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.
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70th anniversary of the discovery of DNA鈥檚 structure
Thu 27 Apr 2023
Fresh insights into Rosalind Franklin鈥檚 role in the identification of DNA鈥檚 double-helix.
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Rocket Launch Pollution
Thu 20 Apr 2023
Popping the bonnet on the environmental impacts of a rapidly growing space industry.
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Negotiation
Thu 13 Apr 2023
Tips and insights into the art of negotiating and the science underpinning it
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Recycling
Thu 6 Apr 2023
We are facing a waste crisis; what must be done to promote and incentivise recycling?
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Net Zero
Thu 30 Mar 2023
How does the government鈥檚 latest plan to reduce emissions stack up against the science?
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Covid 鈥� missing link found?
Thu 23 Mar 2023
A potential intermediate species in the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from bats to humans.
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Science superpower?
Thu 9 Mar 2023
The government鈥檚 strategy for the future of science and technology
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Covid leaks and conspiracies
Thu 2 Mar 2023
Ministers, scientific advice and the search for scientific facts on the pandemic.
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Antarctic Ice Special
Thu 23 Feb 2023
What does the new record-breaking sea ice minimum mean for Antarctica?
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Gene Editing Ethics, Killer Whale Mummy's Boys and Ancient Hippo Butchery
Thu 16 Feb 2023
CRISPR controversy, a stone tool discovery and killer whale mummy's boys.
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Abundant energy
Thu 9 Feb 2023
What would the world look like if we had affordable energy available for everyone?
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Exploring the New Environmental Improvement Plan
Thu 2 Feb 2023
What does the government's Environmental Improvement plan really mean?
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Vegetarian school dinners
Thu 26 Jan 2023
Can serving less meat in school dinners help the UK reach its climate goals?
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Towards Net Zero
Thu 19 Jan 2023
Changing our home heating and improving insulation to reduced bills and emissions.
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Game changers
Thu 29 Dec 2022
Marnie, Vic and Gaia look back at some of the biggest science news stories of 2022.
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A Scientifically Superior Christmas Dinner
Thu 22 Dec 2022
We head to the kitchen to cook up the best Christmas dinner that science has to offer.
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Cancer cure, Strep A research and hopes for biodiversity
Thu 15 Dec 2022
Editing DNA seems to have cured a teenager鈥檚 leukaemia
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Killer smog
Thu 1 Dec 2022
Seventy years ago, the deaths of thousands in London's smog led to the Clean Air Act.
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Science funding
Thu 24 Nov 2022
Can the UK reach agreement with the EU on future scientific collaborations ?
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Turtle Voices, a Pandemic Retrospective and a Nose-Picking Primate
Thu 27 Oct 2022
Turtle voices shed light on the evolutionary origins of vocal communication.
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Avian flu
Thu 13 Oct 2022
A new strain of the virus is taking a toll on both wild birds and poultry.
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Coronavirus - new variants
Thu 6 Oct 2022
What does virus evolution mean for Covid severity as we head into winter?
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