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BBC Inside Science
A weekly show exploring science, its mysteries, and the debates it sparks.
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BBC Inside Science
A weekly show exploring science, its mysteries, and the debates it sparks.
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BBC Inside Science
A weekly show exploring science, its mysteries, and the debates it sparks.
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02/04/2026
A weekly programme looking at the science that's changing our world.
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19/03/2026
A weekly programme looking at the science that's changing our world.
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Is the Earth warming faster than we expected?
New research on what three very hot years can tell us about climate change.(R)
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How is war being fought in space?
Space warfare, space manufacturing and satellite data at Space Comm Expo
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Does new science get us closer to finding out how life on earth began?
Molecular biologists find tiny self-replicating molecules which may be key to life origins
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Wood, Smoke and Science: Cooking over fire
The science of barbecue recorded at Abergavenny Food Festival 2025.
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How to bury radioactive waste
And how can future civilisations remember where we put it?
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Wood, Smoke and Science: Cooking over fire
The science of barbecue recorded at Abergavenny Food Festival 2025.
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Will there be a city on the moon in ten years?
What would it really take to build a city on the moon?
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Where do forever chemicals come from?
New research on how forever chemicals get into our environment.
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Should we rethink navigating by GPS?
GPS is vulnerable to interference, so how can we make navigating at sea safer?
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How is air travel returning to supersonic speeds?
50 years since Concorde’s first commercial flight, is aviation going supersonic again?
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Why is Nasa sending people around the moon?
Nasa’s Artemis II rocket is about to be rolled out. What is the mission hoping to achieve?
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How rare are Greenland’s rare earth elements?
What rare earths have been found in Greenland, and why do we want them?
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Answering Celebrity Science Questions
From what came before the big bang to why snowflakes are six sided.
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BBC Inside Science
A weekly show exploring science, its mysteries, and the debates it sparks.
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How did President Trump transform science in 2025?
President Trump continues to shake up science. We look at the impact it’s already having.
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Would our ancestors have benefited from early neanderthals making fire?
New evidence shows that early neanderthals made fire 350 thousand years before we thought.
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A 'functional' cure for HIV?
Almost four decades after the first HIV treatment, is there finally a ‘functional’ cure?
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Why aren’t gene therapies more common?
Three decades since the first successful gene therapy, why aren’t we using them more?
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What’s in the wording of the COP 30 negotiations?
As COP 30 draws to close in Brazil, we speak to a former negotiator.
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Could technology replace animal testing in science?
The UK government plans to phase out animal experiments. What are the alternatives?
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Is Dark Energy Getting Weaker?
New evidence that the expansion of the universe is slowing. And the Godfather of AI.
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Is climate change to blame for Hurricane Melissa?
The science of what makes hurricanes so deadly.
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Have scientists created a bionic eye?
The bionic microchip implant which allows registered blind people to see again.
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Why do we love to play games?
The science and maths of playing The Traitors recorded at Green Man Festival.
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What can the UK learn from China on renewable energy?
Renewables overtake coal as the world’s biggest source of electricity.
