Podcast Episodes

Science Fraud & Bias, Immunity to COVID-19

Science is all about self-reflection. Scientists constantly check themselves, share their work, and check each other’s data. But how robust is the sc…

5 years, 9 months ago

Satellite navigation in the UK; the science of the World Wide Web and Neolithic genomics

Is the UK losing its way when it comes to satellite navigation? There's GPS from the US, but other countries and regions, including Russia, China, In…

5 years, 9 months ago

Preventing pandemics, invading alien species, blood types & COVID-19.

As we’re beginning to understand more about SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, we’re hopefully starting to get some clues on how to deal wit…

5 years, 9 months ago

The Human Genome Project's 20th Anniversary

Adam Rutherford is back to celebrate the 20th anniversary of one of the most ambitious and revolutionary scientific endeavours of all time - the Huma…

5 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus conspiracy, Listeners' mask questions, Solar Orbiter gets close to the Sun

Throughout the pandemic, we've seen an explosion in information about the science of the virus, SARS-CoV-2, and the disease it causes, COVID-19. An …

5 years, 10 months ago

Engineering out of lockdown and should we castrate male dogs?

As the UK gradually begins to ease out of lockdown, Marnie explores how engineers are hoping to reduce the spread of Covid-19. We’ve learned how inf…

5 years, 10 months ago

Back to School and Covid-19 and Ordnance Survey and the pandemic

As the lockdown eases and some children, in preschool and primary years, start heading back to school, what impact will this have on the pandemic, ho…

5 years, 10 months ago

Testing & Tracing the coronavirus, and the traces our movements leave behind

Inside Science this week is all about our information - the stuff we volunteer and the traces our everyday movements leave behind.

With the launch of …

5 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus-free science, the impact of lockdown on climate change and the odds of both life and intelligent life existing.

In response to listeners who have expressed coronavirus fatigue in recent weeks, Marnie Chesterton brings us up to date on some of the best and brigh…

5 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus R number, genome study of Covid-19 survivors and using aircraft messages to assess aviation

R seems to have found its way into the newspapers and on Radio 4 as if it’s a word, or a letter, that we should all be familiar with and understand. …

5 years, 11 months ago