BBC Inside Science
A weekly programme that illuminates the mysteries and challenges the controversies behind the science that's changing our world.
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Episodes (653)
The quest for dark matter
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The day of the datacentres
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Is the era of the cancer vaccine upon us?
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Should we be scared of AI viruses?
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The state of our substrate: What is drought doing to our soil?
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Are we alone in the universe?
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Testing testosterone testing
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How might we spot nukes in space?
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Are we one step closer to creating life in a lab?
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How do you immortalise natural history?
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Can we engineer ourselves out of a heatwave?
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Finding the evidence for the social media ban
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How do you build an unbuildable tower?
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How is AI going to change science?
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Plankton's untapped potential
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El Niño is nigh, but so what?
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The science behind hantavirus
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Should Pluto become a planet again?
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Why is Europe the fastest-warming continent?
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Can we prevent the next pandemic?
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Forty years on from nuclear disaster
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Return to the moon
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Responding to your science questions
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Recommending: 13 Minutes Presents Artemis II
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The future of space travel
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Is quantum computing having its moment?
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Is the Earth warming faster than we expected?
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How is war being fought in space?
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Does new science get us closer to finding out how life on earth began?
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How to bury radioactive waste
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Will there be a city on the moon in ten years?
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Where do forever chemicals come from?
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Should we rethink navigating by GPS?
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How is air travel returning to supersonic speeds?
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Why is Nasa sending people around the moon?
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How rare are Greenland’s rare earth elements?
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How did President Trump transform science in 2025?
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Would our ancestors have benefited from early neanderthals making fire?
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A 'functional' cure for HIV?
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Why aren’t gene therapies more common?
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What’s in the wording of the COP 30 negotiations?
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Could technology replace animal testing in science?
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Is Dark Energy Getting Weaker?
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Is climate change to blame for Hurricane Melissa?
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Have scientists created a bionic eye?
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Why do we love to play games?
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What can the UK learn from China on renewable energy?
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Are embryos made from skin cells the future of fertility treatment?
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The science behind autism
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What’s the highest a human could possibly pole vault?
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