Podcast Episodes

Fact-checking the Bovaer backlash

Some social media users have been pouring milk down the drain and chucking their butter in the bin in protest over a new additive in cow feed that cl…

1 year, 3 months ago

Is flood forecasting failing?

The south Wales town of Pontypridd saw cars submerged, people bailing floodwater out of their homes using bins, and the beautiful park and lido trans…

1 year, 3 months ago

The climate cost of war

As conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine continue to dominate the news, many Inside Science listeners have been in touch with the same question:

W…

1 year, 4 months ago

Nuclear medicine shortages and Jane Goodall on COP29

A shortage of medical isotopes used to detect cancer has experts concerned that the shortfall could be delaying diagnosis and could even be costing l…

1 year, 4 months ago

COP29: Are climate summits working?

This year is set to be the world’s hottest on record, likely shattering the aspiration to limit global warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels.

S…

1 year, 4 months ago

Spooky Science

It’s our Halloween special from a rain-soaked Jodrell Bank in Cheshire.

We find out what you can see in a dark, dark Halloween night sky with space…

1 year, 4 months ago

Whatever happened to graphene?

Twenty years ago this week two physicists at the University of Manchester published a ground-breaking paper describing the extraordinary qualities of…

1 year, 4 months ago

Are our carbon sinks failing?

The Earth’s natural carbon sinks absorb half of our pollution. But now, they appear to be collapsing. Why is this happening – and will we be able to …

1 year, 5 months ago

Should we bring back extinct animals?

A woolly mammoth by 2028.

That’s the bold claim from US company Colossal Biosciences, who say research is under way that will make this possible.

But e…

1 year, 5 months ago

Could coal shut-down mark new era for energy?

“That’s the end of coal in the UK for electricity.”

The UK’s last coal-fired power station has closed, ending Britain's 142-year reliance on coal.

Bu…

1 year, 5 months ago