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.
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Pluto's surface, Increased Arctic ice in 2013, Linking brains together, Signals of fertility
Thu 23 Jul 2015
Adam Rutherford presents news on the latest New Horizons images of Pluto's surface.
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Pluto: New Horizons
Thu 16 Jul 2015
The flyby of Pluto. Adam Rutherford with early pictures from New Horizons space probe.
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Intrusive memories, Silent aircraft, Nuclear fusion, Pluto
Thu 9 Jul 2015
Adam Rutherford investigates intrusive memories, silent aircraft, nuclear fusion and Pluto
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Aphid-repelling wheat, National Institute for Bioscience, Global map of smell, Parrot mimics
Thu 2 Jul 2015
Adam Rutherford examines results of a field trial of a new way to repel aphids from wheat.
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Malaria drug, Listener feedback, Imaging the singing voice, Classifying human species
Thu 25 Jun 2015
Adam Rutherford presents news of a novel drug to potentially prevent and treat malaria.
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Stars, Fracking, Ice Cores, Drunken Chimps
Thu 11 Jun 2015
Adam Rutherford examines new images from the Alma telescope of the earliest galaxies.
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Origins of life, Earthquakes in London, Frog plague, Ancient pollen
Thu 4 Jun 2015
New research on the origins of life. How do scientists unpick the start of biology?
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Self-adapting robots, Artificial intelligence in medicine, Ageing healthily
Thu 28 May 2015
Tracey Logan examines technology to enable robots to remain fully autonomous when damaged.
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El Nino, Echolocation, Seasons, Snakes
Thu 21 May 2015
Studying human echolocation at the quietest place on earth.
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Seasonal Variation in Immunity, Chemosynthesis, Role of the ISS, Storing Digital Data in DNA
Thu 14 May 2015
New research on seasonal variation in people's immune systems. With Adam Rutherford.
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Listeners' Science Questions
Thu 7 May 2015
Adam Rutherford investigates the news in science and science in the news.
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Nepalese Earthquake, Monkey Hands, Maritime Light Pollution, Light in Bacteria
Thu 30 Apr 2015
The earthquake in Nepal, monkey dexterity, maritime light pollution and light in bacteria.
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Healthy Guts; Future High Speed Trading; Body Clocks and Colour; William Smith's Geology Map
Thu 23 Apr 2015
How the gut bacteria of isolated communities shed light on diseases in the western world.
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Hubble Space Telescope at 25
Thu 16 Apr 2015
The Hubble Telescope and its contribution to shaping our understanding of the cosmos.
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Legacy of Messenger, Computer Touch, AI and Traumatic Forgetting, Stained Glass Restoration
Thu 9 Apr 2015
Dr Lucie Green examines the legacy of the Messenger mission to Mercury.
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Invasive Species, Coral Seaview Survey, Evolution of the Brain, A New Virtual Reality
Thu 26 Mar 2015
Should people embrace the changes resulting from invasive alien species?
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Genetic Map of the British Isles, Drones for Conservation, Lab Photosynthesis, Solar Eclipse
Thu 19 Mar 2015
Genetic map of British Isles, drones for conservation, lab photosynthesis, solar eclipse.
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Large Hadron Collider Run Two, Flooding, Nasa's Biggest Rocket, Violin Evolution
Thu 12 Mar 2015
Large Hadron Collider opportunities and the acoustics of the violin. With Adam Rutherford.
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Encoding memories; 350 years of the science journal; Women in science; Ceres
Thu 5 Mar 2015
Encoding memories; 350 years of the science journal; women in science; arrival at Ceres.
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Artificial Intelligence, Desalination, History of Forensics, Music from Cells
Thu 26 Feb 2015
Adam Rutherford examines a significant step towards the intelligent computer.
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Alzheimer's Disease, False Memory, Diamond Light Source, Twins in Space
Thu 19 Feb 2015
The need for new treatments for Alzheimer's, a twin space experiment and false memories.
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Earth's Core; What Can Chemistry Do for Us?; Ocean Acidification; Darwin Day
Thu 12 Feb 2015
Adam Rutherford investigates new insights into what lies at the centre of the Earth.
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Goshawk, Cosmic Renaissance, Carl Djerassi and Charles Townes
Thu 5 Feb 2015
Hunting tactics of goshawks and the men who invented the contraceptive pill and the laser.
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Climate change belief; Anthropocene era; Eyes on the sea; Origins of multicellular life
Thu 29 Jan 2015
Perceptions of climate change, the Anthropocene era and a new theory of cell evolution.
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GMOs; International Year of Light; Coral health
Thu 22 Jan 2015
Proposed failsafe for genetically modified organisms and the International Year of Light.
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International Year of Soils
Thu 15 Jan 2015
Adam Rutherford takes a special look at the role soils play in providing for our planet.
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Venus mission, Science highlights for 2015, Sonotweezers, Tsunami 10 years on
Thu 8 Jan 2015
Mission to return to our planetary neighbour Venus and astronomy highlights in 2015.
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Listeners' Science Questions
New Year's Day 2015
Adam Rutherford and guests answer listeners' science questions.
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Microplastics; Holey Ice; Vesalius; Overeating
Thu 18 Dec 2014
Tiny plastic particles have been found polluting the deep ocean sediment.
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Water on Comets; DNA in Space; Sounds of the Ocean; Science in Fashion
Thu 11 Dec 2014
Earth's water does not come from comets, the recent Rosetta mission suggests.
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