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

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?

• 34 mins

Gene editing gets real

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

• 31 mins

Covid and our ancient ancestors

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

• 28 mins

Covid19 - should we test everybody ?

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

• 28 mins

A life-changing database

Revolutionising research into every aspect of life.

• 32 mins

Covid 19 – reaching the unvaccinated

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

• 30 mins

Bees and multiple pesticide exposure

Pesticides more than double the trouble for bees

• 31 mins

IPCC report - extreme weather events

Climate change and extreme weather events.

• 30 mins

Mammoth Journey

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

• 30 mins

Window to solve pandemic origins closing

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

• 28 mins

Rugby and the brain

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

• 29 mins

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?

• 29 mins

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.

• 31 mins

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.

• 31 mins

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

• 33 mins

Surprising choice for Nobel prizes in a pandemic?

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

• 31 mins

Early Alzheimer's Alert

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

• 32 mins

The Possible Impact of false-negative PCR Tests

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

• 38 mins

Atmospheric Pollutants and Where to Find Them

Do Ultra Low Emission Zones in Cities Work?

• 33 mins

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.

• 34 mins

Propane: Keeping Your Cool as the World Warms Around You

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

• 38 mins

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?

• 37 mins

Malaria: what's in it for the mosquito?

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

• 36 mins

When Pandemics Collide

Did the omicron variant incubate in an immunocompromised patient?

• 41 mins

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.

• 30 mins

The James Webb Space Telescope

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

• 33 mins

The Origin of Celtic Culture in Britain?

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

• 38 mins

A new space age?

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

• 41 mins

Deep ocean exploration

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

• 37 mins

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?

• 28 mins

The 'perfect' depth for a destructive eruption

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

• 37 mins

Predicting Long Covid, and the Global Toll of Antimicrobial Resistance

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

• 36 mins

The Continuing Story of the Nuclear Waste Bill

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

• 36 mins

Fusion energy smashes world record

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

• 28 mins

COVID-19: Beginnings... and endings?

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

• 32 mins

World’s largest Jurassic pterosaur found on Skye

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

• 28 mins

Cyber frontlines in Ukraine

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

• 28 mins

Inside Science is now first on BBC Sounds

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

• 1 min

High Seas treaty talks and discoveries from the deep

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

• 28 mins

Global food security during Ukraine conflict

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

• 28 mins

Racial inequality in UK science

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

• 30 mins

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?

• 27 mins

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?

• 36 mins

A Trip-Switch for Depression?

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

• 35 mins

Building Better Engagement

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

• 34 mins

The Ebb and Flow of the Tidal Power Revolution

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

• 43 mins

Precious Metals, Earlier Eggs, and Meaningful Meteorites

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

• 32 mins

Running Rings Around Matter

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

• 28 mins

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

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

• 28 mins

Monkeypox, Pompeii aDNA, and Elephant Mourning Videos

Why are non-African monkeypox cases causing concern?

• 35 mins

A Reign of Science

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

• 38 mins

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.

• 33 mins

Inside Sentience

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

• 28 mins

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

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

• 28 mins

10 Years of the Higgs Boson

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

• 28 mins

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

A trip round the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition 2022.

• 27 mins

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?

• 27 mins

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.

• 27 mins

Heatwave: the consequences

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

• 34 mins

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.

• 31 mins

Amplified Arctic Amplification and Microclot Clues to Post-Viral Disease

Arctic warming around four times faster than previously thought.

• 27 mins

A Possible Sequel to the Dinosaur Armageddon

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

• 30 mins

Return of the ozone hole

Australian fires have impacted the ozone layer.

• 29 mins

Dealing with drought

Dealing with drought, satellite clutter and mucus evolution.

• 31 mins

Ancient Amputation

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

• 28 mins

Is the James Webb Space Telescope too good?

Is the James Webb Space Telescope too good?

• 28 mins

Science collaborations – with Russia

How the war in Ukraine is impacting international research

• 31 mins

Fracking Science

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

• 32 mins

Coronavirus - new variants

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

• 34 mins

Avian flu

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

• 29 mins