大象传媒 Inside Science Podcast
A weekly programme that illuminates the mysteries and challenges the controversies behind the science that's changing our world.
Episodes to download
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The perils of fake science news, The neanderthal inside us, What The Beatles really sang - statistically speaking
Thu 23 Feb 2017
How a woolly story about resurrecting mammoths raises serious questions for medical ethics
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Science and cyber security, Dinosaur babies, Winston Churchill and level crossings
Thu 16 Feb 2017
Testing cyber security with science.
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Measuring human impact on earth, Awards for engineers, Sounds of space junk.
Thu 9 Feb 2017
Quantifying the impact of humanity on the earth's natural systems.
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Wildlife trafficking, New quantum computers, Ancient bird beaks, Glassblowing.
Thu 2 Feb 2017
How measures set up to conserve endangered species are being eroded.
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Crime, volcanoes, ghosts and how we are influenced by the genes of unrelated others
Thu 26 Jan 2017
How the genes of unrelated others can influence our health and behaviour.
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Antarctic science rescue, Killing cancer with viruses, Measuring wind from space and the Last man on the moon
Thu 19 Jan 2017
Why the British Antarctic science base is being temporarily abandoned.
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The perils of explaining science, Living to 500, What's good for your teeth and The future of stargazing
Thu 12 Jan 2017
Why the simplest explanations are not always the best when it comes to science.
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RIP Granny the oldest Orca - Graphene + Silly Putty - Moving a Giant Magnet - Space in 2017
Thu 5 Jan 2017
Science mourns the death of the world's oldest killer whale, 'Granny'.
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Listeners' Questions
Thu 29 Dec 2016
Adam Rutherford puts listeners' science questions to his team of experts.
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Inuits and Denisovans, Sex and woodlice, Peace through particle physics, Caspar the octopus in peril?
Thu 22 Dec 2016
Can Inuits survive the Arctic cold thanks to deep past liaisons with another species?
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Rock traces of life on Mars, Desert fireball network, Gut microbes and Parkinson's Disease, Science Museum's maths exhibition
Thu 8 Dec 2016
Could rocks discovered by the Mars rover Spirit contain the hallmarks of ancient life?
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Alzheimers research, Lucy in the Scanner, Smart bandages, From supernovae to Hollywood
Thu 1 Dec 2016
How well do we understand Alzheimers disease after the latest drug trial disappointment?
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Predator bacteria therapy, New money for UK science, Stick-on stethoscope, Taming fears in the brain scanner
Thu 24 Nov 2016
Can we use predatory bacteria as treatments for antibiotic resistant infections?
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Does Pluto have an ocean, Antarctica's oldest ice, Meat emissions, Swifts fly ten months non-stop
Thu 17 Nov 2016
Does Pluto have an ocean under its ice crust?
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Climate change questions, Animal computer interaction, Sounds and meaning across world's languages
Thu 10 Nov 2016
Climate change - listeners' questions answered.
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Italy's quakes, Ebola virus, Accidental rocket fuel, China in space
Thu 3 Nov 2016
Italy's earthquakes: is there a pattern?
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Making mozzies safe with a microbe, CO2 at 400 ppm, Chixculub crater rocks, Why Mars Lander failed
Thu 27 Oct 2016
Fighting Zika and dengue virus with an insect bacterium.
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HFC Ban; Human Cell Atlas; Origin of Hunting with Dogs
Thu 20 Oct 2016
A map of the 37 trillion cells in the body and when did humans first use dogs for hunting?
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Life on Mars? Quantum Gravity. The deep origins of bird song
Thu 13 Oct 2016
New mission searching for signs of life on Mars about to arrive at the Red Planet
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Microbead impact, Remote animal logging, Royal Society book prize, Surgewatch
Thu 8 Sep 2016
Microbead impact, remote animal logging, Royal Society book prize, Surgewatch.
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Proxima b exoplanet, The Hunt for Vulcan, East Antarctic lakes, Deep sea shark hunting
Thu 25 Aug 2016
Proxima b exoplanet, The Hunt for Vulcan, east Antarctic lakes, deep sea shark hunting.
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Autonomous cars, Bees and neonicotinoids, Marden Henge, Royal Society Book Prize
Thu 18 Aug 2016
Autonomous cars, bees and neonicotinoids, Marden Henge, Royal Society Book Prize.
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Blow to the LHC "bump", Crow intelligence, Robot mudskippers, Royal Society book prize
Thu 11 Aug 2016
A blow to the LHC "bump"; Crow intelligence; Robot mudskippers; Royal Society book prize.
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Signs of life on planets, Royal Society Book Prize, Queen Bee control, Galactic Prom 29
Thu 4 Aug 2016
What clues should we look for when searching for life on other planets?
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Dinosaur extinction, Neanderthals in Gibraltar, Music appreciation, A year of New Horizons
Thu 14 Jul 2016
Dinosaur extinction, Neanderthals in Gibraltar, music appreciation; a year of New Horizons
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Juno, Space debris, Fake tumours, Risky plants
Thu 7 Jul 2016
Welcome to Jupiter: Juno mission unlocks secrets of this giant gas ball of a planet.
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Juno, Nanotech art conservation, Robots fix the city, Eel conservation
Thu 30 Jun 2016
Nasa's Juno space mission approaches Jupiter.
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National Insect Week, Venus' electric field, Green mining, Wimbledon grass science
Thu 23 Jun 2016
Adam Rutherford finds out why insects are being celebrated across the UK.
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More gravitational waves; Ocean floor mapping; Selfish Gene 40th; Spoonies
Thu 16 Jun 2016
Gravitational waves have been found for a second time. What鈥檚 different this time?
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Fighting Antimicrobial Resistance
Thu 9 Jun 2016
What can be done to tackle antimicrobial resistance, a massive threat that humans face?
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