Can we get plastic waste under control?
The UN attempts a global treaty on plastic, and the science of heartbreak.
- 30 mins
- 25 Apr 2024
BBC Sounds - BBC Inside Science - Available Episodes
BBC Inside Science
A weekly programme that illuminates the mysteries and challenges the controversies behind the science that's changing our world.
Episodes (571 Available)
- Do we need a new model of cosmology?
Astrophysicists are questioning the nature of the universe.
- 31 mins
- 18 Apr 2024
- Bird flu outbreak in cows
Bird flu has infected cows for the first time. Should we be worried?
- 31 mins
- 11 Apr 2024
- 200 years of dinosaur science
The story of the last 200 years of dinosaur science.
- 27 mins
- 04 Apr 2024
- Inside Your Microbiome
A look into the unregulated world of home gut microbiome testing.
- 28 mins
- 28 Mar 2024
- Our Accidental Universe
Professor and presenter Chris Lintott talks about his new book, Our Accidental Universe.
- 36 mins
- 21 Mar 2024
- World’s oldest forest fossils
Oldest forest fossils found in Somerset show how our world looked 390 million years ago.
- 28 mins
- 14 Mar 2024
- How pure is the water from your tap?
We look at the quality of water from your kitchen tap and check out some clever bees.
- 28 mins
- 07 Mar 2024
- Dimming the Sun
Should we even consider solar geoengineering?
- 33 mins
- 29 Feb 2024
- Laboratory-Grown Meat
Is it a solution to global emissions or a distraction? And, will people actually eat it?
- 28 mins
- 22 Feb 2024
- The Gulf Stream’s tipping point
Will the Gulf Stream collapse? A new modelling study suggests it could.
- 28 mins
- 15 Feb 2024
- Ancient Roman writings revealed
Thanks to AI, scientists can now read charred scrolls from Herculaneum for the first time.
- 28 mins
- 08 Feb 2024
- When brains and computers meet
A look at the science and ethics behind the companies driving brain-computer interface.
- 27 mins
- 01 Feb 2024
- Hydrogen and the race to net zero
A look at the role of hydrogen in the UK’s future energy economy with Prof Mark Miodownik.
- 28 mins
- 25 Jan 2024
- A New Volcanic Era?
Are we entering a new volcanic era in Iceland?
- 27 mins
- 18 Jan 2024
- Understanding Flood Forecasting
Understanding how flood forecasting and warning systems work, plus a mission to Europa.
- 28 mins
- 11 Jan 2024
- Space Exploration
Inside Science explores the planned missions to the Moon in 2024.
- 28 mins
- 04 Jan 2024
- 12 days of Christmas - science version
A festive special in the style of the 12 days of Christmas.
- 28 mins
- 28 Dec 2023
- The Science of the South Pole
On board the RSS Sir David Attenborough for the vessel’s first big science season
- 28 mins
- 21 Dec 2023
- Biggest COP in history
Some of the biggest stories from COP28: oceans, food security and fossil fuel dependence.
- 28 mins
- 14 Dec 2023