成人快手 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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Alzheimers research, Lucy in the Scanner, Smart bandages, From supernovae to Hollywood
Thu 1 Dec 2016
How well do we understand Alzheimers disease after the latest drug trial disappointment?
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Predator bacteria therapy, New money for UK science, Stick-on stethoscope, Taming fears in the brain scanner
Thu 24 Nov 2016
Can we use predatory bacteria as treatments for antibiotic resistant infections?
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Does Pluto have an ocean, Antarctica's oldest ice, Meat emissions, Swifts fly ten months non-stop
Thu 17 Nov 2016
Does Pluto have an ocean under its ice crust?
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Climate change questions, Animal computer interaction, Sounds and meaning across world's languages
Thu 10 Nov 2016
Climate change - listeners' questions answered.
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Italy's quakes, Ebola virus, Accidental rocket fuel, China in space
Thu 3 Nov 2016
Italy's earthquakes: is there a pattern?
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Making mozzies safe with a microbe, CO2 at 400 ppm, Chixculub crater rocks, Why Mars Lander failed
Thu 27 Oct 2016
Fighting Zika and dengue virus with an insect bacterium.
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HFC Ban; Human Cell Atlas; Origin of Hunting with Dogs
Thu 20 Oct 2016
A map of the 37 trillion cells in the body and when did humans first use dogs for hunting?
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Life on Mars? Quantum Gravity. The deep origins of bird song
Thu 13 Oct 2016
New mission searching for signs of life on Mars about to arrive at the Red Planet
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Microbead impact, Remote animal logging, Royal Society book prize, Surgewatch
Thu 8 Sep 2016
Microbead impact, remote animal logging, Royal Society book prize, Surgewatch.
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Proxima b exoplanet, The Hunt for Vulcan, East Antarctic lakes, Deep sea shark hunting
Thu 25 Aug 2016
Proxima b exoplanet, The Hunt for Vulcan, east Antarctic lakes, deep sea shark hunting.
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Autonomous cars, Bees and neonicotinoids, Marden Henge, Royal Society Book Prize
Thu 18 Aug 2016
Autonomous cars, bees and neonicotinoids, Marden Henge, Royal Society Book Prize.
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Blow to the LHC "bump", Crow intelligence, Robot mudskippers, Royal Society book prize
Thu 11 Aug 2016
A blow to the LHC "bump"; Crow intelligence; Robot mudskippers; Royal Society book prize.
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Signs of life on planets, Royal Society Book Prize, Queen Bee control, Galactic Prom 29
Thu 4 Aug 2016
What clues should we look for when searching for life on other planets?
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Dinosaur extinction, Neanderthals in Gibraltar, Music appreciation, A year of New Horizons
Thu 14 Jul 2016
Dinosaur extinction, Neanderthals in Gibraltar, music appreciation; a year of New Horizons
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Juno, Space debris, Fake tumours, Risky plants
Thu 7 Jul 2016
Welcome to Jupiter: Juno mission unlocks secrets of this giant gas ball of a planet.
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Juno, Nanotech art conservation, Robots fix the city, Eel conservation
Thu 30 Jun 2016
Nasa's Juno space mission approaches Jupiter.
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National Insect Week, Venus' electric field, Green mining, Wimbledon grass science
Thu 23 Jun 2016
Adam Rutherford finds out why insects are being celebrated across the UK.
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More gravitational waves; Ocean floor mapping; Selfish Gene 40th; Spoonies
Thu 16 Jun 2016
Gravitational waves have been found for a second time. What鈥檚 different this time?
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Fighting Antimicrobial Resistance
Thu 9 Jun 2016
What can be done to tackle antimicrobial resistance, a massive threat that humans face?
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Fixing the Future
Thu 2 Jun 2016
From the Hay Festival, Adam Rutherford and guests ask how science can fix the future.
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GM plants; Svalbard Seed Vault; Directed Evolution; Dolphin Snot
Thu 26 May 2016
Adam Rutherford examines the science of GM plants as the Royal Society takes on the issue
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Climate Change, State of the World's Plants, Antibiotic Resistance, Telephone Metadata, Bat Detective
Thu 19 May 2016
How can complex science tell us what to do about the effects of climate change?
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Genetics and education, Eyam plague, Pint of science, Labradors and chocolate
Thu 12 May 2016
Adam Rutherford investigates a small but significant link between genetics and education.
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Human embryos, Transit of Mercury, Fishackathon, Fat labradors
Thu 5 May 2016
Scientists can keep human embryos alive for longer. Should they?
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Chernobyl, Drones, Tree crickets, Cern
Thu 28 Apr 2016
Have physicists at Cern found a new particle?
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EU membership and UK science, Quantum games, Fixing genes
Thu 21 Apr 2016
What are the consequences for UK science of leaving the EU? Adam investigates.
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Breakthrough Starshot, Moon mining, QB50, Solar Q&A
Thu 14 Apr 2016
Will a fleet of tiny craft, pushed by lasers, sail to a star?
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Air pollution monitoring, Britain breathing, Tracking Hannibal
Thu 7 Apr 2016
Dung Roman: the historical mess of Hannibal's elephant march may have been cleared up.
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Solar farm, Gravity machine, Kakapo
Thu 31 Mar 2016
As Europe's largest floating solar farm goes online, Adam Rutherford discusses solar power
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Flu, Coffee yeasts, Wave machine, Cochlear implants
Thu 24 Mar 2016
Predicting how the flu virus mutates could help make better vaccines to fight it.
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