26/11/2020

Sentinel 6 launch; The Cosmic Dark Ages; Lithium Batteries

• 30 mins

Protein folding; Hyabusa sample return; Holiday Covid testing

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

• 36 mins

Future risk planning; Millennium Seed Bank; Urban trees

Future risk planning; Millennium Seed Bank; Urban trees.

• 36 mins

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.

• 28 mins

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

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

• 32 mins

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.

• 38 mins

Vaccine Dosing and Biodiversity Soundscape Monitoring

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

• 38 mins

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.

• 32 mins

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

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

• 30 mins

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?

• 35 mins

Putting a number on biodiversity

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

• 41 mins

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.

• 41 mins

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.

• 49 mins

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

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

• 30 mins

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

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

• 30 mins

China's green growth plan

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

• 27 mins

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

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

• 31 mins

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.

• 41 mins

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

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

• 28 mins

Disobedient particles, noisy gorillas, sharks and fictional languages

Disobedient particles, noisy gorillas, sharks and fictional languages.

• 30 mins

Blood clots, grieving and the emotion of screams

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

• 28 mins

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.

• 28 mins

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

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

• 28 mins

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.

• 27 mins

Microplastics in UK river beds

Victoria Gill wades into the microplastic problems in UK riverbeds.

• 35 mins

Blood Clot Cure, Synthetic Fuels and Coal Mine Heat Pumps

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

• 42 mins

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.

• 35 mins

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

• 31 mins

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

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

• 31 mins

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

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

• 30 mins