Podcast Episodes

The benefits and problems of eDNA

This week, we hear from the University of Florida’s Dr David Duffy. He heads up a team of researchers who are studying sea turtles. In order to track…

2 years, 9 months ago

Science in the making

The Royal Society is the oldest scientific academy in the world. Since being established in 1660, it has painstakingly archived thousands of papers, …

2 years, 10 months ago

Can we prevent natural disasters?

Natural disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes and hurricanes all have the power to cause deadly destruction. One event can lead to anoth…

2 years, 10 months ago

Wild Britain

In 2020, the UK government committed to protecting at least 30% of land and sea for nature by 2030.

Step seven years into the future with Gaia. The U…

2 years, 10 months ago

70th anniversary of the discovery of DNA’s structure

James Watson and Francis Crick, who detailed the double-helix structure of DNA in 1953, are perhaps two of the most iconic scientists of the 20th Cen…

2 years, 10 months ago

Rocket Launch Pollution

Whilst the globe struggles to shift to green sustainable energy sources, one industry has its sights set solely on the stars. Space X just launched t…

2 years, 11 months ago

Negotiation

When was the last time you had to use your negotiating skills? Did you walk away satisfied?

This week junior doctors are half way through their 4 day…

2 years, 11 months ago

Recycling

In this special edition of Inside Science, Vic Gill prepares to rummage through our rubbish, to peek behind the curtain of the UK's recycling habits …

2 years, 11 months ago

Net Zero

Far away and not enough, those are criticisms of the government’s latest net zero initiative – a plan to reduce emissions . We ask Jim Watson Profess…

2 years, 11 months ago

Covid – missing link found?

Data collated from swab samples taken in Wuhan’s market in the early days of the Covid pandemic suggest animals sold in the market were carrying the …

2 years, 11 months ago