蜜芽传媒 Inside Science Podcast
A weekly programme that illuminates the mysteries and challenges the controversies behind the science that's changing our world.
Episodes to download
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Wild birds in crisis
Thu 20 Mar 2025
And after two Nasa astronauts were finally brought home, we ask why SpaceX stole the show.
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Are boys doing better than girls at maths and science?
Thu 13 Mar 2025
...and what happens to the body when you spend a year in space?
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Better Than Gold: Critical Minerals
Thu 6 Mar 2025
Inside Science unearths everything you need to know about these precious resources.
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AI in Science: Promise and Peril
Thu 27 Feb 2025
Google has launched a new AI tool called Co-Scientist. How good is it?
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Biotech Risks and Asteroid Anxiety
Thu 20 Feb 2025
An asteroid is heading in our direction. Will it hit us in 2032?
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US science in chaos
Thu 13 Feb 2025
The United States is the world鈥檚 science superpower. But is their role under threat?
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The World鈥檚 Biggest Iceberg
Thu 6 Feb 2025
And what does locking up a load of radioactive waste have in common with baking a cake?
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Is 1.5 still alive?
Thu 30 Jan 2025
And new clues about how life on Earth began from a dusty old space rock.
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Next-gen batteries and 'dark oxygen'
Thu 23 Jan 2025
Is it time to replace the little chemical factories in our pockets with something better?
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UK AI & science-optimised pasta
Thu 16 Jan 2025
The positives and pitfalls of AI in medicine and a pasta recipe with added physics.
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The Science of Laughter
Thu 2 Jan 2025
A presenter, a comedian and a neuroscientist walk into a tent in Wales...
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Board Game Science
Boxing Day 2024
This festive season we unravel the science of games - and, of course, play some ourselves.
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The rising threat of bird flu
Thu 12 Dec 2024
How close is a bird flu pandemic? We explore a year of changes in this concerning virus.
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Fact-checking the Bovaer backlash
Thu 5 Dec 2024
How is cow feed additive Bovaer tackling methane from burpy cows 鈥� and is it safe?
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Is flood forecasting failing?
Thu 28 Nov 2024
We find out how flooding is forecast 鈥� and ask what went wrong in the recent UK floods.
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Nuclear medicine shortages and Jane Goodall on COP29
Thu 14 Nov 2024
What are medical isotopes and why are we short of them? And we chat to Jane Goodall.
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COP29: Are climate summits working?
Thu 7 Nov 2024
What is the point of UN climate conferences, and are they really doing enough?
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Spooky Science
Thu 31 Oct 2024
It鈥檚 our Halloween special, featuring blood-sucking leeches, the undead and pumpkin waste.
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Whatever happened to graphene?
Thu 24 Oct 2024
Twenty years on from the discovery of wonder material graphene, is it changing the world?
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Should we bring back extinct animals?
Thu 10 Oct 2024
A US company claims it will bring back a woolly mammoth by 2028 鈥� how and why?
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Could coal shut-down mark new era for energy?
Thu 3 Oct 2024
What difference will closure of the UK鈥檚 last coal-fired power station make?
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How green is space travel?
Thu 26 Sep 2024
We discuss whether a boom in space travel could be a problem for Earth鈥檚 climate.
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Is lab-grown meat the future of food?
Thu 19 Sep 2024
From how it's made to farmers' perceptions, a deep dive into the edible innovation.
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The first civilian spacewalk
Thu 12 Sep 2024
Also, the science of what we do with our nuclear waste and why.
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Predicting everything
Thu 29 Aug 2024
Also, the latest on Alzheimer's drugs and how we work out Paralympic classifications.
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