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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

The BBC at 100

Science, technology and the future of broadcasting.

• 50 mins

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

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

• 31 mins

Monkeypox

Could you have it and not know ?

• 34 mins

COP27

Loss and damage, Funding climate change impacts

• 32 mins

Climate science and politics

Holding the decision makers to account

• 27 mins

Science funding

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

• 29 mins

Killer smog

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

• 32 mins

Biodiversity

Can international efforts plan a more sustainable future?

• 28 mins

Cancer cure, Strep A research and hopes for biodiversity

Editing DNA seems to have cured a teenager’s leukaemia

• 27 mins

A Scientifically Superior Christmas Dinner

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

• 28 mins

Game changers

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

• 28 mins

The UK's first satellite launch

Competition in the space industry is set to boom.

• 30 mins

Chatbot plagiarism

Does modern AI technology pose a threat to student learning?

• 29 mins

Towards Net Zero

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

• 31 mins

Vegetarian school dinners

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

• 31 mins

Exploring the New Environmental Improvement Plan

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

• 31 mins

Abundant energy

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

• 28 mins

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

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

• 29 mins

Antarctic Ice Special

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

• 32 mins

Covid leaks and conspiracies

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

• 36 mins

Science superpower?

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

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Sweet Science

The unexpected medical uses of artificial sweeteners.

• 40 mins

Covid – missing link found?

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

• 27 mins

Net Zero

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

• 34 mins

Recycling

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

• 27 mins

Negotiation

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

• 28 mins

Rocket Launch Pollution

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

• 28 mins

70th anniversary of the discovery of DNA’s structure

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

• 32 mins

Wild Britain

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

• 28 mins

Can we prevent natural disasters?

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

• 30 mins

Science in the making

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

• 29 mins

The benefits and problems of eDNA

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

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AI and human extinction

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

• 27 mins

An ocean of opportunities

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

• 33 mins

The Kakhovka dam and global food security

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

• 27 mins

The science of sound

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

• 35 mins

Heat and health

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

• 30 mins

Mapping the universe

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

• 35 mins

How social media can affect the health of teenagers

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

• 32 mins

The wide-ranging effects of climate change

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

• 32 mins

Battles with flames

Is climate change the cause of wildfires?

• 33 mins

Reality check: carbon capture and storage

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

• 28 mins

Time is still ticking for the Amazon

Can we ensure a brighter future for the Amazon rainforest?

• 28 mins

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.

• 28 mins

What makes a healthy river?

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

• 36 mins

How will climate change affect where we can live?

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

• 28 mins

What’s the cost of invasive species?

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

• 28 mins

The halfway point for sustainable development

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

• 31 mins

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

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

• 35 mins

The state of nature in the UK

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

• 28 mins

Life beyond Earth

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

• 38 mins

Tumbling down the rabbit hole of assembly theory

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

• 29 mins

White phosphorus

What is white phosphorus and why is it so dangerous?

• 28 mins

Forever chemicals

What goes into our water supply and never comes out?

• 30 mins

Metal Mines

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

• 28 mins

Loss and damages for vulnerable countries

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

• 30 mins

Iceland Volcano

How scientists are monitoring Fagradalsfjall volcano and keeping people safe.

• 28 mins

UK Covid-19 Inquiry

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

• 28 mins

Finding Tunnels

The geophysics at work to locate tunnels.

• 28 mins

Vagrant Birds

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

• 28 mins

Biggest COP in history

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

• 28 mins

The Science of the South Pole

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

• 28 mins

12 days of Christmas - science version

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

• 28 mins

Space Exploration

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

• 28 mins

Understanding Flood Forecasting

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

• 28 mins

A New Volcanic Era?

Are we entering a new volcanic era in Iceland?

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