellers in our midst.

Ancient Human Occupation of Britain

Who lived in Britain thousands of years ago, and how do we know?

Bacteriophages; Breath-detecting disease; Our bees electric and DNA Barcoding

Bacteriophages as a tool to fight infections; bees and their electric sensing for nectar

Antimicrobial soap; GAIA; Stone-age jellybones; Antarctica

The voyage to map a billion stars - the GAIA satellite camera is launched into space.

Horsemeat; NanoSims; Early bacteria; Crystallography

Scientists are ready to form the vanguard in the fight to protect UK food from criminals.

Badger culls; Douglas Mawson; Plastics; Uptalk

The global march of valley-girl 'uptalk' - now men too are upwardly inflecting.

Therapeutic hypothermia; Cameras on Gaia; Methane; Wine microbiota

Adam Rutherford toasts microbial 'terroir', the fungi and bacteria that make grapes unique

Bird Atlas; Flywheels; Energy capture; Science lessons for MPs

The citizen science army who've logged 19 million birds for the new UK Ireland Bird Atlas.

DNA to ID typhoon victims; Volcanic ash; Hope for red squirrels; Robogut

How DNA matching techniques can help identify those who perished in Typhoon Haiyan.

Personal genome; Solar cells and music; Asteroids; Alfred Russel Wallace

Dr Lucie Green on putting your sequenced DNA, your personal genome, on the internet.

Moon dust; Electro-ceuticals; Soil and climate change; Dogs' tails

Dust in space - Dr Lucie Green on the LADEE Moon Mission and the perils of moon dirt.

Nuclear Waste; Exoplanets; BBC time and pips, Synthetic Biology Olympics

Adam Rutherford asks how radioactive waste from Hinkley C nuclear plant will be dealt with

Genetics and education; Golden Rice inventor; Chimp Chatter and Lightning Lab

Robert Plomin on why Michael Gove's advisor is right to highlight genetics in education.

US shutdown; Nobels; New climate science; Airport heart attack headlines

With the US government on lockdown, Dr Adam Rutherford considers the risks for science.

Menopause; IPCC; Fracking feedback; Particle accelerator; Zombie chemicals

Adam Rutherford explores the science behind the menopause and the uncertainty of science.

Fracking FAQs; Fingerprint feedback; Lipstick forensics; Snake hook

Adam Rutherford tackles the subject of fracking in the UK, sorting myth from science fact.

Chemical weapons; Crowd-sourcing weather; Fingerprint ID; Dino drill

Adam Rutherford asks how difficult it is to destroy chemical weapons.

Stem cell news; Science practicals; Phantom head; Sewage power

Is this week's new stem cell research a breakthrough for regenerative medicine?

Fukushima ice wall; Martian menus; Science practicals; Eye tracker

Will the proposed ice wall at Fukushima nuclear plant finally fix their radioactive leaks?

Research bias; Sniffer dogs; Lasers; Roadkill

Alice Roberts looks at research bias, training sniffer dogs, mapping roadkill and lasers

Artificial reefs; Scanning beehives; Ape feet; NMR

The science of artificial reefs, and why our feet are more ape-like than we thought.

Universal flu vaccine; Science games; AllTrials; Penguin camera

Search for a universal flu vaccine, and the scientists using online games for research.

Lab-grown leather; Goal line technology; Bacteria outrage; Marine buoy

New goal line technology kicks in this month - Adam Rutherford looks at how Hawk-Eye works

Crash risk; Mary Rose bacteria; History of Science; Greenwich telescope

With seven disasters last month, Adam Rutherford asks if trains crash more often in summer

2D supermaterials; Inside an MRI; Antarctic architecture

Dr Adam Rutherford explores supermaterials, brain scanning and Antarctic architecture.

Animal research; Astronaut selection; Show us your instrument

Publication of the annual government statistics on scientific research on animals.

Bioscience to bioweapons; Synthetic diamonds; Stem cell transplants

Could the same knowledge used to save lives create viruses to use as weapons of terror?

Bovine TB; Coral sunscreen; Space junk

Bovine TB, sunscreens from nature, and cleaning up space junk.